11 Responses to “I am a pensioner with large garden no money how do I get help?”
Rocco Edwards Said:
Local council – check out with them – they can advise and may have the local Community Service team come and take a look – if it justifies it – they will get the people ordered to do community service to help out – supervised of course
August Forster Said:
Sell some of the garden for plots and then people will come in and grow vegetables and fruit,then you can nick it and sell it during the day out the front of your house.
Litzy Benjamin Said:
contact the local jobcentre, people who are unemployed have to do courses that involve doing pensioners gardens, also check with the local probation office people who have been given community service have to do this kind of work also, don’t worry they’ll be supervised.
Cynthia Aziz Said:
I am also a pensioner with a large garden and I have just advertised for somebody to help me with my garden in exchange for the use the the vegetable plot which I don’t use myself. They get to keep all the produce from the patch in exchange for helping me with pruning, a bit of weeding etc.
Raphael Lane Said:
Go down to your local allotments and ask around or post a notice to see if anyone wants to come and take over your garden as a vegetable plot. Private gardens are often a lot safer than dedicated areas for allotments what with break ins and thefts from unprotected allotments and someone may be delighted to take it on.
They may even give you a goodly chunk of the vegetables, so you will gain in two ways.
If your area is anything like ours, then allotments are extremely popular and the waiting lists are long.
Contact your local council. Don’t even THINK of selling the land off unless you want to put some by for when you really need it.
Alternatively, slab the lot so that it is low maintenance. You will have initial outlay, but will not have to worry about it thereafter if done properly.
Eli Neville Said:
Why don’t you offer to let someone else use half of the garden if they’ll help you with your half (like tilling, weeding, etc.) Advertise for free on the bulletin board in grocery stores – I’ll just bet that there’ll be lots of people wanting to help you.
Xander Clare Said:
Do you have an agricultural college nearby,maybe some students could use your garden as a project ?
Braydon 157 Said:
I don’t know if Scotland and England differ here but in Scotland, contact your local council and ask if they have a garden maintenance programme. If they do, ask if you can be put on it and they would cut your grass, hedge etc.
Failing that, contact community services. I am disabled and teams of people from community service came out and cut my grass etc for years. It’s worth a try!
Alvaro Oldfield Said:
ask the council in area… if u got concil home some one might swap with u x
Amy Kavanagh Said:
have you tried social services or your local council , i think they give help if your situations warrants it, otherwise , have you tried age concern , as far as i im aware they provide help and advice in all manner of areas , perhaps they may have a list of volunteers or some thing.
I hope that you get things sorted soon .
Local council – check out with them – they can advise and may have the local Community Service team come and take a look – if it justifies it – they will get the people ordered to do community service to help out – supervised of course
Sell some of the garden for plots and then people will come in and grow vegetables and fruit,then you can nick it and sell it during the day out the front of your house.
contact the local jobcentre, people who are unemployed have to do courses that involve doing pensioners gardens, also check with the local probation office people who have been given community service have to do this kind of work also, don’t worry they’ll be supervised.
I am also a pensioner with a large garden and I have just advertised for somebody to help me with my garden in exchange for the use the the vegetable plot which I don’t use myself. They get to keep all the produce from the patch in exchange for helping me with pruning, a bit of weeding etc.
Go down to your local allotments and ask around or post a notice to see if anyone wants to come and take over your garden as a vegetable plot. Private gardens are often a lot safer than dedicated areas for allotments what with break ins and thefts from unprotected allotments and someone may be delighted to take it on.
They may even give you a goodly chunk of the vegetables, so you will gain in two ways.
If your area is anything like ours, then allotments are extremely popular and the waiting lists are long.
Contact your local council. Don’t even THINK of selling the land off unless you want to put some by for when you really need it.
Alternatively, slab the lot so that it is low maintenance. You will have initial outlay, but will not have to worry about it thereafter if done properly.
Why don’t you offer to let someone else use half of the garden if they’ll help you with your half (like tilling, weeding, etc.) Advertise for free on the bulletin board in grocery stores – I’ll just bet that there’ll be lots of people wanting to help you.
Do you have an agricultural college nearby,maybe some students could use your garden as a project ?
I don’t know if Scotland and England differ here but in Scotland, contact your local council and ask if they have a garden maintenance programme. If they do, ask if you can be put on it and they would cut your grass, hedge etc.
Failing that, contact community services. I am disabled and teams of people from community service came out and cut my grass etc for years. It’s worth a try!
ask the council in area… if u got concil home some one might swap with u x
have you tried social services or your local council , i think they give help if your situations warrants it, otherwise , have you tried age concern , as far as i im aware they provide help and advice in all manner of areas , perhaps they may have a list of volunteers or some thing.
I hope that you get things sorted soon .
go to help the aged