New Forest Living Jul - Aug 2023
The summer is here - with bountiful produce, longer days and uplifting sunshine! We've echoed that with this edition, with lots of home, garden and foodie inspiration. Plus, check out our bumper competition guide, with garden goodies, skincare sets and hotel stays to be won!
The summer is here - with bountiful produce, longer days and uplifting sunshine! We've echoed that with this edition, with lots of home, garden and foodie inspiration. Plus, check out our bumper competition guide, with garden goodies, skincare sets and hotel stays to be won!
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ADVERTISING FEATURE<br />
HORATIO’S GARDEN<br />
Chelsea Flower Show Winner!<br />
Horatio’s Garden Chelsea, designed by Charlotte Harris and<br />
Hugo Bugg, has been awarded the coveted Best in Show title..<br />
Designed for Horatio’s Garden, the UKbased<br />
charity that nurtures wellbeing<br />
after spinal injury in vibrant sanctuaries<br />
in NHS spinal centres, Horatio’s Garden<br />
Chelsea is an adaptive garden that puts<br />
the priorities of all those with different<br />
mobility needs at its heart.<br />
The first garden on Chelsea’s famous<br />
main avenue that has mobility needs at<br />
its heart will be relocated to the Princess<br />
Royal Spinal Cord Injuries Centre in<br />
Sheffield in 2024. It will be eight times<br />
the size of the Chelsea show garden<br />
and become the eighth and latest of the<br />
charity’s gardens at NHS spinal centres.<br />
It will be relocated to its legacy home<br />
at the Northern General Hospital in<br />
Sheffield, the garden is the antithesis<br />
of a busy, clinical hospital setting with<br />
every element being informed by the<br />
experiences of patients with spinal<br />
injuries.<br />
Planting is layered to accommodate<br />
different ways of seeing, a garden<br />
room provides welcome relief from<br />
the busy ward. Smooth, cement-free<br />
terrazzo paths are patient-friendly,<br />
environmentally-friendly and aesthetically<br />
beautiful, with a 77 percent reduced<br />
carbon footprint compared to regular<br />
cement.<br />
This UK-based charity is dedicated<br />
to creating and nurturing beautiful,<br />
accessible and sustainable gardens in<br />
NHS spinal centres. The National Garden<br />
Scheme have been supporting Horatio’s<br />
Garden since 2015 and in that time over<br />
£400,000 has been donated, with a<br />
commitment to donate funding towards<br />
the completion of all eleven gardens.<br />
The charity is named after Horatio<br />
Chapple. Horatio volunteered at the<br />
spinal centre in Salisbury and had the<br />
vision of a garden for all those connected<br />
to the centre. Horatio’s life was cut short<br />
in 2011 at the age of 17. For Horatio’s<br />
family, friends and those touched by<br />
his life, these evolving gardens, which<br />
offer sanctuary, improve wellbeing,<br />
and become so significant to those<br />
affected by spinal cord injury, are his<br />
legacy. Dedicated head gardeners,<br />
staff and volunteers ensure the gardens<br />
look incredible all year round as well as<br />
organising activities and events, including<br />
garden and art therapy, music concerts<br />
and plenty of tea and homemade cake.<br />
To find out more please visit:<br />
https://www.rhs.org.uk/showsevents/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/<br />
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