In the Garden

“I got this flat in 1991. It’s really quiet here, I know everyone and they all look after me…This is the first time I’ve had a garden. I was growing potatoes, cabbages, tomatoes, okra, red peas for a couple of years.”

Stafford J, Credit: Sophie Verhagen

“I met my husband here in 1958… When he was alive the garden was lovely because he looked after it and he would put seeds down if there was a patch and we had one side with flowers and the other with vegetables. But now I’m not able to do that.”

Beryl M, Credit: Sophie Verhagen

“There was a man that came and turned the soil over in the garden and my sister looked after the garden because she loves gardens and I’m afraid of worms! I look after the pots.”

Myrtle H, Credit: Sophie Verhagen