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- Rape alarms available from police and Council
- Organic garden opens its gates
- Poetry, comedy and literature at libraries festival this summer
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- Council team takes up the bike challenge
- Walk the Thames
- New Mayor reopens Teddington Library
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- Learning the Kunskapsskolan way
- New affordable homes to be built
- Council seeks new co-sponsor for Shene
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- By the light of the moon
- Making parks even better
- Get Fit in Castlenau Recreation Ground
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- Employee Awards for Power Candidates
- CPZ review
- Eat al fresco in Church Street
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- Join in the fun at Heathfield Street Party on 16 May
- Meeting of young minds to become annual event
- Council supports IDAHO
- It’s stitching, but not as we know it
- How can we cut carbon footprint?
- Supper with Shakespeare
- Free adult learning taster sessions in borough’s libraries 9-15 May
- Kick off the summer with the Power Employment flower show
- Outdoor swimming pool opens for summer
- Standards Committee member wanted by Council
- Find out about Council services at Richmond Fair
- Comment on Shopfront Design Guide
- Your say wanted on how extensions are decided
- Pupils get ready to grow their own
- Volunteers are supporting community
- Borough smashes tree planting target
- Exclusively Richmond
Release Date: 06/05/2009
Kick off the summer with the Power Employment flower show
Power Employment, a service run by Richmond Council to find employment opportunities for people with learning disabilities, is inviting people to visit its plant sale at The Business Centre, Twickenham on Wednesday, 13 May (10am-3pm).
The event will see a huge variety of plants, flowers and hanging baskets on display, all of which have been grown by members of the Garden Gang, a work experience project specialising in gardening and landscaping skills.
Visitors will also be able to get gardening advice and enjoy a range of refreshments.
Cathy Kerr, Director of Adult and Community Services on Richmond Council, said:
“The Garden Gang is well known by local people and has done a lot of work on community and private projects around the borough in recent years. They have also transformed an area of The Business Centre into a flourishing nursery and this is an excellent opportunity for people to see the work they have done.
“It promises to be excellent event, the perfect way to kick off the summer and I encourage people to go along.”
The Garden Gang is part of Richmond Council’s Power Employment service which finds employment opportunities for people with learning disabilities living in the borough.
It offers work experience in horticultural skills, gardening maintenance and landscaping. With the skills gained candidates are then helped to find full time employment.
The Garden Gang was relocated to Business Centre (formerly known as the Twining Centre) in 2007, along with the Recycle and Café Sunshine projects, where they have cultivated an expansive nursery and renovated a large disused greenhouse with the help of a grant from The Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity.
Information
- Hanging Baskets
- Bedding
- Perennials and Shrubs
- Garden Advice
- Refreshments Available
- Come along and see the new nursery facilities
The Business Centre
53 Grimwood Road
Twickenham TW1 1BY (see map)
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