8 HOSPITAL GARDEN

Planting will begin in spring on Lara Behr’s design for a courtyard garden at the new NGS Macmillan Unit at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. Her design sees existing raised beds filled with textured planting from a grass matrix interplanted with shrubs, perennials and bulbs, which will have a purple and white colour scheme in summer, while multistem trees will add structure. The garden will also feature enclosed seating spaces, one of which will be framed by a climber-covered wooden pergola. Behr's Macmillan Legacy Garden, which won gold at the RHS Tatton Flower Show in 2017, was also rebuilt at the hospital last year. macmillan.org.uk