Come to the Caretaker’s Cottage today to enjoy fellowship, coffee or tea, and two types of raspberry pies – load as much or as little cream on top as you like! If you’d like to pick raspberries in the rain, just remember to wear a light rain jacket and bring your own container to fill […]
Do you love the outdoors? Do you love our mission to make the outdoors accessible for all people? Do you have a few hours each month or each week you’d like to contribute to helping us? We currently have three horticultural volunteers, and a few more hospitality volunteers. In many cases our volunteers like to […]
Independent wheelchair-users and wheelchair-users needing a care-partner’s assistance will delight in picking ripe raspberries in our accessible raspberry patch. Priority picking time for these groups is tomorrow, Saturday, 10am – 11am. From 11am – 12pm, additional guests and volunteers are welcome to pick and enjoy the raspberries. Tomorrow, Saturday, from 10am – 12pm, is our […]
It was our first year entering our Wheelchair-Accessible Roses in the annual New England Rose Society (NERS) Rose Show, held at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Sunday, June 24, 8am – 3pm. There were many ribbons awarded across many classes. Only a few made it to the head table. “Best Novice” made it, along with […]
SPECIAL EVENT: 6/21, 10am – 4pm: Open Garden Day on the Longest Day. Stop by anytime during this event to: Enjoy our Wheelchair-Accessible Gardens Experience our Memory Café in the Garden Program Learn more about our Free Programs for Dementia Care-Partners and People Living with Dementia Donate to Alzheimer’s Association MA/NH Donate to Grow our […]
GROUP SUPPORT: “I was dying for information and support when I found (and joined) this group…” a member from our dementia-caregiver support group emphatically expressed recently. Dementia Care-Partners: please know we have opened our support group (meeting twice monthly) to all ages of care-partners, dealing with all types of dementia. We continue to be specialists […]
They loved it. 10 residents, 3 staff. All ambulated to the picnic table, some used canes or walkers. 9 of 13 ambulated around the 0.1mile Front Garden Loop and to the Caretaker’s Cottage. After the tour, they enjoyed a picnic at the Pear Tree Patio, and signed the guestbook. Annie Townsend, group leader, is going […]
Monday, May 21, 7am, I installed our “Kiosk Flower Show.” I aim to update the show daily with fresh flowers from our garden, and provide identification for public education. We have noticed bicyclists and walkers stopping by to read our kiosk, and this will be added fun and joy for them. Additionally, the flower tray […]
