CTA member National Garden Scheme has launched new films to help demonstrated the powerful and positive benefits of gardens to health and wellbeing. The campaign is led by gardening broadcaster and National Garden Scheme ambassador, Rachel de Thame, with a film telling how her garden was crucial during 2018 and 2019 when she was diagnosed with and underwent treatment for breast cancer.
“My garden became a lifeline, it was a place of escape,” says Rachel de Thame, “ but above all it offered me a sense of promise for the future, that glimmer of optimism kept me going through treatment.”
Click here to watch Rachel’s message
With all its gardens closed since the lockdown in March, the National Garden Scheme has been sharing a weekly series of short Virtual Garden Visits filmed in their gardens by the people who open in support of the charity.
The new batch of films all have a health focus. Some have been filmed in hospital or other health settings. There are also films by National Garden Scheme garden owners demonstrating the benefits to their health.
Maggie’s – Manchester and West London
Award-winning landscape designer Dan Pearson leads us through the gardens he has designed for Maggie’s, creating places for recuperation and support
WATCH NOW https://ngs.org.uk/maggies-gardens/
Horatio’s Garden – Stoke Mandeville
Head gardener, Jacqui Martin-Lof, invites us into the restorative space designed by Joe Swift at the Stoke Mandeville spinal injuries centre
WATCH NOW https://ngs.org.uk/horatios-garden/
Positive Partnerships – Hospice UK and garden owner Karen Mann, Essex
Garden owner Karen Mann tells of the important support she received from her local hospice and how her garden is helping her live with the loss of her son
WATCH NOW https://ngs.org.uk/positive-power-of-partnerships/
Brockhampton Cottage, Herefordshire.
Peter Clay invites us to share the peace and tranquillity he has created in his garden with the help of designer Tom Stuart-Smith
https://ngs.org.uk/brockhampton-cottage-herefordshire-garden-harmony/
Lavenham Hall, Suffolk
Explore the home of sculptor Kate Denton and see why it’s the perfect backdrop for her work
https://ngs.org.uk/lavenham-hall/
