GROW HQ Summer Wellness Day

Boost Your Food Confidence
€95.00
Description

📅 Date: Sunday June 14th
⏰ Time: 9.30AM - 4.30PM
📍 Location: GROW HQ, Waterford

Step away from the noise and reconnect with what really matters: real food, real skills and a healthier way of living.

This immersive day at GROW HQ blends food growing, cooking, movement and mindset to help you make better food choices — not through rules or restriction, but through understanding, connection and simple practical skills.

Led by Michael Kelly, alongside guest experts Eimear Brazil (The Kitchen Shift) and India Rae, this is a relaxed, hands-on experience designed to leave you feeling energised, informed and inspired.

 🌱 Food Choices Sessions with Mick Kelly

Explore the big ideas shaping how we eat — and how small changes can make a big difference.

  • Why growing even a little food changes how you eat
  • Supporting local producers and understanding your food system
  • Eating more plants (without overthinking it)
  • Following the seasons and reducing “food pollution”
  • Simple, practical ways to build better habits

🧘 All Levels Garden Pilates Session with India Rae

A gentle but energising pilates session to:

  • Wake up the body
  • Improve strength, flexibility and posture
  • Create space to slow down and reset

Suitable for all levels — whether you’re a regular or a complete beginner.

 🍽 Cookery Demo: Fibre, Herbs & Dough with Eimear

A flavour-packed, practical demo focused on simple, nourishing plant-based food.

Chickpeas four ways:

  • Roasted garlic hummus
  • Chickpea & herb salad with green goddess dressing
  • Spiced crispy chickpeas (snacking + garnish)
  • Chickpea no-bake dessert

You’ll learn how to:

  • Soak and cook chickpeas properly
  • Make and use flatbread dough
  • Roast garlic for deep flavour
  • Build balanced, satisfying salads
  • Create your own spice blends

Real food that’s affordable, flexible and genuinely delicious.

🌿 Hands-on Growing Session

Get your hands in the soil and learn simple skills you can use immediately at home:

  • Transplanting and reviving supermarket herbs
  • Sowing seeds successfully (and bring them home to grow on)
  • How to grow fresh food in small spaces

You’ll leave with the confidence that growing your own food is easier than you think.
What to Expect

This is not a lecture or a conference.
It’s warm, interactive retreat — food for the brain and the soul.

You’ll enjoy:

Teas and coffees on arrival
A homemade, homegrown lunch at GROW HQ
Time to explore and discuss the Food Empathy themes with fellow participants
Practical takeaways you can apply immediately
A packet of seeds to support action at home
A complimentary copy of one of Mick’s books (Grow Cook Eat or The GIY Know-it-Allmanac)

There is also an optional early-bird supper club on Saturday evening, priced separately.
About The Speakers

Mick Kelly is the founder of GIY and one of Ireland’s most trusted and thought-provoking voices on food. He has explored these themes through his social media, his TV work for RTÉ and Amazon Prime, and on the Food Matters podcast.

Eimear Brazil moved home to Waterford from Canada in 2025 and established a huge following for her down to earth cookery content and weekly shopping guides on Instagram (as The Kitchen Shift).

India Rae has a deep passion for movement, with a style that blends strength, flow, and support. The classes she teaches encourage you to challenge you body in the most supported way. Moving with the breath encourages nervous system support that will allow you to connect with the moves & your body as a whole.

About GROW HQ

Opened in 2016, GROW HQ is the multi-award winning home of GIY. It includes a 50-seat plot-to-plate cafe, organic urban farm and shop, and education centre for growing and cooking. Conveniently located on the Dunmore Road opposite Ardkeen.
Important Info

Times:
Please arrive 9:15am to start at 9.30am sharp.

Clothing:
Bring clothes appropriate for outdoor pilates and ranger for the garden session.

Cancellation Policy:
We operate a 14 day cancellation policy. If you cancel your booking at least 14 days prior to the event you will be refunded. Cancellations made less than 14 days prior to the date will not be refunded.

Allergies:
Please advise us of any dietary requirements and allergens when booking (email:allen@giy.ie) as we are unable to change the menu on the day.
Local Accomodation

We recommend the following hotels in Waterford, all of which are a short drive from GROW HQ. The Granville, Tower and Dooley's are in Waterford City.

Faithlegg House Hotel
The Granville Hotel
Dooleys Hotel
The Tower Hotel

The closest hotel to GROW HQ is The Woodlands.
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