Mount Pleasant Home residents, staff, and Trustees celebrated the groundbreaking of its redesign and update of the front garden on 301 South Huntington Avenue. The space will offer a secure, safe, wheelchair accessible, and inviting place for residents to enjoy the outside. Residents will be able to enter the garden from the front door on South Huntington Avenue into a sunny oasis surrounded by secure fencing.
The $600K project includes new perennials, raised garden beds, kitchen herb garden, and a fountain constructed from repurposed farm boulders. There will be seating for 40 and shade from umbrellas and trees in which to relax. Programming will be adjusted to make the most out of the space with many activities and parties held outdoors.
Will Smalley, Director of Community Life, comments “What is so exciting about this project is that Mount Pleasant Home is essentially expanding the footprint of our community and even with the fresh views of the start of construction and the promise of the beautiful blueprint plans, there is a kinetic energy and optimism being felt by the residents. Our residents are looking forward to the future of this new garden space to socialize with friends, to energize on a sunny day, to exercise in the Jamaica Plain air, to visualize years of enjoyment and to actualize being a part of a connected community.”
Mount Pleasant Home is a Massachusetts-licensed rest home, serving 60 seniors aged 62+. Residents enjoy their own private room with private bath, 3 homestyle meals daily, personal care assistance and medication administration overseen by the Director of Nursing, and robust health and wellness activities including offsite trips and many special celebrations. Mount Pleasant Home is 124-years old, was founded in Dorchester in 1901 and moved to 301 South Huntington Avenue in 1925. In 2010, the building underwent a $20 million expansion and renovation. For a tour or application information of this very special home, please call 617-522-7600.
Shown (left to right) are Carmen Wornum, Director of Nursing; Prill Ellis, Julie Taberman, Nina Lev – current and former Trustees; Kathy Seaman, Executive Director; Mary Ann Sayers, current Resident for 21 years; Audrey McKenzie, Resident Assistant Manager; Bev Brooks, Resident Assistant; Jonah Weinhardt, Director of Buildings and Grounds; and Lynn Muller, Activities Manager on porch.