GARDEN DESIGN
ROBERT MYERS
RETURNS TO
RHS CHELSEA 2020
TO CELEBRATE MODERN-DAY NURSING ON THE
BICENTENARY OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE’S BIRTH
A garden to mark the bicentenary
of the birth of Florence Nightingale
and celebrate the importance of
the nursing profession in the 21st
century, will be created for RHS
Chelsea’s Main Avenue in 2020.
Designed by Robert Myers, The
Florence Nightingale Garden – A
Celebration of Modern Nursing, will
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depict a courtyard garden for a new
hospital, enclosed on three sides
by a sculptural timber pergola and
surrounded by imagined perimeter
rooms that evoke the ‘pavilion’
hospital layouts proposed by
Florence Nightingale.
The restorative garden has been
designed for viewing from inside the
building, as well as for sitting in and
strolling through with shaded places
to rest among naturalistic planting
and a reflecting pool to engage the
senses. The centre of the garden will
feature mounded ornamental beds,
to create privacy, and a stylised
woodland glade offering sun and
dappled shade.
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