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Westborough – Residents at Whitney Place Assisted Living and Memory Care have been soaking up the beautiful weather and exercising their green thumbs with their friends from the Westborough Garden Club.
Club members have been making monthly visits to help residents beautify and maintain indoor and outdoor garden spaces, as well as participate in several gardening projects.
The collaboration began about a year and a half ago and the two groups have been meeting regularly ever since. Originally, the group worked on a small indoor garden, but over time the project space has expanded to four indoor gardens and an outdoor patio area.
Since the arrival of spring, the group has filled the garden boxes outside with flowers and vegetables and herbs such as tomatoes, peppers, rosemary, thyme and basil.
In the colder months, when gardening is not feasible, the garden club comes prepared with other projects; they have guided the residents in creating lavender sachets, painting kindness rocks, and have even read aloud about gardening. During holiday months, they have often created festive displays, such as cornucopia or pumpkin arrangements.
“The residents seem to enjoy it a lot,” said Westborough Garden Club President Beverly Linnane. “Many had gardens their whole lives so it’s great they can still do this here.”
Member Polly Thayer added, “It’s just a perfect way for the garden club to give back because the community has been so supportive for the 86 years the club has existed.”
Family owned and operated SALMON Health and Retirement has been serving Central Massachusetts since 1952. To learn more about SALMON’s continuum of care with services on multiple campuses, visit www.SalmonHealth.com or call 508-366-3662.
