Rooted in Resilience

Rooted in Resilience is a symbolic garden inspired by the emotional and physical journey of people living with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable blood cancer. The design guides visitors through contrasting spaces reflecting diagnosis, treatment, recovery and ongoing resilience, while allowing freedom of choice in how the journey is experienced.

Visitors begin in a narrow, hospital-inspired corridor that opens into a 'waiting room' space. From there, they may enter a welcoming social garden celebrating connection and support or continue through a woodland setting toward a sculptural 'blood-drop pod', or into a remission garden leading to a quiet reflection pool.

Subtle shifts in planting, materials and light guide movement, with woodland giving way to resilient gravel planting. Together these transitions create a hopeful landscape that honours courage, connection, and the quiet resilience of those living with myeloma.