Award-winning garden moves to H4H to help wounded soldiers

An award winning Hope on the Horizon Garden has been planted to honour and inspire soldiers who have been injured in war.

The garden was designed by Matthew Keightley, of Maidenhead-based landscaping firm Farr and Roberts and  has been moved to a Help for Heroes Recovery Centre in Colchester where it will help recovering servicemen and women.

Over  £100,000 was raised for the project, which saw a few shrubs being transformed into a peaceful sanctuary  that will now offer wounded veterans, serving personnel and their loved ones privacy and a place for reflection. 

The garden is symbolises s the complex and progressive path of recovery experienced by our wounded, injured and sick Heroes and their families and was shown at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May, where it was awarded a Silver-Gilt medal.

It was then selected by the public who crowned it their People’s Choice.

Commenting on the project, Bryn Parry OBE, Co-Founder Help for Heroes, said: “Help for Heroes is all about ‘doing your bit’ and the phenomenal support of both the public and businesses of Essex has allowed us to create this astonishing garden. It offers both serving and Veteran members of the Armed Forces who suffered life-changing injuries and illnesses with a tranquil space for reflection; both of what happened and the future.”

The recovery centre, is a 29 bedroomed purpose-built house that provides dedicated support  for wounded, injured and sick service army personnel.

Earlier this month, Help for \heroes announced that it raised over £1 million to assist injured soldiers, through the launch of a national competition known as ‘tough mudders’.

The charity event put participants through a series of gruelling challenges  to raise more money for adapted sports and recreational facilities included as part of Help for Heroes Sports Recovery programme.

Posted by Trevor Smith