AN edible garden exhibit created by the NHS charity Brighterway has received a Large Gold Award at the New Forest Show.
The charity, which works with local hospitals and wellbeing facilities to enhance outcomes for patients, staff and the community, is now set to donate some elements of the garden to Lymington Hospital.
Funded by Brighterway, the garden was created using non-toxic plants including edible elements such as fruits, herbs and vegetables.
Brightway charity manager Phil Pride said: “We are absolutely thrilled to win a Large Gold for the Incredible Edible Garden, which will certainly help raise the profile of the benefit of gardening with mental and physical wellbeing.
“The beauty of this garden is that it will live on, being relocated across our ward gardens within Hampshire providing benefit, enjoyment and interest to patients and staff alike.”
Garden designer, Dorinda Wolfe Murray said her vision was “to create green and colourful spaces for patients and staff to enjoy, and provide a therapeutic activity for them to get involved in”.
TV gardenering expert David Domoney was at the New Forest Show highlighting the mental and physical benefits of engaging with plants and gardens.
David said: “Harmonising our lives by interacting with plants and nature becomes more and more critical in an increasingly digital world. The process of tending, nurturing and caring for plants release a lot of positive neurotransmitters in the brain making us feel happy, fulfilled and more motivated.”
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