Good ideas such as this are often old ones revisited

Director of the Obesity Clinic Prof Donal O'Shea explains how setting up a city garden in a car park fits in with the ethos of St Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown.   The idea of planting a city garden beside the parking meter outside our obesity clinic was not mine originally, but like many things our team in St Columcille’s have done over the last 15 years once the idea was floated  we ran with it for a variety of reasons. We were already running cookery classes for our patients and highlighting the importance of fresh ingredients. We were also emphasising the…