Horatio\u2019s Garden<\/a> is the national charity that creates outdoor spaces for NHS spinal injury centres in the UK. Harris Bugg\u2019s garden for the charity is the first Main Avenue garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show<\/a> that deals with accessibility and puts people with accessible needs at the heart of the design. The garden, which is being relocated after the show to the Princess Royal Spinal Injuries Centre in Sheffield, has been designed entirely with the input and feedback of patients, to understand what they would prioritise.<\/p>\n GARDEN PROFILE<\/strong> <\/p><\/div> <\/section> \u201cWe\u2019ve done lots of listening,\u201d says Charlotte Harris. \u201cIt is person-led design.\u201d The garden has a cooling woodland<\/a> feel \u2013 dappled shade<\/a> with pockets of sunlight \u2013 and features trees including acers and birches<\/a>, including lesser-known hardy geraniums<\/a>, such as Geranium nodosum<\/em> \u2018Tony\u2019s Talisman\u2019, as well as aquilegias, martagon lilies, amsonias and Aruncus<\/em> \u2018Horatio\u2019. It features a timber-shingle-clad garden shelter, created with architect Andrew Mcmullan, who designed the pipeline sculptures in Harris Bugg\u2019s 2021 Chelsea garden. Inside will be a new artwork of 1,000 thumbprints in clay \u2013 a collaborative piece that speaks to the inclusive nature of the design.<\/p>\n The pathway routes have organic shapes, with paths wide enough for wheelchair users and hospital beds to turn easily. For the surface, Charlotte and Hugo have developed an innovative new terrazzo-like paving<\/a> material that is permeable, cement-free and uses crushed waste aggregate, but can be laid flat with hidden joints, so it is seamless for wheels to roll over. \u201cIt is the most technically difficult garden we\u2019ve ever made,\u201d says Charlotte, \u201cbut it wouldn\u2019t be Chelsea if we weren\u2019t sweating.\u201d<\/p>\n What to look out for<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 A garden pod, designed with Mcmullan Studio, that will offer year-round shelter. Clad in shingles, it will house an interesting new collaborative artwork. \u201cWe are collecting 1,000 thumbprints in clay from patients in all the spinal injury units that have gardens, and also everyone involved in the making of this garden,\u201d says Charlotte. Sign up to our Chelsea Flower Show Daily Digest newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n Chelsea Flower Show 2023: tickets, information, dates and what\u2019s on<\/a><\/p>\n Chelsea Flower Show Main Show Gardens 2023: the full list<\/a><\/p>\n 10 essentials for visiting the RHS Chelsea Flower Show<\/a><\/p>\n![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/18\/2022\/10\/Horatios-Chelsea-40d1bf7.jpeg?quality=90&resize=620%2C349"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> \u2022 Find out more about Harris Bugg\u2019s garden on our Talking Gardens Chelsea podcast<\/a> from 16 May.<\/h3>\n
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