Kaine Harris, George Blenkhorn, Andrew Walsh, Matthew Bolling, Graeme Begg and Laurie Hudgson at the Cardinia Respite House in Pakenham.ROTARIANS have been blitzing the back yard of Pakenham’s E.W. Tipping Foundation respite house.
The Cardinia Respite House in Holt Place opened earlier this year to provide a home away from home for people with a disability in the local district.
Built last year on land provided by the Cardinia Shire Council, the ultramodern fivebedroom home has a large back yard with plenty of space but it needed some TLC.
That’s where Rotary came in.
Club members laid turf and are planning several other improvements to the back yard.
They were hard at work when the Gazette visited recently.
Pakenham Rotary Club members put in a sprinkler system, hand dug trenches, spread fertiliser and had a good time, Rotarian Andrew Walsh said.
“Over the last few months on weekends, rain, hail or shine, Rotarians have been busy transforming the back yard into a garden,” he said.
“The aim is to hand over a readytouse, lowmaintenance garden that can be enjoyed by the respite residents.”
Mr Walsh thanked the many businesses which supported the project.
Delfin helped with ground preparation, supplying men and machinery to level the site so work could begin.
Elders and Mitre 10 provided fertiliser to improve soil quality, and garden edging and brackets.
Mr Walsh said Elliotts/Water Dynamics provided the materials and technical expertise for the watering system, which is fully automated to make it easier to water lawns once they were laid.
