Over 65’s Gardening Sessions 

The Thyme Together project is a friendly social group for seniors with a focus on activities that enhance health and wellbeing in a natural garden environment. Run on Thursdays, Thyme Together is an inclusive group which incorporates many aspects of therapeutic horticulture and is comprised of attendees who face a range of issues, from limited mobility, sensory impairment, to cognitive issues, and feelings of social isolation. Attendees enjoy assisting and supporting others and this encourages social interaction. The volunteers are essential to the running of this group, as attendees with dementia cannot be left unsupervised, and this allows sub groups to have the support that they need. Activities range from sitting down tasks for those with limited mobility, e.g. potting on, and weeding/planting in the raised beds, often from a chair, to more active jobs, such as hoeing, for those without mobility issues.