By Kate Gould Gardens. A lush green split level garden provides a peaceful, interactive and uplifting space where life-limited children with complex needs, their families, friends and carers can come together for play, relaxation or peaceful reflection.
Set over two levels, with a lift and sloped walkways, the ‘Greenfingers Charity Garden’ is an accessible space for people of all ages and abilities.
With its interesting planting and magical water-feature, the innovative garden design aims to highlight and promote the therapeutic benefits of the outside spaces created over the past 20 years by Greenfingers Charity, the charity dedicated to creating inspiring gardens for life-limited children and their families who spend time in hospices across the UK.
Key features: A large water feature can be viewed from both levels of the scheme and from multiple seating areas. There are spaces to relax in sunshine and also under canopies.
On the lower level, ramps ensure disabled access and the second level of the garden is accessed via a lift system. Hit and miss brickwork walls create privacy, shade and interesting shadows without blocking views.