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The Places of Change Garden is buzzing after receiving a silver medal and it is great to hear such positive feedback from members of the public about our wonderful garden and the wonderful people behind it.  If we were your favourite garden, why not vote for us in the People's Choice?  http://apps.rhs.org.uk/peopleschoice/

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Gill Perkins, Comms Team, Homeless Link Check out what the celebrities who visited our Places of Change garden on press day had to say...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu0Kwg3mG6M

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Belinda Porich, Head of London Region, National Housing Federation I'm absolutely thrilled that the Places Of Change garden has won a silver medal!  Congratulations to all of you who must have put such a lot of hard work into it.

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Lynden Gibbs, Salvation Army Plymouth Fantastic news!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Nathan Cordy, former service user of and new employee of Shekinah Mission, Plymouth "My life was c*** and now it is great."

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We're so pleased to have just found out that our wonderful Places of Change Garden has been awarded a Silver Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show 2010! We are delighted that the hard work, dedication and creativity of all those involved in making this garden a reality has been recognised by this wonderful accolade.  It is a true honour to receive the medal, as this is the icing on the cake for an

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Today was Press Day at the Chelsea Flower Show and all those present at the Places of Change Garden were delighted that so many of Britain's best loved stars spent some time in our garden.  Visitors included David Bellamy, Rolf Harris, Dame Helen Mirren, Moira Stewart, Raymond Blanc, Lesley Garrett and many more!  The day became really special when we started to receive royal visitors, including

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Media interest in the Places of Change garden is increasing as the story of this amazing project is spreading.  We were delighted to be featured in the Guardian Society supplement this week as well as having an insert in this week's Big Issue.  Most excitingly, the garden is situated directly in front of the BBC's press box, so we hope that when Alan Titchmarsh is interviewing people on the

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Jacquie Duncan, Accsys Technologies PLC I visited Chelsea yesterday afternoon to get an overview of the Places of Change garden and am amazed at how enthusiastic and busy everyone was. The garden really seems to be coming together and I am both pleased and proud that Accsys is involved in such a worthwhile project.  Our Accoya® wood team has been working with St Mungo’s, the homelessness charity,

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Paul Stone, Places of Change Garden Designer The Places of Change garden is almost three times the size of last year’s garden at 590m². We are venturing into the unknown, but the size does mean we can do something completely different design-wise. It also provides a fabulous opportunity to get more people involved. The big plot means we can grow lots of plants all over the country. Eden has a

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Rebecca Ford, Business Action on Homelessness On Tuesday 18th May, senior business leaders from companies Barclays, Baxter Storey, Carillion, ISS, Kantar Operations, Lantra MITIE and Royal Parks were treated to a special preview of the garden. Led by Barclays’ Group Chief Executive and Chair of Business Action on Homelessness, John Varley, the purpose of the visit was to provide an opportunity

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We've just watched the coverage on BBC Look North of Stonham Hull Women's Service and their involvement in the Places of Change Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show 2010.  The totem looks amazing, we cannot wait to see it in place in the finished garden.  This coverage was a really great opportunity to learn about some of the stories behind the hard working individuals who have made the Places of

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Isabelle Pugh, Homeless LinkI visited the Places of Change Garden on Friday as I was so curious to see the work in progress.  Everything is looking fantastic, with many features such as the 'woodman's shelter' and 'wall of small things' entirely complete.  Huge lorries filled with plants were arriving throughout the morning, and planting was ready to start later that day.  Everyone was really

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Howard Jones, Director of Human Networks, Eden Project A week to go and things are going well on site.  Everyone is working incredibly hard.  Over the last week we have had approximately 30 learners plus staff on site from about 8 different homelessness services and a number of prisons, overseen by designer Paul Stone.  It is a tremendous logistical challenge.  We're hoping the good weather

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Pauline Gaye, Project Manager, Chapter 1 Thanks to everyone for this amazing opportunity to involve the residents, it is a life altering experience for them.

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Tony Welch, volunteer at Nurture (Faith Lodge, Saint George's Crypt, Leeds) The plants for Chelsea are looking really good after the warm weather this week, we lost a couple of things to frost early on, even with the heaters on! It took ages for us to get some warm weathers and there were frosts as late as 24th of April. We didn't know if we were going to get the plants big enough but now they

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Lucy Fleming, Project Worker, Stonham We've created a giant model of a man made of hundreds of healing plants for the Chelsea Flower Show 2010. All of my colleagues and clients at the services involved are really excited about appearing at the show. We’re hoping our Medicine Man looks really eye catching and that visitors to the garden learn something about which plants can help them live more

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Lee Emery, resident at LookAhead Housing and Care I've been involved with the design of part of the garden along with the rest of the team, but winning LookAhead's sculpture competition really stands out for me.  It is going to be installed on site next week and I am going along...

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Quarton Preston, volunteer, Down To Earth (PATH project). Part of Bradford Alliance on Community Care I am overseeing the growing of hundreds of plants – they are like my pets or something! I also helped to put up the poly tunnel which is where all the Chelsea plants are being kept until the weather gets a bit warmer. One moment that really stands out for me was when we finally finished the

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Ceri Keating, Cyrenians Cymru I was homeless, sleeping rough, moving between B&B and other hostels. I had a drug and alcohol problem and this became much worse when I was homeless.  I've been involved in training in first aid, Naxolone training, cookery, guitar and compute lessons and gardening. I attend SANDS (Swansea Drug Project) and now live in my own flat with support from Cyrenians Cymru, I

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Gill Perkins, Comms Team, Homeless Link Day 1 and construction on site starts today - all the hard work in terms of hard landscaping.  The weather isn't great, but that's life in the great outdoors.  We've got 8 service users from St Mungo's and Penrose on site today along with project leaders from both organisations.  So far so good...

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Gill Perkins, Comms Team, Homeless Link We've got some great new videos up on our YouTube site. Take a look at the Salvation Army digging up sustainable wild flowers near St Helens and Stonham in Hull growing and sculpting....

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Rebecca Ford, Policy & Communications Manager, Business Action on Homelessness Some 225 individuals from 49 hostels and 8 prisons are busy designing, planting, cultivating and constructing the different elements of the garden. Through our business networks, we will be providing work placements to the homeless people involved in creating the garden.  And on Tuesday 18 May, we will be hosting a

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Bobby, Ross Foyer, Herefordshire SHYPP The herbalists visit was wicked and I learnt lots of random stuff about plants in the local area.

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We've just listened to the interview with clients at Providence Row and Eden's landscape designer Paul Stone on Gardeners' Question Time, 24th April at around 28 minutes.  Amazing to hear some of the stories behind the hard work taking place... Providence Row are designing and growing plants for the Environment Zone of the Places of Change Garden.  We look forward to seeing all their hard work

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Ken Dodd, Look Ahead customer “I like gardening, I’ve been doing it for over 40 years. I’ve also been working on the garden at Look Ahead’s Bayswater hostel, where I am currently living. When the Chelsea garden came up I was really interested in getting involved. It has been great being part of the team, planning the garden from scratch, organising what plants and materials to use. There is

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Roger Hannibal, Cymru Cyrenians It touched my heart to be asked to take part in the project and I can’t believe it! I voluntarily keep the graveyard gardens around our Community Centre (which is part of a refurbished church) in tip top ‘Homes & Gardens’ style condition.

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Jeni  Burnell, Architecture Sans Frontières-UK It's been a hive of activity at Noah Enterprise Centre in Luton lately! Not only have the teams from Noah, Watford New Hope Trust and Crisis Skylight (London) been working on construction of a section of the central timber posts but the Noah Enterprise art team have taken the lead in the design and contraction of sculptural elements (including the

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The people behind the plants at Stonham's Hull Women’s Service share their experiences. Service Manager Laura Robinson said: “Chelsea Flower Show fever has swept through the residents and staff of our project. There’s a real buzz about the place and everyone is excited about playing a part in the Places for Change garden. “It’s great to see the enthusiasm shown and the hard work being put in.

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Howard Jones, Director Human Networks & Programme Leader, Eden Project First EVER blog... Second EVER Show Garden and this one is serious. Complex, large, full of people and characters and much more than a garden. Really a number of projects rolled into one big machine with an unique purpose - to show just what can be done when we put our minds to it, whoever we are, so long as we work together,

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Dean Hartley, resident at Chapter 1/FrestStart in St Austell "I've helped pot the plants and am looking after them until they go to Chelsea in May.  It’s great to be involved in this project. I’m a fan of the Chelsea Flower Show and would love to go there one day. I’ve done some gardening in the past and plants get under your skin after a while. When you’re nurturing them, you’re nurturing

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Jeff Mabin from the Steady Work Programme, Shekinah Mission, Plymouth "I'm marking out the wood for the centre pillars. We've got to be finished in 3 weeks and then I'll be helping to instal it up at Chelsea. When I tell my auntie I am working on the central feature for a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, she is going to be chuffed as hell..."

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Nick Wilkinson - resident at Faith Lodge, St George's Crypt "Chelsea was the icing on the cake for me last year after doing my NVQ in horticulture. Looking back on it, it was a bit of a turning point for me. It was so good to be part of a team and be treated like a normal human being which does'nt always happen when you are homeless''

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Richard Cunningham - Manager Places of Change Programme HCA Putting a roof over someone’s head is a useful thing to do, but for individuals who have experienced homelessness, rooflessness can be only one of the symptoms of a bigger set of problems that encompass isolation and loneliness, long term worklessness and low self esteem. Places of Change is about more than a place to live, it’s about

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Yvonne Slater. PATH Coordinator, Pro-active Approach To Health, B.A.C.C. 'We began our involvement in the 'Places of Change Garden on the 16th of February 2010. A successful launch event was organised and well attended by reps from various partners in our project; Keyhouse and Bradford Alliance on Community Care (BACC), who are the lead partners, along with Bradford Community Environment Project

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Angela and Stevo - Steppin' Stone, Oxford We really enjoyed planting the plants at Chelsea last year, but it was hard work! Going to Chelsea was very exciting – we even bumped into Alan Titchmarsh!  We were so chuffed to be representing Steppin’ Stone at Chelsea. This year we’re growing vegetables, herbs and edible flowers… We already grow vegetables to eat at the Stepping Stone centre and we’ve

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