The Scotty's Little Soldiers Garden

Designed by Graeme Third. The garden is a walk-through garden, allowing visitors the rare chance to wander into and through a show garden. Comprised of a central water feature in the form of a rill, which meanders through the garden, coupled with a memory tree, the garden was inspired by the work of the charity to support children suffering the bereavement of losing a parent in the Armed Forces.

The theme focuses on the memories of a lost parent, with the rill being a constant throughout the garden, as the loss of a parent will be a constant throughout the children’s lives, with the memory tree allowing children to express some of those memories by tying ribbons to the tree with written messages.

The garden also reflects on the wish, while retaining memories, to progress in a positive manner toward the children’s future, with the rill and planting moving from a turbulent and busy start to a more serene and ordered future. This represents the work of the charity to provide support as Scotty’s members grow towards adulthood.

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