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Care Home Uses Gardening Club to Promote Intergenerational Relationships Ahead of National Children’s Gardening Week 2022

A Hertfordshire care home is using its beloved Gardening Club to reconnect residents with their grandchildren and great-grandchildren through some green-fingered fun to mark National Children’s Gardening Week 2022 (May 28th to June 5th).

Residents from Foxholes Care Home, near Hitchin, recently visited the local garden centre, Hitchin Garden Centre, to personally select flowers and plants to help grow and maintain in their own miniature gardens on the grounds of Foxholes.

National Children’s Gardening Week aims to inspire and encourage people of all ages to grow and enjoy plants, from indoor plants and window boxes to large gardens and community spaces – with Foxholes using their gardening club to promote exercise, independence and positive well-being for residents and their younger family members.

Foxholes Care Home resident, Loretta Concannon, who can often be found tending to her garden with her grandchildren, said: “Having my own little garden at Foxholes means so much to me and my family. The grandchildren love getting their hands dirty and it gives us all something to look forward to doing together whenever they visit.”

She continued: “After our trip to the garden centre, we were provided our own miniature gardens to maintain while we planted everything ourselves alongside our families. Whenever my grandchildren come to visit, we always go out together to water the plants, which usually prompts several questions regarding nature. They are learning so much and growing up so fast. Thank you, Foxholes!”

Neil Gandecha, Estate Manager at Foxholes Care Home, said: “Our residents got to enjoy some quality and meaningful time visiting the garden centre to pick their plants, and are excited to take part in some green-fingered fun on National Children’s Gardening Week.

“With the days finally warming up, we felt now was the perfect time to promote intergenerational relationships between residents and their grandchildren, and even great-grandchildren, by getting outside and tending to the miniature gardens. The Gardening Club is one of our biggest activities at Foxholes and one we are excited to open up to family members of all ages. As always, we provide the truggs and the soil, though what is planted and maintained is completely determined by our residents and loved ones.”

 

 
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