Centre sows the seeds for garden therapy

0 Have your say The community spirit is in full bloom at a Ponteland garden centre.
Dobbies Ponteland has donated £700 worth of fruit and plants to transform an abandoned allotment into a Silverline Memorial Garden.
The community project, from dementia charity Silverline Memories, will see a welcoming space created at the site in Springwell, Gateshead.
The charity originally wanted to create an outdoor space to enhance its dementia cafes, and now it plans to open the garden up to locals for the whole community to benefit.
The garden has been filled with a mix of herbs and scented flowers... read more