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16/10/2014

128720_01 Elsie and Barbara were all smiles at the salad-making workshop. Picture: DONNA OATES

THERE will be plenty of cooks in the kitchen at Rivendell House after a fun morning of salad basket making.
Residents from the aged care facility took to Bunnings in Pakenham on Wednesday 8 October to shine up their gardening skills as well as share a laugh or two.
The baskets, packed with leafy greens, were a way of helping residents jazz up their dinner plates as well as learn new gardening skills for the home.
Residents brought home their salad baskets, excited to experient with their sustainable, healthy garden patch.

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