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BBC News
18-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Chelsea show garden moved to Plymouth centre for homeless
A garden which won awards at this year's Chelsea Flower Show has found a new home in Plymouth. The Pathway Garden was inspired by the theme of homelessness and won the Silver-Gilt Medal and Best Environmental Innovation has been installed at the Shekinah centre - a charity which supports homeless people in Plymouth. John Hamblin, the charity's chief executive, said the installation had been "transformational" for people who visit. 'Forever home' He said: "People who come here say what a beautiful place to come and sit and just be, and be present."Allon Hoskin, the co-designer of the garden, said it was designed to show the path as a metaphor for a journey out of homelessness." You start with quite a complex paving system which signifies confusion maybe, difficult journeys, boulders, it's a narrow path," he said."It opens up and as you turn the corner and go towards the bench and the water bowl it signifies symbolically rest and sustenance."Everything in the garden is recycled and upcycled and the fact its forever home is in Devon is wonderful."
Times
18-05-2025
- Times
The Chelsea Flower Show garden that's changing lives
I've been going to the Chelsea Flower Show for nearly 40 years now. I've worked there in some capacity or other for 25 of those years and so, for most of that time, have been preoccupied with the gardens, the designs, the plants and the spectacle of it all. Chelsea is an undeniably exclusive event. Tickets — if you can get one — aren't cheap and those that visit only see the glossy finished article. There is, however, a side to it that goes unseen: the lead-up to the show and all the preparation — and I have seen for myself that being involved in creating a garden has the potential to really change lives. One show garden in particular this year, the Pathway Garden,
