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...
by Cath Manuel | Jul 11, 2018 | Gardening, Growing your Garden, Therapeutic Gardening & Wellbeing
If the way to someone’s heart is through their stomach, and as Dorothy says “There’s no place like home” then delicious, healthy food enjoyed at home must be good for our mind, body and soul. These days our homes are defined in many ways. Home could be with your...
by Cath Manuel | Apr 26, 2018 | Gardening, Getting Started, Podcast, Therapeutic Gardening & Wellbeing
Gardening as therapy has been used for centuries to cultivate health and wellbeing for people of all ages and abilities. For many people, especially those living within dementia support units, access to outdoor spaces can be limited. Such an environment, where they...
by Cath Manuel | Mar 14, 2018 | A Thriving Garden, Gardening, Podcast
There’s a few things that give us gardeners grief and one of those are the weeds that run rampant through our garden areas! Weed control is an important part of nurturing a garden, as weeds that get out of hand can create long term problems in our own gardens and also...
