About the garden
The garden will provide a safe and peaceful sanctuary in which to sit and be enveloped in the beauty of nature, whilst encouraging visitors to share their experiences of grief or to take a moment for quiet reflection.
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A place of solace
“At the RHS Hampton Court Show, we found so many people connected with the space and shared their stories of grief with us, highlighting a real need to discuss it,” says Katherine Holland, the award-winning garden designer behind our Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden.
“So, for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, I really wanted to build upon the conversations we started about grief using the medium of plants. I hope the Sue Ryder Grief Kind Garden will encourage people to have these very important conversations around grief, whilst surrounded by nature and see it as a place of solace to help to learn to live with grief.”
A lasting legacy
After the show, the garden will be relocated in its entirety to Sue Ryder St John’s Hospice in Bedford.
Its new location will provide a long-lasting legacy, as a dedicated space for grieving and reflection. It will be able to accommodate varying mobility needs and will offer a place of solace for hospice staff, patients, their families and the local community.
