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Leasowes
Garden Nursery
The garden project began in 1999 and now offers around 250
day places per month to people with a Learning Disability
throughout Coventry and Warwickshire.
Staff and trainees at Leasowes Garden Nursery
The garden project is located in a modern nursery and grows
a range of plants, eg. Summer and winter bedding, perennials
and house plants. The nursery also supplies seasonal items,
such as Christmas wreaths. There is also a temperate house
on the premises which houses exotic plants and a fish pond
with koi carp.
General view of nursery and stock for sale.
In 2005 People in Action officially opened the sensory garden
at Leasowes Garden Nursery. The sensory garden was made possible
thanks to the hard work of Oakleaf Landscapes and a grant
from Barclays. The sensory garden provides People in Action
with a unique opportunity to use the garden as a sensory tool
for therapy and relaxation of all our service users and the
general public.
The Sensory Garden at Leasowes Nursery, has won a prestigious
National BALI Award. The award was given to Oakleaf Landscapes
Ltd. Based at Sutton Coldfield, in the West Midlands at the
BALI National Landscape Awards 2005 held in London on Friday
18th November. Oakleaf Landscapes designed the sensory garden
for People in Action and it was built with the help of the
staff and service users at Leasowes Garden Nursery which is
run by People in Action a charity working with and for adults
who have learning disabilities.
Service users,
Shane Grears and Brian Starkey
accept the award plaque on behalf
of People in Action from John and Steve Ensell.
People
in Action's garden project aims:
Give
people with learning disabilities a pathway for their working
lives. Provides people with learning disabilities a sense
of social inclusion and high self esteem through teamwork
and support.
Educate and interest people with learning disabilities so
they can make decisions, develop lifelong skills and form
an understanding of independence. To educate on and demonstrate
the need for recycling and the benefits of living in a healthy
and 'green' environment.
To
tutor service users on issues such as customer care, health
and safety and other skills. To increase self confidence and
independence.
The service provides:
Transport.
Activities, both on and off site.
Training and mentoring.
A
pathway to employment.
Leasowes Garden Nursery is located on Green Lane South, Finham,
Coventry and is open to the public Monday to Friday from
10:30am to 3:30. The garden project also provides garden
services to the community, especially for the elderly and
infirm persons in the area.
Nursery:
Full Photo Gallery
Leasowes
Garden Nursery, Green Lane South,
Finham, Coventry. CV36 EA
For
more information on the project, such as day places, opening
times or plant prices please contact Rob
Bell
Tel: 024 7641 1441 or
078 2580 6938
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