Orchard Day Care and Respite Garden

Orchard Garden Autumn 2014 Report

October 3rd, 2014|Comments Off on Orchard Garden Autumn 2014 Report

As I indicated at the end of my last progress report on the Orchard Garden in early summer we have now ‘signed off’ on that particular gardening project. Mary Toomey has been training Botanic Garden […]

June update on the Orchard Garden

June 19th, 2014|Comments Off on June update on the Orchard Garden

Our Club’s outreach activity is focused on the Orchard Day Care Centre Garden, at the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, Temple Road Blackrock, where our dedicated volunteers are helping to create and maintain a peaceful […]

Orchard Garden 23rd February 2014

February 23rd, 2014|Comments Off on Orchard Garden 23rd February 2014

There is not a lot to report yet as the weather has been so bad. Nature has certainly balanced out our lovely extended mild autumn! We had a meeting in January to plan out a […]

The Orchard Garden in 2013

October 12th, 2013|Comments Off on The Orchard Garden in 2013

We had such a glorious sunny summer in 2013 that we tend to forget what a slow start there was to the growing season. When we started back at the beginning of March all one […]

Progress of the Garden

March 31st, 2012|Comments Off on Progress of the Garden

We had our initial meeting of volunteers at the Alzheimer Centre in Blackrock. Mary Toomey had appealed for members to come and work on an ongoing basis in the garden of the Centre.  About a dozen […]

Alzheimer Society Garden

February 2nd, 2012|Comments Off on Alzheimer Society Garden

Introduction by Dr Mary Toomey:

Right from the very beginning of my association with the Alzheimer Society of Ireland I was most anxious to do my best to make the most of an expansive high walled […]