Spring Has Sprung

We are extremely grateful for the beautiful weather we have had recently and have throughly enjoyed the benefits of Spring, with some sunny afternoons and lighter evenings! So, this week, we have focussed on what our favourite thing about spring is. We have created some spring bunting to display in the home where we have…

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Puppy Visits

Our lovely residents enjoyed meeting Poppy the dachsy-jack (Jenny our wonderful activity ladies) new puppy! Isn’t she cute? Puppy visits always bring a smile!

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Manager’s Welcome & Spring Blooms

It’s a strange and odd feeling greeting you all, a year after the date when the pandemic began! It would be nice to say life is fully normal, but I don’t think it ever will be totally normal. The Lodge, to date, is able to report a 100% clean sheet on COVID cases – all…

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Ganarew Gardening Group

Our green fingered ladies have been busy planting some Spring bulbs ready to put out in the garden. They cannot wait to see them bloom!

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Easter Activities

We spent out Easter full of activities! We made some beautiful hand made cards, some bright Easter bonnets and we even had our very own Easter egg hunt around the home!

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Easter at The Orchard

We had such a wonderful day, celebrating Easter! We ate some scrummy food , all homemade by our marvellous chef John.We danced until our feet hurt & laughed our socks off! We are SO lucky to have such supportive & kind families here at The Orchard. We want to say a big thank you very…

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New Garden Feature

We like to say a massive thank you to Anita Phillips for buying tickets for the home for the Bradford Buses raffle, where the prize was some beautiful train planters!We were lucky enough to win the raffle and have the ‘Aneurin Bevan’ train for a main feature in our garden! People went outside to see…

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Sowing Seeds

We have been sowing seeds in the garden, ready to grow our fresh vegetables this summer. Jim and Desmond prepared the flower bed ready for them to sow some seeds. They sowed bright flower varieties including poppies, pansies and godetia.

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