Hawthorn Court offers Extra Care Housing for older adults with care needs, providing comfortable, self-contained flats with assured tenancies in a purpose-built or adapted setting. If you need a bit of help with personal care and daily activities and your current housing isn’t quite right, Extra Care Housing could be the perfect fit for you.
CRL Bristol recently dedicated three days to working in the communal gardens of Hawthorn Court Extra Care Home in Keynsham.
The large garden, bordered on three sides by residents' flats and a communal dining room, had become very neglected and untidy over the past couple of years.
Mark Beddis, Cory Mason, Keitan Li, and Lance Painter, assisted by Lee Feltham and Olly Taylor on the first day, worked tirelessly to restore the garden to a wonderfully clean and tidy condition. The neglected garden was completely transformed by the team's sheer hard work, even working through torrential rain on the second day.
Overgrown flower beds were cleared, pruned, and tidied; the shed was re-felted, repaired, and painted; the old heap of garden waste was cleared; the large patio was pressure-washed and all weeds removed from between the slabs; some loose patio slabs were uplifted and replaced; the wooden sides of the raised flower beds were pressure-washed, and patio furniture and garden ornaments were all washed and cleaned.
Staff and residents are absolutely delighted with the results and have already enjoyed sitting in their newly cleaned and refurbished garden, which now provides a lovely view from their flat windows and dining room.
The team received a heartfelt 'thank you' card expressing the residents' gratitude. One resident wrote, "Thank you, we will make use of the garden in the nicer weather to come. It encourages us all to use and enjoy it." Another commented, "You have all done a wonderful job, I will certainly go out in the garden lots now."
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