The Trust, working with world famous solo percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, garden designer Peter Eustance of Symphonic Gardens and music students from Brunel University, created the garden to promote the charity’s inclusive vision for disability.
This is the first time that the RHS Chelsea Flower Show has hosted an acoustic garden, which has taken the concept of a sensory and accessible outdoor space to a new level, with Papworth Trust and Dame Evelyn hoping the project will act as a legacy for both disabled people and gardeners alike.
Helen Fairhurst, Senior Marketing Manager for Papworth Trust said: “We are delighted to have been awarded a ‘Silver Gilt’ for our garden and hope that it helps us achieve our aim of helping to change society and show that everyone should have the same opportunities so they can achieve their ambitions.
"The garden, which opened to the public this morning, is attracting lots of attention and we hope that even if we change the perception of disability of just some of the 160,000 people who will pass through the show we will have achieved what we set out to do.”
Dame Evelyn Glennie said about ‘Silver Gilt’ result: “This is fantastic news. I feel so proud and humbled to have been part of such an inspiring project.
"The garden is open until Saturday 28 May and I will be ‘playing’ the garden to the public on the final day of the show.”
If you’d like to find out more information about Papworth Trust, please visit www.papworthtrust.org.uk
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