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The Morgan Stanley Garden for Great Ormond Street Hospital

June 2nd, 2016

The team at Wallbarn were delighted to donate a number of fixed height pedestals to help designers creating a garden project being displayed at the Chelsea Flower Show recently.

We are now very proud to find out that not only did the project, designed by Chris Beardshaw projects win the gold medal yesterday, it is also due to be dismantled and reassembled at Great Ormond Street Hospital shortly.

The Morgan Stanley Garden for Great Ormond Street Hospital

The Morgan Stanley Garden for Great Ormond Street Hospital has been designed to feature at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, before it is sited at its permanent home at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The new garden will provide a much needed, private and reflective space for parents and families of the children undergoing treatment at the hospital. The enclosed nature of the hospital site has shaped and informed the planting and schematics for the garden.

Designer Chris Beardshaw is creating a rich, green and verdant woodland scheme, sprinkled with pockets of colourful planting, bursting through the tree canopy and perennial understory.

Creating a Plant Rich Area

The planting in the garden provides a plant-rich area of woodland diversity, featuring a wide range of perennials for dappled shade and with a collection of hedges, mixed topiary and mature trees, which all provide a naturally rich environment.

The garden features a reflective water feature and a main structure inspired by a Japanese azumaya (summer house), designed in three interlocking sections; each section framing views of the garden.

For more on this story, please check out the following link on the Royal Horticultural Society website – https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/Gardens/2016/The-Morgan-Stanley-Garden-for-Great-Ormond-Street