As part of the coronation celebrations at Lukestone Care Home, we entered a Nellsar-wide competition to design and make an eye-catching coronation crown.
Heading up the competition, Nellsar’s Recreation and Well-Being Manager Viv Stead commented: “The idea was to involve our residents in making something beautiful and memorable to display in their Home or garden that could be enjoyed by everyone for the coronation.”
Our residents decided to create a garden in the shape of a crown. The crown is also a tribute to the late queen, Elizabeth II, as she was known to love nature and gardens. Also, our Recreation and Well-Being Team and residents collectively wanted to send a message of love and hope to our new king; we want our king to rule with compassion and flourish beautifully during his reign.
The crown is made from artificial vines and flowers as well as fresh multicoloured flowers. The colours of the flowers represent: hope and love (pink), compassion (yellow) and peace and diversity (green) of the country King Charles III will rule in.
Our residents loved joining in the making of the crown, by choosing the flowers and the colour of the flowers. We also created a stage where our crown would be presented and our residents helped us to paint and glue the background. It was a lovely opportunity to spend meaningful time together. Long live King Charles III!
Although we weren’t crowned amongst the winners, we had so much fun creating our wonderful floral crown which made a great centrepiece for our coronation celebrations.
The judges commented: ‘Residents and staff at Lukestone created a beautiful garden in the shape of a crown. They wanted to remember our late queen who loved nature and the garden, and wanted to send a message of love and hope to our new king. How beautiful.’
Congratulations again to everyone at Lukestone involved in creating our fantastic entry for the competition.
Check out the winning entries and all the runners up!
