{"id":5721,"date":"2024-05-29T11:23:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T11:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/aberdeen\/?p=5721"},"modified":"2024-05-31T13:02:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:02:02","slug":"renewing-the-sands-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/aberdeen\/2024\/renewing-the-sands-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewing the SANDS  Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SANDS<\/strong>, the stillbirth and neonatal death society, first set up in 1981, is a registered charity which works to support anyone affected by the death of a baby, to improve care for bereaved parents and to create a world where fewer babies die. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sands.org.uk\">http:\/\/www.sands.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5916 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/aberdeen\/files\/Sands-garden-May-24-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/aberdeen\/files\/\/Sands-garden-May-24-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/aberdeen\/files\/\/Sands-garden-May-24-2.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the grounds of Aberdeen Maternity hospital adjacent to the Rubislaw wing a small garden which is promoted by the SANDS charity, was laid out some years ago to provide a space for families and staff members to relax in peaceful and attractive surroundings.\u00a0 Over time the garden has needed considerable attention so last year a group of club members volunteered to take on the work to improve the site. Weeding, cutting, tidying, replanting and repainting was done over several weeks during the summer, and when thoroughly restored with colourful flowering plants in pots and flower beds the garden took on a whole new, tidy and fresh look.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5918 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/aberdeen\/files\/Sands-garden-4-May-24-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/aberdeen\/files\/\/Sands-garden-4-May-24-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/aberdeen\/files\/\/Sands-garden-4-May-24.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year a group of members returned to the garden to do some pruning, planting and tidying up thus keeping the garden looking its best.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5920 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/aberdeen\/files\/Sands-Garden-5-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/aberdeen\/files\/\/Sands-Garden-5-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/aberdeen\/files\/\/Sands-Garden-5.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANDS, the stillbirth and neonatal death society, first set up in 1981, is a registered&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Renewing the SANDS Garden | SI Aberdeen Renewing the SANDS Garden | News | Blog | Events | SI Aberdeen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Aberdeen : Blog &amp; News : Renewing the SANDS Garden : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Aberdeen . 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