Here’s a lovely initiative from staff and residents at BaptistCare Carey Gardens aged care centre.
The facility, located in Red Hill, a suburb in Canberra, has decided to add a splash of colour to spring with their own version of the city’s traditional Floriade event.
If you haven’t been, Floriade is a popular flower show that’s held every year from September to October in Canberra’s Commonwealth Park.
It’s well worth a visit even if flowers aren’t your thing but unfortunately, as with many events, this year’s iteration was cancelled due to the pandemic.
This is part of the thinking behind the Our Floriade project, which has transformed the centre into a beautiful showcase of botanical brilliance.
The centre’s lifestyle coordinator Petrina Becker says the idea was to add a bit of brightness to the facility, in what has been a dark year.
“We wanted to do something special and memorable that would bring in aspects of Floriade and give the residents a taste of the community, while still engage in craft and gardening activities and have something to work towards and together,” she said.
As you can see, they’ve done an incredible job. Bravo!
