Just as the weather is starting to improve, then so the garden at one of our houses has done likewise.

Residents at one of our properties are delighted after extensive renovations were made, helping them enjoy the summer even more than usual.

New garden furniture, ornaments, and plants have arrived – being modelled by Ben (below). When we caught up with them, one resident. Janet, said she thought it was “fantastic”.

“My favourite bit is all of it,” she said smiling.

Another resident. Debbie, had spent the warm Bank Holiday weekend taking advantage of the weather and the new furniture, and they met with her seal of approval too: “The new things are great,” she confirmed.

Manager Denise – who had decided on the spruce up – admitted she had other plans for the garden too, saying. “There are things I want to do to make it even better for the Residents and Staff, I want to make it somewhere that they can really chill out in and enjoy”

These pictures show just how good it looks, but it is especially important, given that the house in Sutton Coldfield is the epicentre of our recently announced Summer Of Fitness, where Residents and Staff are donning step counters in an effort to make the distance between Land’s End and John O’Groats between now and August Bank Holiday.