ARTISTIC care home residents are marking Remembrance Sunday by creating a giant heart and a stunning cascade of bright red poppies.

The six-metre long artwork is on full view at the main entrance to Pendine Park’s care homes at Summerhill on the outskirts of Wrexham.

Residents of Pendine’s Bryn Bella and Pen-y-Bryn care homes have been working on the tribute for six weeks during their regular art sessions.

It involved drawing, colouring and cutting out hundreds of paper poppies which have been treated to withstand the autumnal weather as the piece hangs majestically on a main wall outdoors.

The Leader: residents with (standing) Artist in residence Sarah Edwards . residents with (standing) Artist in residence Sarah Edwards . (Image: Ceidiog)

Pendine Park Artist in Residence Sarah Edwards said: “They really have put their hearts and souls into it. We wanted to do something extra special to commemorate Remembrance Day this year and they came up with many of the original ideas for creating the poppy wall art themselves.

“A number of our residents have late family members who fought in Word War II and other more recent conflicts. Some have relatives still serving in the Forces and we all felt it was important to recognise the sacrifices which have been made for our country by their family members and by servicemen and women in general.”

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Pendine Park will also be holding a short service and a minute’s silence over the weekend of Remembrance Day, also known as Poppy Day, on Friday, November 11.

The Leader: Resident Georg UllmanResident Georg Ullman (Image: Ceidiog)

Sarah added: “As well as the residents, we also had some fantastic assistance from our maintenance and gardening teams who helped us hang the artwork at the entranceway. All their hard work has certainly paid off. The poppy wall is just magnificent and already attracting lots of admiring glances and positive comments from visitors.”