This is now a communal ‘secret garden’ created with joint funding from Groundwork Medway Swale, Sanctuary South East and Lloyds TSB. The ground was completely cleared by volunteers, turf was laid and fruit trees, flowers and shrubs were planted.
Residents from Macklands House, Sanctuary’s sheltered scheme in Rainham, attended the opening wearing Easter bonnets and provided refreshments donated by the local Tesco store. Children donned white hooded boiler suits and armed with cans of spray paint filled a once unattractive wall with a variety of decorative insects.