Santa Claus has come to Melton

Santa Claus has come to Melton

Specifically, Ingenia Gardens Melton in Brookfield, west of Melbourne Victoria. For the last eight years, Ray Thorp has been making a list and checking it twice, volunteering as Melton’s local Santa Claus. “I’ve been living at Ingenia Gardens Melton for the last eight...
Meet the winners of our Tea Towel Art Contest

Meet the winners of our Tea Towel Art Contest

More than 200 residents across Australia channelled their inner Picasso, designing beautiful artworks in a contest aimed at inspiring creativity, social connections, and support for residents’ physical and cognitive wellbeing. Queensland winner Hilda Cranston, and her...
Marsden seniors share their pearls of wisdom                for Seniors Month

Marsden seniors share their pearls of wisdom for Seniors Month

More than 100 Marsden residents wrote down their best advice from their many years of experience to form their ‘Senior Wall of Wisdom’ 81-year-old Ashley Broadhurst said an important lesson he’s learned through life is “to not be afraid and to listen and learn from...
Residents dig deep for Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea

Residents dig deep for Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea

Across Ingenia Gardens communities, residents geared up for a tea-riffic morning of fundraising for the Cancer Council at their Biggest Morning Tea events. The annual event – a crowd favourite and the biggest fundraising event of the year for some communities–...
Ingenia Gardens communities celebrate Neighbourly bonds

Ingenia Gardens communities celebrate Neighbourly bonds

Residents across Ingenia Gardens communities have fired up the grill for Neighbour Day, to celebrate the importance of community and strengthen friendships. Combating social isolation has never been more important with recent research at Swinburne University of...