{"id":10865,"date":"2022-05-19T11:14:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T09:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/?p=81177"},"modified":"2022-05-19T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T09:25:09","slug":"iconic-chelsea-flower-show-garden-moves-to-home-of-florence-nightingale","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/rss_feed\/iconic-chelsea-flower-show-garden-moves-to-home-of-florence-nightingale\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Chelsea Flower Show garden moves to home of Florence Nightingale"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Abigail Whyte\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 19 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The Burdett Trust for Nursing\u2019s award-winning RHS Chelsea Flower Show<\/a> Garden \u2013 The Florence Nightingale Garden \u2013 has been moved to a permanent home at St Thomas\u2019 Hospital in central London.<\/p>\n

The garden was created by garden designer Robert Myers to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Florence Nightingale and to celebrate the importance of the nursing profession in the 21st century. It was awarded a silver medal at Chelsea in September 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With support from Guy\u2019s & St Thomas\u2019 Charity<\/a>, the Florence Nightingale Garden has been relocated outside St Thomas\u2019 Hospital on the upper terrace of the Albert Embankment, with views across the River Thames to Westminster.<\/p>\n

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Opening of the Florence Nightingale Garden<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

While almost all of the Chelsea Garden\u2019s key features remain, including the signature 60-foot pergola, some design details have been reconfigured to ensure the new layout is suitable for the hospital site. The theme is \u2018nurture through nature\u2019, inspired by the idea that the shortest path to recovery leads through a garden. With shaded places to sit, water to engage the senses and late flowering perennials<\/a>, grasses<\/a> and bulbs, the garden will provide a place of respite and recovery for patients and staff.<\/p>\n

Florence Nightingale was considered the pioneer of modern nursing and established the first professional nursing school in the world at St Thomas\u2019 Hospital \u2013 the Nightingale School of Nursing \u2013 in 1860.<\/p>\n

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The Florence Nightingale Garden at St Thomas\u2019 Hospital<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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The Florence Nightingale Garden at St Thomas\u2019 Hospital<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Nightingale\u2019s words from her letters adorn the timber clad wall<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Nightingale\u2019s words from her letters adorn the timber clad wall<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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The Florence Nightingale Garden at St Thomas\u2019 Hospital<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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St Thomas\u2019 staff enjoying the new garden<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n
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