Garden transformation: the Serenity Garden, from RHS Hampton Court to an NHS Hospital | The RHS

Watch the transformation of an underutilised outdoor space within an NHS hospital into an oasis of serenity for patients and staff to enjoy.
In June 2024, The Landform Mental Wealth Garden, designed by Nicola Hale and built by Landform for RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2023, was relocated to St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey and renamed The Serenity Garden.
The gold-medal winning garden promotes the feeling of wellbeing by using scent and beautiful planting to lift the spirits. Its design is structurally inspired by the parterre, with a mixture of planting influenced by aromatic and pollinator-friendly ornamentals. A colour palette of uplifting yellows, subtle pinks and calming blues, lilacs, and white combine to form a cohesive planting scheme. Evergreen herbs are shaped as semi-structural hedges to add structure to the garden, along with three beautiful ornamental trees. The central water feature is made from weathered mild steel, evocative of the seasonal changes in nature. A woven willow pattern is repeated in the natural panels of the garden’s boundaries and the metal screens of the raised planters.
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[@aliceheidecker1853]

What a lovely story! This garden feeds the spirits of people who are in such difficult circumstances and lets them see life in all its beauty through plants!

[@idreamtiwasbackatmanderley414]

I love gardeners so much, they are generous and peaceful.

[@TheRHS]

❤

[@williamh5103]

Wonderful and such an unassuming person. Have had the great pleasure of working on some of his Chelsea flower show gardens. Hope you still have your lovely cars!

[@gmr721]

Lovely gardens are good medicine. ❤

[@TheRHS]

Absolutely agree 💚