The Pathway Project and Foundation students from the college visited the QEH to plant bulbs at various sites around the hospital.
The garden was originally created by college students as part of their National Citizenship programme, run by the Prince’s Trust and offers a quiet place for patients and staff at the hospital to enjoy. Care and maintenance of the garden was then taken over by the Pathway Project and since then staff and students at the college have donated gloves, trowels and bulbs for the project.
Tony Smith found out about the project and asked his wife, Cynthia Smith, who works at Dobbies Garden Centre if she could help. Cynthia arranged for Dobbies to donate just under 4,000 bulbs for the project. Because of the generous donation, the foundation students also planted bulbs at gardens outside the MacMillan Care cabin, too.
The Dobbies garden centre Community Champion, George Isherwood, has been over to see the locations where the bulbs have been planted and is delighted with the students work.
One student, Jack Eves, said: “I really liked planting the bulbs. It will be nice for patients to see them when they are flowering. “
The Pathway Project course director, Leanne Lowe, said: "We were thrilled with the enormous bulb donation from Dobbies King's Lynn. The donation has allowed for students across many foundation courses to take part in brightening up the Queen Elizabeth Hospital grounds. These students were also able to complete assessments as part of their Horticulture units on the courses in which they are undertaking. Thank you Dobbies."