NHS wellbeing gardens

Wellbeing gardens are being built around England for staff, patients and the local community in a partnership between the 911괵죕 and the NHS

Community-designed gardens that fit the needs of NHS staff and patients are being developed on the sites of healthcare settings around England.

To ensure that the gardens stand the test of time, people who live and work locally are learning how to care for the plants and have been taking part in relaxing workshops designed to improve their wellbeing.

Gardening for health and wellbeing

Introducing the NHS wellbeing gardens

All of the gardens, created by leading garden designers, have taken a �쁱ight plant, right place�� approach, with planting that�셲 suitable for the local soil type and weather conditions, helping them to be sustainable for the future. Find out more about the gardens, and the stories behind them:

St James�셲 University Hospital Wellbeing Garden
A wellbeing garden is to be built in the grounds of St James�셲 University Hospital in Leeds

Designer: Adam Frost
Full article - A wellbeing garden is to be built in the grounds of St James�셲 University Hospital in Leeds

Designer: Adam Frost
Colchester Hospital Wellbeing Garden
Designed to give NHS staff, patients and visitors somewhere to rest and relax

Designer: Adam Frost
Full article - Designed to give NHS staff, patients and visitors somewhere to rest and relax

Designer: Adam Frost
University Hospital Lewisham Wellbeing Garden
Developing wellbeing spaces for staff, patients and the local community

Designer: Adam Frost
Full article - Developing wellbeing spaces for staff, patients and the local community

Designer: Adam Frost
Woking Community Hospital Garden
Providing patients in a community hospital a space to receive treatment outdoors

Designer: Dave Green
Full article - Providing patients in a community hospital a space to receive treatment outdoors

Designer: Dave Green

Halstead Hospital Wellbeing Garden
Creating a wellbeing garden to meet the practical, social and emotional needs of patients

Designer: Dave Green
Full article - Creating a wellbeing garden to meet the practical, social and emotional needs of patients

Designer: Dave Green
CHP Parkside Hub Community Garden
Enabling people, including those with access needs, to get involved in gardening

Designer: David Steadman
Full article - Enabling people, including those with access needs, to get involved in gardening

Designer: David Steadman
Jarvis Breast Screening Centre Wellbeing Garden
Offering NHS staff a �쐓pace to breathe��

Designer: Dave Green
Full article - Offering NHS staff a �쐓pace to breathe��

Designer: Dave Green
Walkden Clinic Wellbeing Garden
An unused patch of land outside Walkden Clinic is now a wellbeing garden

Designer: Dave Green
Full article - An unused patch of land outside Walkden Clinic is now a wellbeing garden

Designer: Dave Green

NHS wellbeing gardens support staff in Greater Manchester

Read more about the pilot that kick started this programme in 2022

NHS wellbeing gardens support staff in Greater Manchester

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Creating a sensory garden

Be the master of how your feel

Growing hope and houseplants in prison

How teaching gardening in prisons reshapes lives

First Scandinavian therapy garden built in Ukraine

Supporting Ukraine�셲 growing mental health...

Creating a sensory garden

Be the master of how your feel

Support NHS wellbeing gardens

Help us build and grow NHS wellbeing gardens around the country by donating today. Your gift will help us realise our vision to create safe and welcoming green spaces for hospitals and their local communities. From providing quiet respite areas to reflect, to active gardening groups bringing people together, the NHS wellbeing gardens will bring a vital boost to the wellbeing and environment at NHS hospitals.

You can donate online, or call 020 7821 3125.

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911괵죕 is the UK�셲 leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone�셲 life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.

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