• “Looking back” – my time at the allotment

    The AWP Nature Based Practice Blog: Ray is a lived experience involvee from Bristol, who has been working at allotments run by Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership for the last two and a half years. Ray’s time as an involvee is now coming to an end, and here, he’s decided to look back at the difference that nature has made to him in that time – and how he feels it has helped him grow.

  • Noticing the shift: How the outdoors reshaped the therapeutic process

    The AWP Nature Based Practice Blog: The Mindfulness-in-Nature Art Therapy group for inpatients at Callington Road Hospital has now been running for around two and a half years. The group originally evolved from a long-running, ward-based art therapy group. Here, art therapist Kate Guscott shares how she discovered the power of nature in a therapy session during the pandemic.

  • Woodland Reflections from the CPI Pilot Ecotherapy Group

    The AWP Nature Based Practice Blog: The Ecotherapy Group is a pilot initiative in the AWP Complex Psychological Interventions service (CPI) in north Bristol. As part of our monthly series of nature-based practice blogs, we’re publishing their reflections on their second pilot ‘season’ in Summer 2025.

  • Cultivating Compassion: Nature in Mental Healthcare

    The AWP Nature Based Practice Blog: A while back, AWP’s Chief Operating Officer, Mathew Page, wrote about his experience visiting a couple of projects in Bristol to find out more about how they connect people with nature – and the benefits that can bring to people from all backgrounds.

  • Taking time out down at the allotment

    Last week, a team from AWP took a trip down to one of our allotments in north Bristol.