National charity Greenfingers has opened a new ‘festival of sensory colours’ garden at Jigsaw, Cumbria’s Children’s Hospice.
Created by chartered garden designer Bruce Walker and landscaping company Ian Howe Landscapes, the garden is set to provide a safe and accessible environment for children and their families, visitors, and staff.
Jigsaw provides day-to-day care, support and activities to children and young people living with life limiting conditions.
Walker’s design incorporates Jigsaw’s logo colours to create subdivisions in the garden, each offering colour cohesive activities, with a ‘Green Jungle Garden’, a ‘Yellow Wildlife Garden’ and an ‘Indigo Sensory Area’, built for relaxation.
The interactive garden also includes a bright blue art area, a sage green play area and an orange kitchen garden to facilitate grow-your-own projects and experimental seed gardening.
The garden was funded by Greenfingers’ supporters and contributions from organisations like the Postcode Neighbour Trust.
Julie Clayton, CEO of Jigsaw, says: “Our new garden looks incredible and we cannot thank Greenfingers and all the other contributors enough for helping to transform this space.
“Now we have a bright, colourful, and engaging garden which is being used regularly by the children and young people with complex health needs that we care for. It’s making a real difference and this safe and accessible space is another huge asset to what we can offer here at Jigsaw.”
This marks the second hospice garden opened by Greenfingers this year.