Tranquillity Garden to be added at St Michael's

Quiet area to be added to Hospice garden near Stream of Memories

A corner of our beautiful Bartestree grounds is being transformed into a Tranquillity Garden.

Trees and hedging will be added to the raised garden area next to the Stream of Memories and adjacent to our Education rooms, at the bottom of the Terrace Garden.

There will also be additional pathways and seating areas, allowing patients and their loved ones a peaceful retreat whilst strolling around the gardens.

“Our gardens are beautiful, but during the summer months, there’s not a huge amount of shade, so the trees will provide this,” said Debbie, one of our Volunteer Gardeners.

Many of the trees being planted have been kindly donated by patients’ loved ones. The trees include a weeping willow, and will have the added benefit of softening the area from the buildings behind it. There will also be beech and white rose hedging, planted at the foot of the Terraced Garden and at head-height to wheelchair users to allow them to more easily savour the roses’ beautiful fragrances.

New pathways will be added, and a gravel circle created to the sculpture placed by long-time St Michael’s colleague, Stephen Rabbitts.