HRH The Princess Royal opened Horatio’s Garden Sheffield & East at our Princess Royal Spinal Injuries Unit at the Northern General Hospital and spent time with patients with spinal injuries and their families along with staff. She met Horatio’s Garden founders Dr. Olivia and David Chapple observed a gardening session with Head Gardener Ruth Calder and spoke to its designers Charlotte Harris and Hugo Bugg.
Horatio's Garden Sheffield & East started its life two years ago as a show garden which won Best in Show and gold at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023 and was the first garden at Chelsea designed for people with mobility needs. It is now one of eight extraordinary gardens in the heart of NHS spinal injury rehabilitation centres, where people can spend many months and up to a year after a life-changing spinal injury.
