Green-fingered fundraisers help out Kettering hospice

Members of a community garden in Stanwick have raised cash for Cransley Hospice by taking plants home to grow.

The Kettering hospice has received £200 after those who use the self-funding Stanwick Community Garden decided to do their bit to help during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Members would usually hold an annual open day and plant sale to raise funds to improve the garden and access for all, but because of Covid-19 they have had to scale back their plant growing this year.

Members of the team volunteered to take some of the seedlings home to nurture them in their gardens during the lockdown. Unable to hold their usual open day and sale the group decided to offer the plants up for a donation to charity instead.

They wanted to give back to the community having successfully secured some grant funding last year. Once the seedlings became small plants, they were offered for sale or a donation to support the hospice whose fundraising events have had to be put on hold due to the coronavirus.

This proved very popular with the members of the group who gave generously and raised an amazing £200 - more than they had raised the previous year, when they had also sold cakes and savouries.

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