Designer Tom Hoblyn, Chelsea Flower Show veteran, has designed the Hospice UK Garden of Compassion at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show to demonstrate the importance and role of thoughtfully designed spaces for providing comfort at the end of life for patients, families and staff. Hoblyn has crafted a garden that combines the grounding presence of natural stone with the calming effects of drought-tolerant plants. After the show, the garden is being relocated to St Cuthbert’s Hospice in Durham. Features the work of talented artisans, the gardens includes sculptural benches and water features, to make a garden that aims to support the emotional and physical needs of those in hospice care.
A leading voice on planting design, designer Nigel Dunnett has designed the Hospitalfield Arts Garden, which takes inspiration from the coastal location of the contemporary Hospitalfields arts centre in Arbroath, Scotland. He will discuss his remarkable garden which mirrors a sand dune environment, with all planting established in sand, and dune pool, which collects rainwater from the studio and surrounding dunes.
Taking place at the Garden Museum, the talk will take place on the 21st of May at 7pm.
