Plot 22
Plot 22 operates an all-year round community garden at Weald Allotments in Hove. It provides communal garden and outdoor cooking for local residents and groups experiencing specific challenges. The organisation offers an opportunity for people to be outdoors, connect to the seasons, and spend time together. Its work benefits various groups, including pre-school children and their parents, those with mental health issues, women who have suffered abuse or domestic violence, and the elderly, particularly those with dementia.
It is for a project benefiting people with dementia that the Foundation has offered funding. The DIG project offers monthly gardening sessions, where people with dementia and their carers or family members enjoy a relaxing but engaging experience in a friendly and safe outdoor environment. Participants are encouraged to participate in specific garden tasks and can create items they can take home such as making a posy of herbs. Each session is guided by a sessional worker who will support people of any ability, and includes refreshment and a seasonal poem with the support of a local project Story Chaplain. Around 20 people over the year will benefit, alongside 40 family members/carers. A grant of £2,500 awarded in February 2020 will contribute towards project costs.
