Mentoring the next generation
Mentoring the next generation
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Gareth Wilson is building The Covid Recovery Garden at the RHS Tatton Flower Show for garden designer Rachel Platt. To set the scene, the garden is a dam designed for patients who are recovering from long COVID. Gareth says: ‘Hospitals are not the best places to be, and we hope for them to relax and have something to look forward to seeing.’ The garden will be a tranquil space.” The concept was not chosen by Gareth or Mitchell. The concept for the Covid Recovering Garden was not decided by Gareth and Mitchell. ‘This was the designer,Rachel Platt’s choice.
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Gardenlink has constructed an impressive five gardens at Chelsea Flower Show (CFS) this year – something believed not to have been done before. Constructing Cityscapes St Mungo’s Garden, the Blue Peter Garden, Lottie Delamain’s Garden (a student of Inchbald School of Design), BBC’s Gardener’s Question time garden, and finally the Omved Gardens for Chelsea Fringe, …
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