Areas designed to improve mental health are being created at a garden centre thanks to community groups.
Long Sutton Men’s Shed recently delivered six new planters for the recently installed Bereavement Garden at Baytree Garden Centre in Weston.
It’s been created by Greenwell Horticultural Therapy, a community group led by RHS qualified gardener Karen Chard and horticulture therapist Diane Ridgley and working with NHS patients.
Baytree donated the space, as well as numerous plants, and have added more for a new ‘Wellbeing Garden’.
The Wellbeing Group developing it meets every Friday morning between 10am and 12pm while the Bereavement Group meets on the first Friday of each month at those times.
But anyone is welcome to join them.
A spokesman for the project said: “The main purpose of the garden is to improve mental health and wellbeing through meeting others, joining in with gardening and craft activities and enjoying being outdoors in nature.
“There is growing evidence which shows that gardening improves mental, physical and emotional health through developing social interaction, taking part in meaningful activity and enjoying the benefits of being outdoors.
“Even if people are unable to participate in more physically demanding gardening activities, they can contribute by adding handmade crafts to personalise the outdoor space.”
