Seeds of Hope Community

Seeds of Hope Community is about building stronger, healthier, resilient and sustainable communities through challenging times.

Life is unpredictable, often leaving us with choices to either let the circumstances bring us down or an opportunity to rise above. A few years ago, I found myself in one of those life-altering moments where everything changed, and this is the story of how Seeds of Hope Community was founded.  

After suffering a head injury and a seven-month recovery, it led me to my garden where it became a place of therapy and peace in my limited ability at the time.

Slowly, I started planting seed after seed, finding gratitude in the little things. It wasn’t long before the seeds had produced an abundance of fruit, which I started sharing with neighbours and collecting the heirloom seeds from the fruit.

As my recovery progressed, I started walking, a little at first, sharing the many seeds I had collected with neighbours by popping little packets of seeds into letterboxes with a note of encouragement.

I soon realised that these little packets of seeds were the start of something bigger than first intended.

As the distance I walked increased so did engaging in conversations with people in my local community, leading me to realise that some people were not doing that well. Hope was lacking as people shared their worries and fears for the future.

Determined to bring hope to others in my own season of darkness, within the next few months, Seeds of Hope Community was birthed.

More organic heirloom seeds were distributed around my community; I launched a website and started writing blogs and sharing stories of local heroes and different ways of taking what’s in your hand to bring hope to yourself and others around you.

Since then, thousands of heirloom seeds have been distributed in my local community; new gardeners have emerged, sharing excess produce with neighbours and generosity towards others in various ways, shaping a community of hope to become part of the solution in the challenging times we are facing.

The joy of sowing seeds is not only transforming a community in multiple ways but Seeds of Hope Community continues to grow and branch out bringing hope to other regions.

It seeks to champion others to look out for one another even in the midst of their own challenges. No matter what age or stage of life you may be in, we can all make a difference!

Many wonderful stories are emerging, and in various ways, we can build stronger, healthier, resilient and sustainable communities through challenging times – building bridges of unity and hope with like-minded people to shape the future one life at a time for generations to come.

If you have a story to share, we would love to hear it! Please email us from the contact page.