Northamptonshire’s Beckworth Emporium launches fundraising week for Garden Re-leaf Day
Beckworth Emporium has announced a week of special events to raise funds for Garden Re-Leaf Day.
The annual day unites the gardening industry in fundraising for the Greenfingers Charity which creates magical and therapeutic gardens in children’s hospices across the UK.
The Blue Diamond garden centre in Mears Ashby is planning a full week of activities with all profits going to the charity.
On Saturday, March 21, there will be a plant a mini veggie planter event for children where they can plant a choice of mini cucumbers, carrots, baby sweetcorn, sugar snap peas and runner beans.
Priced at £5.99, each child will also receive a sheet of handy tips to help their little gardens grow.
Blue Diamond will also donate £1 from every sale of its special Greenfingers Charity Roses. These fragrant hybrid tea roses boast beautiful buttercup-yellow flowers and dark green glossy foliage.
Cupcakes will be sold in the group’s main restaurants with all proceeds from the sale of the cakes going to the charity.
Blue Diamond Group events manager Rebecca Gurnett said: “We’re so proud to support the amazing work Greenfingers does in creating beautiful gardens where children in hospices, and their families, can find peace, joy and make special memories.
“Gardens have the power to heal, to connect and to uplift and the spaces they design make a meaningful difference to families facing incredibly challenging circumstances. It’s a cause very close to our hearts, and we’re honoured to play our part each year."
The charity week will run from March 16 to March 21.
Since its inception in 2012, Garden Re-Leaf Day has raised more than £1 million for the Greenfingers Charity, helping to create more than 70 gardens.
Greenfingers aims to provide all life-limited children, their families, and carers, within their hospice, emotional support through the power and pleasure of nature.
Its well-designed outdoor spaces enable children to enjoy time with their family, friends and siblings, whether through play and fun, or therapeutic rest and relaxation.
Greenfingers Charity is driven by the belief that time spent outdoors, away from the bedside, can offer children and families under considerable stress a vital opportunity to embrace the benefits of being in the fresh air and engaging with the natural environment.