The Greenfingers Charity has announced that the Together Garden – first unveiled at the RHS Wentworth Woodhouse Flower Show – is now being rebuilt at Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice in Sheffield.
Greenfingers made its debut at the Rotherham show with the garden, designed by Phil Hirst and co-creator Joanne Charlton. With its immersive planting, flowing layout and thoughtful details, the Together Garden was created to inspire reflection, connection and comfort. Curved timber benches invite families to pause and sit together, a bespoke canopy offers shelter, and sculptural forms symbolise hands held in unity.
Since the show closed, the charity, together with Jus Landscapes and the design team, has been working carefully to move each plant and feature to its permanent setting. Located outside one of the hospice’s end-of-life bedrooms, the garden will provide a tranquil sanctuary where families can make memories and find moments of solace.
At the heart of the Together Garden is a unique brief: to create a space not for children, but specifically for bereaved parents and loved ones. This vision has been realised through the sensitivity and creativity of Phil and Joanne, who embraced the emotional depth of the project with compassion.
Designer Phil Hirst reflected: “It was a real privilege to be asked by the Greenfingers Charity to design a garden for Bluebell Wood. Many of the charity’s gardens are centred around children, but this time the focus was different – to offer parents and families a space to process grief and find comfort at an unimaginably difficult time. Showing the garden at RHS Wentworth Woodhouse gave us a rare opportunity to share that story with the public, and we are very proud to see it begin to take root and blossom in its forever home.”
Boyd Douglas-Davies, Chair of Greenfingers Charity, said: “We are incredibly proud to have played a part in the creation and relocation of the Together Garden, an extraordinary space of comfort and solace in the moments that matter most. From its moving debut at RHS Wentworth Woodhouse to its new forever home at Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, the Together Garden embodies everything Greenfingers stands for: compassion, creativity, and connection through nature. Seeing the garden start to take root in a place where it will provide peace and precious memories during end-of-life care is deeply humbling. We are truly grateful to designer Phil Hirst, co-creator Joanne Charlton, Jus Landscapes and everyone whose hands and hearts helped bring this vision to life.”
Finally, Bluebell Wood’s Chief Executive, Heidi Hawkins, added: “Having a beautiful, tranquil and welcoming outdoor space for our families to spend time together and reflect when they’re going through incredibly difficult circumstances is so important. The impact that the garden will have cannot be underestimated. We are enormously grateful to everyone involved in making this happen.”
The Together Garden now joins the hospice’s much-loved outdoor spaces, enriching them with a place of peace, reflection, and togetherness that will endure for years to come.
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For more information about Greenfingers Charity visit: www.greenfingerscharity.org.uk or email linda@greenfingerscharity.org.uk to discuss ways to support the charity at this or future events.
