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Marking 200 years since Florence Nightingale’s birth, the garden is designed to shine a spotlight on the critical role nurses play in modern-day healthcare. Many of Nightingale’s principles underpin nursing today, and the garden is an opportunity to celebrate both her legacy and today’s inspirational nurses. The theme is ‘nurture through nature’, inspired by the idea that the shortest path to recovery leads through a garden. This restorative garden, surrounded by a sculptural timber pergola on three sides, is for viewing from inside the building, as well as for sitting in and strolling through, with shaded places to sit, naturalistic planting, lush multi-layered greenery and water to engage the senses. The centre of the garden is gently mounded into beds and planted as a stylised woodland garden of sun and dappled shade. Award Recognition ------------- - ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-silver-medal/icon.webp) Silver Medal RHS The people behind it Designer ---------- - [ ![Robert Myers](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/robert-myers/profile_photo.jpg) Robert Myers Designer Robert Myers Associates ](https://gardensdb.com/people/robert-myers) Photography Gallery --------- ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/67010f45-af31-45c4-aa19-9ea55042e048/conversions/5-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/fa89785a-20d7-48ff-bbc6-23f22e0440a2/conversions/3-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/44541681-8e15-4457-b44c-ed66f214d9c1/conversions/2-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/64bf4bad-948b-4ab6-95e2-e0f1a7066b87/conversions/4-gallery.webp) ![]() / Photo: Brought to life by Organisations --------------- ### Design Studio 1 - [ ![Robert Myers Associates](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/studios/robert-myers-associates/logo.png) Robert Myers Associates ](https://gardensdb.com/studios/robert-myers-associates) ### Landscaper 1 - [ ![Bowles & Wyer](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/companies/bowles-wyer/logo.webp) Bowles & Wyer ](https://gardensdb.com/companies/bowles-wyer) ### Sponsor 1 - [ ![Burdett Trust for Nursing](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/charities/burdett-trust-for-nursing/logo.webp) Burdett Trust for Nursing ](https://gardensdb.com/charities/burdett-trust-for-nursing) ![](/images/leaf_icon.svg) Gardens**DB** The world's largest collection of show gardens online, kept free, kept current, and shaped by the community that uses it. 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