Hampshire Gardening Initiative (HGI)

Hampshire Gardening Initiative is a network of gardening projects, organisations and individuals throughout Hampshire. They offer gardening services, projects and have an interest in related gardening issues that benefit older people.

Why was is started?

In the first Older People's Well- Being strategy gardening came 2nd in the list of priorities, due ot the work of HGI and its partners in the refreshed strategy April 2011 - March 2014 gardening now comes 8th as a priority for older people

What does it do?

Identifies ways for older people to maintain their own gardens.
Finds imaginative ways to help older people whose gardens have become difficult for them to manage from a range of services.
Encourage older people in residential or sheltered housing to continue to actively participate in gardening.

How can it help me?

If your garden looks like this and you get depressed about it, then see what Hampshire Gardening Initiatives can do for you..

Service provider	Details
Age Concern Hampshire Freephone: 0800 328 7154	Maintains a list of gardening schemes and contacts.
Beneficial Foundation Gardening Services Tel. 023 92733822 Web. www.beneficial.org.uk	Operates in some areas.
Blooming Marvellous Gardening Tel. Joan Giles or Hazel Chant on 01252 540162	This supported Volunteering Gardening Group provides gardening help to people who live in Rushmoor. See the flyer for more information
Buy With Confidence – (Hampshire County Council – Trading Standards) Tel. 01962 833620 Web. www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk	Has lists of reliable gardeners.
Can you dig it? Tel. Ray Knight on 01962 891669 Leaflet 2mb	Adapted gardening hand tools available from the Red Cross Medical Loans depots - free for a 2 week try.
Shaw Trust Garden Support Service Tel. 0845 604 4643 for areas covered by the scheme. Web. www.shaw-trust.org.uk Leaflet 522kb	Over 60 and need help with managing your garden.
Rushmoor Healthy Living Web. www.rhl.org.uk
Minding the Garden Tel. 01252 815652 Web. http://www.hartvolaction.org.uk/hartvolaction/index.html