Hospital in Bloom

In the busy hustle and bustle of a hospital, a place of calm can be difficult to come by. Fortunately for the Antenatal Clinic at Princess Royal Hospital, this is no longer the case thanks to a beautiful new garden.

When others saw rack and ruin, Debra saw potential. Debra Stokeley is the Antenatal Clinic Lead at the hospital. She approached the charity with her proposal to develop an unused terrace into a relaxing garden space with replanted raised beds and seats with a view, and they were happy to help make this vision a reality.

The area has been transformed. What was a gloomy, overgrown and neglected corner, is now a bright, calming and peaceful Antenatal Garden. The garden is painted in neutral colours, with butterfly artwork framing the space. Light, airy, with both shady and sunny spots, it provides patients and staff with somewhere to decompress. What’s more, staff have planted a tree in memory of Deena Everest, a much-loved member of the maternity team at Princess Royal Hospital for many years. Debra said: