Get and grow is a dynamic campaign encouraging teenagers and the elderly to get together and grow food. Through a national network of community gardening projects based at care homes, the campaign will provide an opportunity for residents to regularly get involved in a more active way of life.

Responding to a gathering nationwide interest in growing food; and supported by research illustrating the multi generational benefits of gardening, Get up and grow will create community allotment spaces in care home gardens. These spaces will be designed to encourage residents to spend time outside with the project team, consisting of a community coordinator, a local gardener and teenagers recruited through existing local youth initiatives.