Uckfield care home residents enjoy a spring visit to the local garden centre
Hurstwood View care home, in Five Ash Down, Uckfield, wanted to show the residents that Spring is in full bloom, with a visit to the local garden centre, Staverton Nursery in Halland.
Residents at Hurstwood View were pleasantly surprised to be surrounded by so many wonderful colours and fragrances from the Spring flowers and plants. With the sun being out for a change, the warmth was a blessing. The benefits of flowers and fragrances for the older generation is a fantastic non-invasive, therapeutic tool to enhance mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.
General Manager Kirsty said: “Our residents have really enjoyed their visit out today, and knowing Winter is over and Spring is getting into full bloom, it enhances all the senses and is such good therapy. And with the residents enjoying tea and cake in the café area within the garden nursery it was a great time to have a good catch up with one another. If you would like to see what else happens within Hurstwood View, please visit our Facebook page, Hurstwood View Care Home.
Resident Gillian was very pleased to see so many different varieties of flowers giving off beautiful scents. "It was hard to choose which ones to take back home."