{"id":14204,"date":"2021-02-26T15:26:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T15:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/churchill2021.co.uk\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T10:11:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T10:11:04","slug":"betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Betjeman Lodge Gardening Club looks forward to a blooming marvellous Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>

At Betjeman Lodge<\/a> in Ludlow, a thriving Gardening Club was formed last summer by apartment Owners Gerry and Jose, and Lodge Manager Gill. Throughout the latest lockdown they have been thoroughly enjoying their mission to keep the gardens tidy and full of life.<\/p>

With the help of external professionals Mike the specialist lawnsman, and Emma the landscaping expert, the club has made great strides in improving the communal gardens for everyone at the Lodge to enjoy. Ringleader Gerry has even drawn up a 5 year plan to cover the intensive planting and maintenance he has in mind for the future.<\/p>

\u201cThe support from Mike and Emma have been incredibly helpful,\u201d says Gerry. \u201cWe all work together as a team and very much enjoy making the gardens a place that everyone can take pride in and enjoy. The effect that we are trying to achieve is plenty of colour and low level shrubs that will be attractive but not take over the garden. We have also installed our own compost maker, which will make a big difference towards improving the soil over the coming years.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cWe\u2019re all very passionate about keeping it all tidy, and we are supported by the other Owners who kindly contribute towards our fundraising.\"<\/p>

Various tools and supplies have been obtained either for free or at a reduced cost, and a mini-shed known as \u2018Gerry's Den\u2019 was gifted to the Lodge by Churchill. Gerry\u2019s eye for a bargain has even earnt him the nickname of \u2018Bulb Man\u2019 thanks to his temptation to carry home armfuls of new bulbs every time he sees them on offer.<\/p>

As well as this touch of humour, Gerry is proud of the wider benefits the Gardening Club brings for his fellow Owners. \u201cIn recent times it has become so important for those who live on their own to be able to sit outside and socialise,\u201d he says. \u201cThe gardens can be a real lifeline when the restrictions allow people to socialise in pairs or in small socially distanced groups, and we saw this happening almost every day during the warmer months last year.\u201d<\/p>

The Betjeman Lodge Gardeners are a perfect example of active Owners devoting their energy towards benefiting their community. \u201cIt\u2019s good exercise and a good way to enjoy the fresh air,\u201d concludes Gerry. \u201cAbove all it\u2019s just good fun!\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At Betjeman Lodge in Ludlow, a thriving Gardening Club was formed last summer by apartment Owners Gerry and Jose, and Lodge Manager Gill. Throughout the latest lockdown they have been thoroughly enjoying their mission to keep the gardens tidy and full of life.With the help of external professionals Mike the specialist lawnsman, and Emma the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[228],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBetjeman Lodge Gardening Club looks forward to a blooming marvellous Spring - Churchill Retirement Living<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Betjeman Lodge Gardening Club looks forward to a blooming marvellous Spring - Churchill Retirement Living\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At Betjeman Lodge in Ludlow, a thriving Gardening Club was formed last summer by apartment Owners Gerry and Jose, and Lodge Manager Gill. Throughout the latest lockdown they have been thoroughly enjoying their mission to keep the gardens tidy and full of life.With the help of external professionals Mike the specialist lawnsman, and Emma the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Churchill Retirement Living\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChurchillRetirementLiving\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-26T15:26:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-01T10:11:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Betjeman-gardening-club-1920x1081-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Hole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ChurchillRL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ChurchillRL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Hole\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Hole\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/person\/4f0dcb9e84c90336c6291ff255480bd2\"},\"headline\":\"Betjeman Lodge Gardening Club looks forward to a blooming marvellous Spring\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-26T15:26:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-01T10:11:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/\"},\"wordCount\":403,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Retirement Lifestyle News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/\",\"name\":\"Betjeman Lodge Gardening Club looks forward to a blooming marvellous Spring - Churchill Retirement Living\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-26T15:26:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-01T10:11:04+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Betjeman Lodge Gardening Club looks forward to a blooming marvellous Spring\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/\",\"name\":\"Churchill Retirement Living\",\"description\":\"Retirement properties for sale\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Churchill Retirement Living\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRL-2020-CMYK-Internal.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRL-2020-CMYK-Internal.png\",\"width\":1471,\"height\":478,\"caption\":\"Churchill Retirement Living\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChurchillRetirementLiving\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChurchillRL\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ChurchillRetirement1\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/person\/4f0dcb9e84c90336c6291ff255480bd2\",\"name\":\"Michael Hole\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Betjeman Lodge Gardening Club looks forward to a blooming marvellous Spring - Churchill Retirement Living","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Betjeman Lodge Gardening Club looks forward to a blooming marvellous Spring - Churchill Retirement Living","og_description":"At Betjeman Lodge in Ludlow, a thriving Gardening Club was formed last summer by apartment Owners Gerry and Jose, and Lodge Manager Gill. Throughout the latest lockdown they have been thoroughly enjoying their mission to keep the gardens tidy and full of life.With the help of external professionals Mike the specialist lawnsman, and Emma the","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/","og_site_name":"Churchill Retirement Living","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChurchillRetirementLiving","article_published_time":"2021-02-26T15:26:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-01T10:11:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Betjeman-gardening-club-1920x1081-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Hole","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ChurchillRL","twitter_site":"@ChurchillRL","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Hole","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Hole","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/person\/4f0dcb9e84c90336c6291ff255480bd2"},"headline":"Betjeman Lodge Gardening Club looks forward to a blooming marvellous Spring","datePublished":"2021-02-26T15:26:29+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-01T10:11:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/"},"wordCount":403,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Retirement Lifestyle News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/","name":"Betjeman Lodge Gardening Club looks forward to a blooming marvellous Spring - Churchill Retirement Living","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-02-26T15:26:29+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-01T10:11:04+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/betjeman-lodge-gardening-club-looks-forward-to-a-blooming-marvellous-spring\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Betjeman Lodge Gardening Club looks forward to a blooming marvellous Spring"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/","name":"Churchill Retirement Living","description":"Retirement properties for sale","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#organization","name":"Churchill Retirement Living","url":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRL-2020-CMYK-Internal.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRL-2020-CMYK-Internal.png","width":1471,"height":478,"caption":"Churchill Retirement Living"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChurchillRetirementLiving","https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChurchillRL","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ChurchillRetirement1\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/person\/4f0dcb9e84c90336c6291ff255480bd2","name":"Michael Hole"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30749,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14204\/revisions\/30749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}