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ALL EYES ON ROCHDALE

AT TATTON

ABOUT THE WRITER gardening. It also raised
Silvana Devine is a social and therapeutic awareness of our charity
horticulture practitioner at Petrus Incredible and demonstrated the
Edibles Rochdale (PIER) which is a community impact of the social
allotment on Belfield Road in Rochdale. prescribing work taking
place at our community
allotment PIER.
structures within the the vision for the Ginnel to
PIER is a community allotment and gardens located on Belfield Road (next to the Croft Shifa garden. They joined us on take shape. The legacy of the
Medical Centre) in Rochdale, which belongs to homelessness charity Petrus. It is a site to help with the build, as Kaleidoscope Ginnel will live
beautiful, relaxing and therapeutic oasis that grows fruit and vegetables and is a member of did volunteers from Long term Petrus on in Rochdale now that the
the wider Incredible Edibles network representing Rochdale. It is open to the public and Willmott Dixon who also supporters, the Cosalea show has come to an end,
people are welcome to visit and take a look around this award-winning garden. rallied their supply chain to Café in Bury donated
Petrus’ vision is to create kind, confident and connected communities through the power of provide a donation of PPE. delicious lunches for the with four pocket gardens
created for the community
growing food.
team working on site every to enjoy.
Our friends at J Parker’s day for three weeks.
Every year, Petrus staff, service users raised almost £5,000 If you would like to find out
and volunteers come together to through their sponsored The Kaleidoscope Ginnel more about our time at the
design a garden to build for the RHS 13.5 mile walk, as well as Garden became a shining show, please visit our
Tatton Park Flower Show. This year, donating flowers, fruit trees, example how Rochdale is website:
we were delighted to be invited by planters and more to help united through community www.petrus.org.uk/tatton
the RHS to produce the show’s only
feature garden, the Ginnel Garden.

Bigger than anything we had created
at the show before, we looked to the
Rochdale community to help and our
vision for the ‘Kaleidoscope Ginnel,’
started to come to life.

We ran sessions with pupils at
Falinge Park High School, guiding
them to create colourful glass floral
mosaics that were set into wooden
panels.

Volunteers from youth work
charity Aspire 2 Inspire shared
words of friendship and community,
which were etched onto metal

Michelle Singer and Stu Richards

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