Garden-sharing. A sensible alternative if you don't have access to a garden. . .
Should people give their allotments up when faced with a consuming life event, like when elder care becomes a priority or when welcoming a new baby into the family? In a Facebook post, the mass consensus is: ‘Don’t give up your allotment!’ So how does the alternative of garden-sharing weigh up for those on the waiting lists?
Forget-Me-Nots for Dementia Awareness, and Dementia-friendly garden ideas
Forget-Me-Nots for Dementia Awareness and how you can safely and happily share a garden considering dementia friendly garden ideas.
It takes a village… to share a garden.
Spring is not here yet, the season that’s upon us is Imbolc. Meaning in the belly or in the womb. Whilst things are sleeping underground awaiting warmer weather to burst new life into our gardens, we at Lend and Tend are also preparing for transformation.
👸🏻 Dreaming about Gardens whilst nature sleeps this Winter 🏰
As you take time to unwind this Christmas, what will you sit back and dream about? Dream with me about your own dream garden. Dreamy castles, lawns and secret garden rooms perhaps? I also share my future dreams for Lend and Tend and garden sharing plans for next year.
What to expect, when you're expecting to garden-share.
Expectation vs. Reality, unexpected surprises and Garden-Sharing a second time. When your garden Tender unexpectedly has to move on.
Be Cool, Share Gardens.
Be Cool, Share Gardens. How to beat the heat and the latest hot buzzword on everyone’s lips: #RegenAg (Regenerative Agriculture). But, how can we put this into practice on a small scale in shared gardens and beat the heat and effects of climate change?
Miriam's Patch-Match in Melksham. An example of how Garden-Sharing can work.
How does garden-sharing work? Garden owners Gill and Ian talk about growing food, their ‘Ground Rules’ and garden Tender Miriam talks about how gardening and growing her own food taught her patience and kept her optimistic in 2020; thinking about the brighter happy days to come.
Patch-Matching in Pitlochry and Highland Perthshire
Hi to everyone in The Highlands and to all of our new Garden-Sharing friends across the border in Perth and Kinross, Pitlochry, Aberfeldy, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Girvan, Largs, Dunfermline, Dunkeld, Dundee, Peebles and Galashiels.
Connecting Neighbourhoods to End Loneliness
We’d usually be welcoming glad tidings at this time of the year but some of us might not be welcoming anyone at all. How can Garden-Sharing could help put an end to loneliness.