Hanover Inpractice

# 16
HANOVER LODGE, BRIDLINGTON
Life on the ‘wild’ side
“
Several people have said
how much they enjoy
watching all the wildlife.
– Pauline Atkinson, Estate Manager”
New faces started appearing at Hanover
Lodge when residents Doreen Matthews and
Anne Fenton started to spend more time
tending to the garden!
The estate wasn’t used to wildlife
neighbours, but hedgehogs, rabbits and a
lot more birds definitely seemed to be
attracted by the garden improvements.
It got the residents thinking about other
things they could to do to attract even more
wildlife. They started to put bird food out
and they increased the number of plants,
particularly in the centre of the garden, as
extra shelter for the animals.
Pauline Atkinson, who has been an Estate
Manager with Hanover for over 25 years
reckons the improvements are great,
particularly for those residents who can’t
get out that much. She says residents are
full of praise for the new-look garden and
they enjoy watching all the new wildlife.
The residents have also applied for Greenshoots
funding to do all sorts of other garden
things – including growing more in tubs,
boosting plant numbers and adding trellis.
Residents are now looking forward to eating
their home-grown strawberries, tomatoes
and green beans – while watching the
hedgehogs come and go!
Going
green