Celebrating life at Barchester

Just a quick and very heart felt Thank you to everyone who attended, supported and entertained at today's very successful and enjoyable Fringe Cares Festival Event here in our beautiful garden this afternoon. We were blessed with some variable but overall good weather, and a great time was had by all!

This week, we enjoyed a lovely sunny outing to Stewart’s Garden Centre in Titchfield. We enjoyed coffee and cake in the café, followed by a spot of retail therapy... What's not to love 

Residents of Ashchurch View recently enjoyed a wonderful flower arranging session, spending time together creating their own beautiful displays from a colourful selection of fresh flowers. 

Flower arranging is always a lovely activity to have on our calendar. It gives residents the opportunity to get creative, choose their favourite colours and flowers, and put together something that is their own. There's no right or wrong way to create an arrangement,  which makes it a relaxed and enjoyable activity for everyone to take part in at their own pace.

As well as being creative, activities like this are a great way to bring people together. Chatting whilst sharing ideas and admiring one another creations makes the session just as much about companionship as well as creativity. 

Our residents enjoyed a wonderful trip to Stewarts Garden Centre, Broomhill .Anita, June, Pauline, Sheila and Sylvia explored beautiful plants and gifts, then relaxed in the August sunshine with a hot drink. Lots of lovely chats with Chloe and Karen before choosing plants to take home. Everyone agreed it was a fantastic afternoon out.