The following Key will allow you to know which project descriptions belong to which of our TH program
MH-Marion House LN-Layhill Nursing Home
LH-Landow House GH-Grace House HC-Sanctuary at Holy Cross BRG-Brooke Grove
KN-Kensington Nursing Home STB-St. Barts BH-Byron House BG-Brighton Gardens
STR-St. Raphaels AAL-Asbury Assisted Living WH-Wilson House FH-Sandy Spring Friends House
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| Fairy Garden |
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| Talk about cherries FH Flowers: Siberian iris, rose, azalea, cherry laurel container -cherry can with oasis |
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| Memorial Day or the 4th of July |
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| Wrist corsage Made by glueing (hot glue or rubber cement) artificial or fresh carnations and boxwood onto a purchased pearl bracelet |
May
Projects
Theme-Fairy
Gardens
Project-Planted
strawberry begonias and hens and chicks in handmade fairy abode.
Ed
Talk/Activities-Discussion of fairy gardens and miniature
plants. MH/LN
Theme-Critters
in the Garden
Project-Peter
Rabbit
with a little jacket in the garden. Used
recycled containers from frozen dinners.
All plant materials were small in keeping with the little garden patch. Team member, Jeanne Atzert, shared pictures
of herself chasing a rabbit out of her own garden.
Ed
Talk/Activities-Discussion of critters in our vegetable
gardens. GH
Theme-Spring
Flowers
Project-Baskets
filled with yellow daisies, lavender, pink and white carnations, and greens.
Ed
Talk/Activities-Discussed history of these flowers and talked
with residents about their memories of springtime and flowers. HC
Theme-Mother’s
Day-May Day
Project-Flower
arrangement of iris, dianthus, peonies, white carnations and greens in a glass
bottle with floral decorative tape embellishments on the front of the bottle.
Ed
Talk/Activities-Discussed
information about flowers included in the arrangement and Mother’s Day and
May Day.
BRG
Theme-Salad
Boxes
Project-Planted
lettuce seeds in small crates.
Ed
Talk/Activities-Talked about the best times to plant
vegetables: cold weather vs. warm and the different kinds of leaves we can grow
and eat. In a subsequent month, we
harvested the lettuce leaves and other herbs from the crate. Each resident got to harvest the ones that
they planted. We had a salad party with
added toppings and dressings. STB/BH
Theme-Planting
Outdoors
Project-Version
1 with assisted living residents-Planted flowers/vegetables in the outdoor
boxes on both floors at Brighton Gardens. (Some residents can only manage a bit
of this activity). Version 2 with Dementia patients-Simplification of the above
to focus on the tactile aspects of planting outside, feeling the soil,
watering, etc. They are excited to plant
the seedlings they started from seeds.
Ed
Talk/Activities-Garden design, depth of planting, plant
needs.
BG
Theme-Mother’s
Day
Project-Made
Tussie Mussies. Using a decorative paper
cone made in advance and ribbon trims as the container, the residents created a
bunch of flowers and herbs and greens held in a small water filled baggie tied
tightly and placed in the cone.
Ed
Talk/Activities-Talked about the history of Tussie Mussies and
Mother’s Day traditions. STR
Theme-Indoor
Hanging Arrangement
Project-Made
Door Hanger Arrangement
Ed
Talk/Activities-Not specified. AAL
Theme-Fairy
Garden
Project-Planted
succulents in a tea cup.
Ed
Talk/Activities-What are succulents? WH
Theme-Sunshine
Project-Potted
Foam Face with sunglasses.
Ed
Talk/Activities-Photosynthesis FH
Theme-Lemons
Project-Used
a yellow container (spray painted cup), with yellow, white and orange or bright
flowers. Picks of fresh or dried lemon
slices on picks. To dry lemon slices,
put them on pick not touching other lemon slices and leave for a week or two.
Ed
Talk/Activities-Citrus-grapefruits, lemons, oranges and
limes. KN
