The Gardening Project At Poppy House

Residents at Poppy House have been involved in a new and exciting gardening project which provides informal outside activities whilst at the same time providing opportunities for life skills learning.

For example, working in groups, IT, numeracy, literacy, project planning skills, information gathering, physical activity, as well as introducing residents to different types of foods and ways of cooking. Garden design also makes up part of the project.

The project was the idea of two of the Poppy House residents and with the help of Hilliers Garden Centre, we have been able to support a project that is resident focused and resident led.

We are grateful to Hilliers Garden Centre who kindly donated a variety of plants for the project, and with the motivation and hard work of residents at Poppy House we have been able to turn an unused garden into something the residents can be proud of.

Residents have been involved in helping erecting a new shed, designing the new garden layout, building a vegetable patch and planting flowers and vegetables making the Poppy House Garden an aesthetic delight!

Poppy House is part of Radian, and is what we call a supported housing project that provides accommodation and support to four young people aged 16 years and over.