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How does your garden grow?

Big or small, charity Papworth Trust hopes gardeners will be ‘open’ to summer fundraising bid.

“How many kinds of sweet flowers grow in an English country garden?” A line from an old folk song, but also a question to which people across the region just may find the answer to this summer. Papworth Trust is looking for people in the community to open their gardens in aid of its work supporting disabled people.

Heart’s ease and phlox, meadowsweet and lady smocks, lupin or tall hollyhocks, to echo the words of the song. However your garden grows, the Trust would like to hear from you.

Papworth Trust is a local disability charity that supports people of all disabilities, ages and backgrounds. They make it possible for people to live independently in their own homes by building accessible housing, adapting homes, and providing a comprehensive care service.

They help people get more out of life by learning new skills and making friends at their centres and youth clubs, and they support people to find and keep a job. Papworth Trust can also visit people in their home, to provide daily or overnight care. They can also help with advice on adapting homes and grants and loans.

Papworth Trust Community Fundraisers are looking for enthusiastic gardeners who are willing to open their gardens this summer and help them to raise vital funds. It is a great way to celebrate the beauty of English country gardens - whether big or small - and support their work with disabled people and their families at the same time.

If you would like to open your garden on behalf of Papworth Trust any time between May and the end of August 2014, then contact the Papworth Fundraising Team on 01480 357206. The team will be able to help you with marketing, publicity and ideas to raise funds such as raffles and teas.

For more information please visit www.papworth.org.uk Registered charity number 211234

How does your garden grow?

How does your garden grow?