Kitchen Garden

WHY NOT START A GARDENING CLUB

Hook is a village like many others. Small, quiet and with an ageing population due to young people moving away to bigger places. Such villages can be lonely places for older people, isolated from transport links and with fewer recreational activities on offer. But thanks to Justine Dixon, 46, Hook now has a gardening club, providing green-fingered advice and a social space for villagers. Justine began the club nine years ago. “I wanted to meet like-minded people to share gardening tips with and give the

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