A gardening club is enabling residents at the Sundial Care Home in Tipton St John to get closer to nature and spend more time outside.

They have been planting vegetables and flowers in the care home’s greenhouse and learning about plants and wildlife.

The home refers to its residents as ‘family members’, and a spokesperson said: “The home has been given caterpillars from Insect Lore, which they have been able to watch transform into beautiful butterflies, which were then released into the garden, offering family members an engaging experience and unique insight into the world of nature.

“Family members are also having a competition to see whose sunflower will be the tallest.

“For Sundial, it is important that they involve the people who live with them to be involved with the design of their home. The gardening club will offer family members a chance to cultivate their own garden and grow a world that is meaningful to them, all while encouraging them to spend more time enjoying fresh air and sunshine.

“Sundial Care Home, who hold a CQC rating of Outstanding, have always taken pride in their beautiful grounds, and hope that offering this opportunity to their family members will provide them with a new way to enjoy the garden.”