{"id":588277,"date":"2026-05-17T02:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T02:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588277\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T02:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T02:17:09","slug":"new-award-winning-garden-opens-at-salisbury-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588277\/","title":{"rendered":"New award-winning garden opens at Salisbury Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The Subaru Cocoon Garden has opened at Horatio\u2019s Garden South West in Salisbury, located at the spinal injury rehabilitation centre at Salisbury District Hospital<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\n Originally designed as a show garden by Mike McMahon Studio for the 2025 RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, where it won five awards including Best Show Garden, it was donated by Subaru UK & Ireland and adapted for long-term use at the hospital.\n<\/p>\n

\n Dr Olivia Chapple OBE EMH, founder of Horatio\u2019s Garden, said: “People can face months of rehabilitation after a spinal injury, with many experiencing anxiety and depression along the way.\n<\/p>\n

\n “We know the extraordinary difference Horatio\u2019s Garden makes during this challenging time.\n<\/p>\n

\n “We\u2019re delighted to enhance our first Horatio\u2019s Garden in Salisbury with the Subaru Cocoon Garden which is already bringing a sense of calm and tranquillity and will leave a lasting legacy for years to come.\n<\/p>\n

\n “We are deeply grateful to Subaru for its extraordinary support and to Mike McMahon Studio for the outstanding design.”\n<\/p>\n

\n The garden provides a peaceful, reflective space for patients, families, and hospital staff.\n<\/p>\n

\n Richard, a patient at the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre, said the garden has already become a valuable part of the rehabilitation journey.\n<\/p>\n

\n He said: “Spending time outside, being surrounded by wildlife and connecting with other people during our recovery is so important and this garden is already making such a difference to support people during rehabilitation here.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Horatio\u2019s Garden transforms the environments around NHS spinal injury centres by creating and maintaining supportive garden spaces.\n<\/p>\n

\n These gardens have been shown to improve mental and physical wellbeing, reduce pain, and aid long-term recovery.\n<\/p>\n

\n The Subaru Cocoon Garden was originally designed to raise awareness of the UK\u2019s endangered temperate rainforests, which once covered 20 per cent of the UK and Ireland but are now nearly extinct.\n<\/p>\n

\n New garden opens in Salisbury (Image: Horatio’s Garden)\n<\/p>\n

\n Lorraine Bishton, managing director at Subaru UK & Ireland, said: “From the outset, the Subaru Cocoon Garden was designed to be more than a one-off show garden; it was meant to spark debate and draw attention to an element of the natural world in need of careful preservation: our rapidly shrinking temperate rainforests.\n<\/p>\n

\n “We also wanted it to live on after the show, and now, through our partnership with Horatio\u2019s Garden, it will.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Developed by Subaru UK & Ireland in partnership with Mike McMahon Studio, the garden features native plantings, textured elements, and a calming design that evokes the serenity of the rainforest.\n<\/p>\n

\n It now continues to offer a place of peace and recovery to those adjusting to life after spinal injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Subaru Cocoon Garden has opened at Horatio\u2019s Garden South West in Salisbury, located at the spinal injury…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-588277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}