A GARDEN designed by LiveWire and a range of partners has won a bronze medal at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Show at Tatton Park.
The ‘It Makes Sense’ garden has been developed to replicate an ordinary person’s garden which can be achieved on a budget with the aim of encouraging families to start gardening and grow their own vegetables.
Keith Maddock, Neighbourhood Wellbeing Director at LiveWire said: “LiveWire is proud to have designed another award-winning garden following on from the success of ‘My Garden’ which won a silver medal at last year’s RHS.
“The design of ‘It Makes Sense’ garden can easily be replicated at home to improve wellbeing and eating habits through gardening.”
Developed in partnership with Golden Gates Housing Trust (GGHT), Cheshire and Greater Manchester CRC (CGM CRC), Walton Lea Project, Long Lane Garden Centre and Jewsons, the sensory garden provides a safe and stimulating place for a child to play as well as a relaxing retreat for parents.
To stimulate the senses, the garden is filled with colour, scent, tactile plating and movement.
The planting is intended to attract wildlife with sunflowers and other garden favourites providing the garden with bright primary colours.
Movement and sound are created by grasses as well as water, herbs and other edibles to appeal to the senses of taste and smell.
Sheila McGregor, CGM CRC’s Community Payback practice manager added: “I am delighted we are part of this scheme because not only does it demonstrate how offenders can work together to create stunning things, but that the work they do really does support the community.
“Offenders will be working to relocate the garden and then it will be enjoyed by disadvantaged children who will benefit from it.”
The garden was designed by Alan Nugent from LiveWire and was built by contractors from GGHT and four offenders who have carried out Community Payback in partnership with the CGM CRC to prepare the display garden.
Once the RHS ends this weekend, the garden will be rebuilt at New Horizons, a school in Longford for children excluded from mainstream education.
