Author Archives: David N
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New improved facilities thanks to Earley Charity
Posted on 10 August 2018 by David N in News.We are delighted with our new area of hard landscaping and raised beds which will be helpful to our less physically able gardeners. The project was made possible by a generous grant from the Earley Charity. It was designed by Amanda Almeida our Senior Horticultural Therapist and constructed by Smallwood Countryside Contractors of Sonning. […]
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Big thanks to Tesco!
Posted on 8 June 2018 by David N in News.We are very grateful to Tesco for the grant of £4,272.00 they have awarded us. This will help us to retain the services of our Horticultural Therapist Amanda Almeida through the next year and mean we can continue to offer our clients her expertise and guidance.
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Coop Local Community Fund
Posted on 7 June 2018 by David N in News.A big Thank You to the Coop Local Community Fund for over £6,000 which was raised in spring 2017 with the support and votes of local Coop customers in the East Reading, Earley and Charvil areas. Among other things this money will be used for: the extension of our electricity supply from the pavilion to […]
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Good News: Earley Charity grant success!
Posted on 11 February 2018 by David N in News.Our application for funding for a new hard standing area with raised beds has been successful. The Multi-cultural Gardening Club will continue gardening at Ridgeline for the time being, but starting this spring we will be converting the part of that area closest to the pavilion into an accessible firm-surfaced area suitable for less physically […]
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New improved facilities thanks to Earley Charity
Posted on 31 October 2017 by David N in News.We are delighted with our new area of hard landscaping and raised beds which will be helpful to our less physically able gardeners. The project was made possible by a generous grant from the Earley Charity. It was designed by Amanda Almeida our Senior Horticultural Therapist and constructed by Smallwood Countryside Contractors of Sonning. We […]
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Two Reading in Bloom awards for Ridgeline!
Posted on 24 October 2017 by David N in News.Ridgeline are proud to have retained the cup for best in Community Gardens section of Reading in Bloom. But that’s not all: we also received the Banksian Medal presented by the RHS and awarded by the Reading in Bloom Committee for the largest number of points in the whole of the horticultural classes.
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Reading in Bloom 2017 Winners!
Posted on 9 October 2017 by David N in News.Ridgeline are proud to have retained the cup for best in Community Gardens section of Reading in Bloom. But that’s not all: we also received the Banksian Medal presented by the RHS and awarded by the Reading in Bloom Committee for the largest number of points in the whole of the horticultural classes.
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Harvest Fete takes around £1,550
Posted on 9 October 2017 by David N in News.A big thank you to all who took part in this years Harvest Fete on Sunday 17th September. We didn’t make a detailed count, but around 300 people came during the afternoon. It was a huge success and we raised almost £1500 towards running the Ridgeline Therapeutic Garden. The weather was pretty good throughout the […]
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Harvest Fete takes nearly £1,500
Posted on 30 September 2017 by David N in News.A big thank you to all who took part in this years Harvest Fete on Sunday 17th September. We didn’t make a detailed count, but around 300 people came during the afternoon. It was a huge success and we raised almost £1500 towards running the Ridgeline Therapeutic Garden. The weather was pretty good throughout the […]
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More from the 2017 Harvest Fete
Posted on 9 August 2017 by David N in News.The weather was pretty good throughout the long day, and the garden was looking great, as usual! It was pleasing to see many returning visitors, including Jill Haslam, who started Ridgeline in 2003, and her husband Roy. And it was nice to see several visitors from Lakeside with their family & carers. The hard […]
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