Hi there everyone,
I am a garden design student and my latest piece of coursework is to design a garden for a care home for the elderly, many of whom are suffering from dementia.
I have decided to theme the planting within the garden (not the design itself) around "childhood memories", and wanted to ask all of you what plants you remember from your childhood, and why they have such good (or bad!) memories for you. They could be any kind of plant, tree, herb or vegetable.
Sadly I have no living grandparents, and not really any contact with senior citizens, and short of asking strangers in the library, I thought this would be a good place to post and get your thoughts.
Many thanks in advance for your help, and I look forward to reading your stories
Just to add - this is a UK based care home, so UK species please! Also, the residents are aged from 60 - 100+, so if you are this age too, that would be ideal.
Thanks for all answers so far!
I am a garden design student and my latest piece of coursework is to design a garden for a care home for the elderly, many of whom are suffering from dementia.
I have decided to theme the planting within the garden (not the design itself) around "childhood memories", and wanted to ask all of you what plants you remember from your childhood, and why they have such good (or bad!) memories for you. They could be any kind of plant, tree, herb or vegetable.
Sadly I have no living grandparents, and not really any contact with senior citizens, and short of asking strangers in the library, I thought this would be a good place to post and get your thoughts.
Many thanks in advance for your help, and I look forward to reading your stories
Just to add - this is a UK based care home, so UK species please! Also, the residents are aged from 60 - 100+, so if you are this age too, that would be ideal.
Thanks for all answers so far!