Growing to Give
Have I ever told you how exciting the life of a Flower Friend is? I know, I know, but this week exceeded all previous levels of flowery excitement 🙂 It started on Tuesday, when I met lovely parent volunteers Jane and Kirsty at the Greenspace …
This week your intrepid Flower Friend, worried about not having enough flowers to give over the Easter bank holiday weekend, received an unexpected and welcome message from lovely Lynda Stuart, secretary to the Kilburn Webheath Tenants’ Residents’ Association and chair of Kilburn Older Voices Exchange …
Aren’t plants amazing? One minute all you can see are leaves and the next they’re in full glorious bloom! How true of the plump orange tulips donated by Harlesden Town Garden this week, previously hidden in a sea of golden daffodils. My Flower Friend adventures …
The first tins of beautiful blooms grown in the Brent Mencap garden have been delivered to Flower Friends’ recipients in Harlesden, Willesden and Mapesbury! Three disabled residents cared for by west London based agency KT’s Care Angels were taken by surprise by a last minute …
The members of Brent Mencap’s garden group have generously agreed to grow cut flowers in their beautiful garden in Willesden, specially to donate to Flower Friends. Not only that, they have given us access to a covered space for local gardeners to drop off their …