“That’s what we’re about at Horticap. The garden is such an extension of what we are.”
Students at Horticap were involved in creating parts of the garden, Ward said, painting pebbles which formed a stream under a bridge.
Her colleague Emma Hudson added: “The students have gone home looking like smurfs, blue from head to toe, and nobody’s been bothered by that.”
During the “joyous” process, they talked about what they were doing – and why – sharing stories about the different elements and colours of the garden and how they related to differences between people, Hudson explained.
Others based at the charity’s Harrogate headquarters had produced other elements by crocheting and creating model bees.
“Everybody’s unique and everybody’s got a skill,” Hudson said.
“We celebrate that at Horticap.”
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