Final Visit to the Brook Residential Home for the year.

Last Monday we had our final visit of the year to the Brook and we had a celebration event to celebrate the success of the garden with the residents.  The lettuces were ready to pull and the potatoes are growing well.  They should be ready in September so we will keep in touch with them and see how they tasted. 

Unfortunately, the greenhouse that had been donated to them got destroyed in the recent storm and they had to give the courgettes and tomato plants to family members of the residents who had greenhouses.  These things happen,  however they are still enjoying going out and watering the plants that are growing.

The home is now actively recycling their paper in the paper bin which was one of the presentations that the children had given to the residents earlier in the project so this has been another effect of the project.

All in all, the benefit to the children and elderly residents was most evident in the fact that they were all spending time together.  This experience has indeed had some long lasting effects on all involved and the pupils involved all felt that their self-confidence has increased since embarking on this project.

We hope that we will continue this in the Spring term of next year. 

Here is a photo below of the pupils and residents enjoying the sunshine in the garden.

Will update with more info soon!