Jane, Andy and Anna at a socially distanced planning meeting in Andy’s garden during the summer.
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Twelve months in pictures 2020
December 23, 2020
2020 started full of potential, plans, and a greenhouse full of plants until everything changed in March with the arrival of COVID-19. We are grateful to all the staff who re-homed plants and sent pictures to update us on their progress. It was good to see that life still goes on, and hopefully inspire a few new gardeners in the process. We loved seeing the progress made by our Neuro patients who remained on site during lockdown. Never could we have imagined delivering virtual Horticultural Therapy, but the weekly videos enabled the service to continue from a distance with support of the Occupational Therapists. Time spent in our own gardens and allotment was a great help for both of us during what has been a difficult year. Finally, we have missed our Gardening Volunteers, and are hopeful that we will be able to welcome them back during 2021.
Jane and Andy.
JANUARY; (Left) Tree planting at the Friends of the Tenth memorial. (Right) Greenhouse full of plants.
FEBRUARY; (Left) Royal visit to DMRC. Their Royal Highnesses in the Pears Walled Garden. (Right) Vitax and ABF visit.
MARCH; (Left) Emptying the greenhouse before #Lockdown1. (Right) Tulips in bloom.
APRIL; (Left) Empty greenhouse during lockdown. (Right) Gardening from home, seeds and seedlings.
MAY; (Left) Patient watering plants in the greenhouse. (Right) Pears Walled Garden perennial bed in bloom.
JUNE; (Left) Veterans’ Breakfast Club allotment – socially distanced. (Right) Gardening Volunteer Sasha’s seedlings.
JULY; (Left) Braiding garlic. (Right) First day back in the greenhouse post lockdown.
AUGUST; (Left) Jane’s allotment. (Right) Planting open terrariums.
SEPTEMBER; (Left) Constructing a shelving unit. (Right) Sunflowers.
OCTOBER; (Left) Group Captain Rowley, Commanding Officer visits our Farm Shop. (Right) Pumpkin harvest.
NOVEMBER; (Left) Pallet planter. (Right) Apothecary bed.
DECEMBER; (Left) Christmas wreath. (Right) The greenhouse at Christmas.
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