PRESS RELEASE: September 2009
Normandy Therapy Garden – a community success story
A group of Gurkhas, staff and volunteers
after a hard day’s work at Normandy
Therapy Garden
For over five years Normandy Therapy Garden Centre has been offering practical...
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PRESS RELEASE: September 2009
Normandy Therapy Garden – a community success story
A group of Gurkhas, staff and volunteers
after a hard day’s work at Normandy
Therapy Garden
For over five years Normandy Therapy Garden Centre has been offering practical
horticulture therapy to people who are disabled or who have learning difficulties, and
has developed into a popular service in the local community.
Normandy Community Therapy Garden started as an idea back in 1998 when local
resident Ann Adey saw the need in the community for a charity which addressed the
needs of socially disadvantaged people.
The charity launched in 2001, with an acre
of derelict land donated by Guildford Borough Council.
There was a lot of work to make the site ready for use, but with the help of Lottery
funding, an anonymous benefactor, two years of dedicated fundraising, and
construction work by the British Association of Landscape Industries, the site was
finally ready.
The garden was officially opened in 2003
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