Designing with meaning: How gardens support grief and well-being
05 Oct 2025
Home and Garden Theatre
Discover how gardens can become sanctuaries for healing, remembrance, and renewal. Designer Marc Harbourne-Bessant shares the story of St Godwald’s Retreat, a garden created for the RHS Malvern Spring Festival in partnership with Primrose Hospice. Recently rebuilt at the hospice and opening to the public on 12th October 2025, the garden features the Reflection Lodge, the Moon Arch, and the moving Wind Telephone. Marc explores how design, planting, and heritage craft can transform outdoor spaces into places of comfort, connection, and hope.
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