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About
Us - A Brief History of Growing Matters |
The project was started by Joyce Morse by making window boxes at the old Occupational Therapy department at Lancaster Moor Hospital. She was then given a plot of land at the old Moor Hospital Nurseries. It was then called Horticultural Therapy. The site grew up to cover about two and a half acres with four greenhouses, growing areas, a polytunnel, enclosed garden, a large potting shed and one portacabin. Chickens and Geese were also kept on the site. When much of the old hospital was closed down the land on the south-west site including Horticultural Therapy was sold off to be used for housing. The unit moved in February 2000 to a new site at Lancaster & Morecambe College in Torrisholme, Morecambe. Joyce and others built up this new site from bare land (a former tennis court) to what it is today. In 2003 the Project was management of the project was taken over by the charity Making Space. Making Space is charity number is 512907. We also adopted the new name Growing Matters. During 2004 the project had a 100% change in staff including some of our longest running. Joyce Morse being the last to go retiring from managing Growing Matters on the 8th of February 2005. All will be greatly missed. Angela Nagorski took over the running of Growing Matters from February 2005 which she continues to run to the present day. |