Planting Pansies.
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Autumn tasks bring a variety of skills for patients to focus on such as planting winter bedding and cutting grass.
October 31, 2022
This month has been a focus on grass roots gardening as the days start to shorten and the light fades. We have continued to seed sow broad beans, sweet peas, herbs, and salad crops amongst other things. Starting at the beginning with seed sowing has been ideal for patients who are new to gardening and means we can go through the whole life cycle of the plant back to seed saving again. We hosted some visitors from a rehabilitation hospital in Nepal who were coming to the Unit and work shadowed one of our group sessions; they were keen to be involved and hopefully will take back ideas for their own rehabilitation programme.
Winter display
It has been time to start clearing our Summer bedding plants and replacing with a display for colour through the Winter, so we planted colourful pansies near the front of the greenhouse which provided an opportunity to work on standing tolerance as well as be creative. The chillies keep coming, so threading chillies to create a chilli string for drying is another great way to introduce colour as well as working on fine motor skills and hand-eye co-ordination.
Grass cutting
A basic gardening task but one which a lot of us will be required to do at home is a useful task to work on a variety of skills for some of our patients: balance, standing tolerance, mobility and bilateral upper limb function to name but a few. However, it also requires co-ordination to start the lawn mower and control its movement. Judgement and perception are also key to ensure the grass is cut in a straight line and in the correct areas. A useful assessment tool from a seemingly simple task.
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Warm glow of the greenhouse.
Chilli string.
Grass cutting.
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