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Sentinel digs for victory to beat downturn

RESIDENTS in a Hartley Wintney will soon be munching on their own fresh organic vegetables when new tenant allotments are dug in next week.

 

Staff from Sentinel Housing Association are pulling on their wellies to turn an under-used communal area in the Hampshire village into a vegetable garden, to help residents beat the recent food hikes.

 

Residents of a block of flats at the Becketts called in Sentinel for help, so the landlord is sending a Community Impact Team of 20 staff to build raised beds, and install a garden feature – and will finish the project in a single day.

 

Project Manager Anne Morley said: “I’ve been growing on cabbages and other veg at home, for an instant transformation of a neglected corner of this development. Some residents are joining in, and for us, it’s a chance to get out into the community to make a genuine positive impact.”

 

The garden makeover is one of six ambitious community projects to be delivered by Sentinel staff across north Hampshire all on the same day, including painting a village hall, running a ballroom tea dance, building a vegetable garden, landscaping wasteland, and running a family fun day.