Carers garden visit

We all know that visiting a beautiful garden and being in nature is good for you, but for some, like unpaid carers who have round the clock demands on their time, escaping into a garden can provide perfect, much needed respite.

As part of their almost 30 year partnership with the National Garden Scheme unpaid carers and staff from Carers Trust enjoyed a morning wandering around the beautiful gardens of Godinton House in Kent.

36 carers were invited along to explore the gardens at their leisure before they opened to the public later that day. The carers came from three local carer charities within the Carers Trust network.

As well as the beautiful grounds the carers enjoyed tea and cake as they took a well-deserved break from the pressures of their caring roles.

Beverly Fleck, 71, from Rochester said: “Today has been lovely and being here with everyone has made me realise that I am not the only one in this position and how important it is for all carers, like me, to take some time for themselves.

“Within my role as a carer there is so much of me that is lost. So even just getting up and getting dressed to come somewhere just for me was wonderful. I am a country girl at heart and I love trees, so this experience made me come alive again.”

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