Thanks to Marianne for this latest news from the Hospice. Ed
Staff from HSBC on the Isle of Wight have chosen Earl Mountbatten Hospice as their charity of the year for 2013 with employees spending a day gardening at the Hospice as one of the ways they are showing support.
Led by Tina Hughes, Hospice volunteer and professional horticulturist and garden designer, eight HSBC bank staff from the Isle of Wight and Chichester, accompanied by one husband who volunteered his time in place of running his own garden services business, cleared, planted and hoed for a day.
Groundforce session
During the ‘groundforce’ gardening session Jackie Routledge and her team shovelled two tons of soil donated by Wight Reclamation Ltd to create a new herbaceous perennial bed which they filled with £100 of plants and flowers donated by HSBC.
The team also cleared some of the surrounding areas and planted a selection of climbers against a pergola designed for the Hospice by Tina.
Jackie Routledge said:
“My family and I have supported the Hospice in the past and it was during a visit that I learnt that the Hospice is always looking for volunteers to help.
When the Isle of Wight HSBC team chose the Hospice as their charity of the year the idea sparked that we could help with some gardening as part of HSBC in the Community where staff are given a day off to volunteer their help.”
