Gardening with Community Elders

In early June 2023 Bradley Court and Locorum’s Digital Gardeners teamed up to plant seeds for the Windrush Anniversary Garden in Springwood Huddersfield. Pastor Orlando Brown joined in with residents to help plant nasturtiums, spring onions and runner beans.
An enjoyable afternoon was had by all, sharing memories of gardening and farming that went back over six decades to their own childhoods in the Caribbean. People recalled the names of many different fruits and vegetables including pawpaw (papaya), dasheen (coco or taro), guava, soursop (custard apple), yams, root ginger, red sorrel and achee. They talked about how plants grew differently across parts the Caribbean and shared how their families had used crops in different ways.
The afternoon finished with tea and cake, kindly supplied by Velma, Pastor Brown’s wife. Thanks also to Mark Alexis (Housing Assistant) and Kayleigh Edwards (Housing Manager) for welcoming Locorum’s gardening project to Bradley Court.