Care home residents enjoy fruits of their labours with 'ground to plate' initiative

THE GREEN-FINGERED GROWERS TEND THE GARDEN AND GET A TASTE OF THEIR PRODUCE

- By DEBORAH HALL

THE benefits to both mental and physical health are being felt by residents of an East Yorkshire care home who have taken up gardening.

In the case of Primrose House, in Brough, it is also chance to taste the results of their green-fingered enterprise.

Danforth Care, which runs Primrose House and other care homes in Yorkshire, has launched a “Ground to Plate” initiative.

Lisa Harding, Danforth Care regional manager for three care homes in Brough, Mexborough and Rotherham, said: “We've recently been working on our Ground to Plate initiative, which celebrates sustainable living through homegrown produce.

“It's been amazing to see each care home growing a selection of fruit and vegetables which have been chosen and cared for by the residents, to later be used in the home's kitchens. To coincide with this, we've also had professional chef, Theo Michaels, visit several of our care homes to perform live cooking demonstrations using the produce grown by the residents he’s visiting”