Bringing the Museum into the Garden | The GRAFT Project Swansea

What happens when a museum leaves the building and comes alive in a garden? The GRAFT Project is a community growing initiative that creates opportunities for people to connect with food, nature and each other through workshops, gardening sessions and shared experiences. Through the GreenWales questions, we explore: • How community-supported agriculture (CSA) could create collaboration opportunities with the museum. • How the GRAFT Project is creating accessible green spaces in the heart of the city • The role of growing projects in supporting wellbeing and community connection • How spaces like hospitals and public places can benefit from integrating nature • The future vision of connecting the garden with the museum experience A unique part of the project brings the museum into the garden — exploring themes such as the history of tea and trade, where visitors can engage with the story through growing, tasting and learning before stepping inside the exhibition. This episode highlights how small urban spaces can create meaningful impact — supporting communities, improving wellbeing and reconnecting people with nature. 🌱 GreenWales showcases people, projects and organisations delivering sustainability in practice across Wales. 00:00 Bringing the museum outside 00:30 Meet the GRAFT Project 02:30 Growing community 05:20 Small changes create big impact 10:50 Connecting people with museums 15:40 History you can touch and taste 20:00 The challenges of growing food 26:20 Collaboration across Wales 34:20 Why every hospital needs a garden 46:40 Organisations to visit next 49:50 Welcome to the GreenWales Collective GreenWales features real sustainability in action — across communities, business, land and culture. Through interviews and site visits, we share practical environmental and social change stories from Wales and beyond. What you’ll see on this channel: • sustainable SMEs and organisations • community climate action • circular economy and reuse projects • biodiversity and land initiatives • education and youth sustainability Partnerships & features: contact via channel details.