by Cath Manuel | Feb 2, 2019 | Gardening, Therapeutic Gardening & Wellbeing
Keeping a Garden Journal is a lovely way to record the plants you’re growing through each season, track the ingredients you add to the soil, list all the seeds sown and keep fond memories of good times in the garden. A journal can be created for your home garden and...
by Cath Manuel | Jan 3, 2019 | Gardening, Therapeutic Gardening & Wellbeing
Throughout 2018 we enjoyed many good times in our therapeutic gardening groups growing fresh food and flowers and making beautiful green creations. These fun activities were very popular with gardeners so I thought I’d share the top 5 and encourage you to give these a...
by Cath Manuel | Nov 22, 2018 | A Thriving Garden, Fresh Food Ideas, Gardening
Each month Cath contributes an article for the Maggie Beer Foundation and shares tips for growing the fresh food featured in delicious recipes. For October the beautiful Beetroot was the featured food! If you love eating beetroot or the beet leaves then you’ve got to...
by Cath Manuel | Aug 1, 2018 | A Thriving Garden, Gardening, Getting Started, Therapeutic Gardening & Wellbeing
Many people living with dementia have limited access to outdoor spaces. They have a higher potential for falls and injury. Most experience confusion, anxiety, loneliness and depression. To reduce these feelings, people with dementia need to stay physically active to...
