Hospice given a designer garden (From Penarth Times)

Hospice given a designer garden

CHILDREN'S hospice Ty Hafan is to benefit from the generous donation of a whole garden from the Chelsea Flower show.

The garden has been planned by architect Barry Mayled who runs Homes and Garden in Penarth.

He will be showing the designer blooms and then giving the whole area to the children's hospice in Sully.

Clinical Team Manager at Ty Hafan, Jane Saunders said: "We are delighted that we have been given this garden which is an unusual gift.

"People will donate money or things for the garden but we have never been offered an entire plot of land."

The Sir Steve Redgrave Trust Compass Garden has been designed for an apartment, balcony, patio or rooftop.

It is being built by a team of artisans and specialist firms and will be a shop window of Welsh talent at Chelsea, in front of the world's media and 160,000 show visitors - including The Queen.

Sir Steve said: "I know of tremendous work being done at Ty Hafan and Barry and I agreed that it would be ideal to rebuild it on a panoramic site where it can be enjoyed by parents and young patients."

Children from St Joseph's Primary School in Sully Road, Penarth have grown some of the flowers for the garden which will be displayed from Monday May 19 to Friday May 23 at the flower show.