Hoe, Hoe, Hoe

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Windsor and Maidenhead

Thursday 23rd May

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Sheila and Rachel went to help at Nature's Haven. Today was about maintaining the new flower beds around the fruit trees. Armed with hoes, forks and trowels, we took all the young weeds out of the bed, digging out any thistles which were appearing from beneath. By the end of the session, the bed looked beautiful!


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Nature's Haven Community Healing Garden
Our mission is to enable our community to access and learn about the therapeutic benefits of gardening and nature.

Nature’s Haven is an outdoor retreat to escape the pressures of everyday life. We aim to give our visitors a sense of strength and protection with the intention of providing a more tranquil state of mind. Our healing garden will be filled with a variety of plants that promote a sense of wellbeing and hope. Our garden designs are based on the principles of a physic garden, focusing on the plants' inherent healing properties. It will be a place of refuge where peace, healing, distraction and stress relief is promoted. Nature's Haven will create, maintain & continue to develop healing gardens to generate an abundance of positivity. The gardens will be restorative and yet enabling too, allowing the visitor to 'simply be', reflect & be fully present in the moment and/or actively engage in gardening through our social therapeutic horticultural programmes. We will provide events and opportunities to engage as many people in our community as possible as we nurture and promote a feeling of connectedness. We champion sustainability and we are guided by permaculture principles thus avoiding synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. The gardens are designed with accessibility in mind. Wheelchairs will be able to access all areas of the garden and the paths and raised beds will help the visually impaired navigate their way around. We will also have adapted tools to assist with any mobility issues.

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Fri 24th May at 10:43pm

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