ONE of the show gardens at this year’s RHS Tatton Flower Show will be relocated to Warrington next summer.
“The Belong Garden – A Sense of Place” will be showcased at the annual show, held between July 25th and 28th, and it will then be relocated to the new Belong Village, Loushers Lane next summer.
The design of The Belong Garden, by award winning designer Caroyln Hardern, is inspired by research into creating outdoor spaces that provide a therapeutic environment for people living with dementia.
It provides sensory experience through smells, sounds and colour; meaningful activity through raised beds, bird boxes and other wildlife; and opportunities for reminiscence, inspired by a garden wall carrying vintage art posters.
The garden also features a figure-of-eight path to eliminate dead ends that can lead to stress and confusion.
Belong’s Operations Director, Tracy Paine, said: “We are delighted that Belong Warrington customers will be able to experience the benefits of the latest dementia research, and I can’t imagine a better place to launch The Belong Garden than at the RHS Flower Show. Garden designer Carolyn Hardern has won silver and bronze prizes for her exhibitions at the Tatton show before, but this year with Belong she’s aiming for gold!”
Belong Village Warrington, which opens to the public in 2014, is a new state-of-the-art care village, providing a range of facilities for the local community, as well as specialist nursing and dementia care in private households, and 18 independent living apartments for older people.
Show garden set for Warrington
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