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Gardening

 
While the council maintains public green spaces, it does not provide gardening services to residents.

However ...

... there is a project going on that would benefit elderly residents in Sheltered Housing schemes.

Cleansweep gardening service

The Cleansweep gardening service will provide support to elderly residents living in Sheltered Housing schemes, encouraging them to tend their gardens with the assistance of council gardeners.

Two gardeners have been appointed to provide this gardening service and will get to know the residents of each of the twenty five Housing Schemes. 

The gardeners will be joined by other colleagues in the busy months of May, June and July.

How to apply for support

Please contact Cleansweep.

What will they help with?

Each housing scheme will have its own specific requirements. Ideas include:

  • the care of community gardens
  • planting hanging baskets
  • window boxes
  • displays of bedding plants
  • vegetable growing.

Ideal for older people

Councillor Alex Grant, Greenwich Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment and Public Services, welcomed the new scheme saying, "The Cleansweep gardening service is an ideal way for older people to contribute positively to their communities and local environment. In many sheltered schemes the residents get great pleasure from gardening and we have some wonderful examples of floral displays and vegetable plots."

Further information

Please contact Cleansweep.

Age Concern's leisure and learning factsheet contains useful information about leisure activities for elderly people, including gardening.

Download Age Concern's leisure and learning factsheet.

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