In the Press

‘gardening talent’: head gardener ashley in the pages of gardens illustrated magazine

The June issue of Gardens Illustrated will be the publication’s special issue 300 centenary magazine and we’re delighted to share that Head Gardener of Horatio’s Garden London & South East, Ashley Edwards, features inside the ...

‘my favourite place’ in garden news by head gardener stephen hackett

Some of you will know of the ‘My Favourite Place’ feature in Garden News magazine and this week the contributor is none other than our very own Head Gardener of Horatio's Garden South West, Stephen Hackett. Having been interviewed ...

dr olivia chapple features on the ‘gardening with the rhs’ podcast

Gardening with the RHS is the UK’s number one gardening podcast and in this week’s ‘Gardening with a Conscience’ episode, listeners will have the opportunity to hear from our very own Founder & Chair of Trustees, Dr Olivia Chapple, ...

garden day uk

The buzz around Garden Day UK was fantastic this year, with plenty of people joining in online and The English Garden magazine sharing a little bit more about why Sunday 9th May was an important date that most certainly deserved to be in everyone's ...

ashley edwards features in bbc gardeners’ world magazine’s ‘creative containers masterclass’

If you’ve happened upon a copy of BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine this month then you may very well have encountered Head Gardener of Horatio’s Garden London & South East, Ashley Edwards! Ashley is one of the magazine’s writers, ...

dr olivia chapple talks the fabulous summer tea party on bbc radio wiltshire

You may have seen that we recently launched our fantastic fundraising campaign, The Fabulous Summer Tea Party, for the third year running, which Founder & Chair of Trustees, Dr Olivia Chapple, was invited to share more about on BBC Radio ...

head gardener sallie on the scottish garden podcast

We were thrilled to discover that our very own Horatio’s Garden Scotland Head Gardener, Sallie Sillars, featured this week's episode of The Scottish Garden Podcast! To listen, please click here or pop over to your podcast platform of ...

leading british artists support the horatio’s garden summer art auction

Over 60 of the UK’s leading artists have donated works to be auctioned online from Saturday 15th – Sunday 30th May 2021 to raise vital funds for Horatio’s Garden, a charity that supports patients, their loved ones and NHS staff affected by ...

patient curtis fraser interviewed for the telegraph

Some of you will remember Curtis Fraser, who generously shared his story with all of us back in February having discovered Horatio’s Garden London & South East soon into his stay at the London Spinal Cord Injury Centre (LSCIC). Now, ...

ashley edwards returns to bbc radio 4’s gardeners’ question time

With the first Narcissi starting to fade, Head Gardener Ashley thoughtfully decided to help everyone become a dab hand at deadheading in his latest BBC Radio 4 Gardeners’ Question Time segment. To listen again on BBC Sounds, please click ...

stephen hackett features on the roots and all podcast

As another lovely long weekend came to a close, we were delighted to discover that there was one more treat awaiting everyone on Easter Monday, as Head Gardener Stephen Hackett featured in the bank holiday episode of Roots and ...

horatio’s garden feature in rnoh articulate magazine

It was lovely to see Horatio’s Garden featured in the March edition of Articulate magazine, which goes to all staff members of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), Stanmore. To read the full article on pages 26-27, please click ...

melanie reid presents ‘a life less vertical’ on bbc radio 4

Horatio’s Garden Ambassador, award-winning journalist and author of The World I Fell Out Of, Melanie Reid, has today presented A Life Less Vertical on BBC Radio 4. To listen on BBC Sounds, please click here The programme hears Melanie ...

head gardener imogen jackson on the plantnetwork podcast

Head Gardener Imogen Jackson is this week’s guest on the PlantNetwork podcast, which talks to all kinds of horticulturalists about their gardens and careers! To listen, please click here PlantNetwork is a charity and ...

dr olivia chapple and tom stuart-smith in the lady magazine

This March readers of The Lady will be able to discover more about Horatio’s Garden thanks to a thoughtful article penned by Ciar Byrne, which tells the story of the charity and how it has flourished throughout the past 10 years. As Ciar ...

head gardener ashley is back on bbc radio 4’s gardeners’ question time!

Head Gardener of Horatio’s Garden London & South East, Ashley Edwards, has become something of a monthly regular on BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time and his latest segment is just as encouraging as the rest. To listen again on ...

we appear on the fundación inspira blog

Our international reputation is growing and this week it’s thanks to photographer Nick Charlesworth, who’s written a lovely piece about his previous visit to Horatio’s Garden South West for the Fundación Inspira blog. To read the full ...

‘my favourite place’ by head gardener amy moffett

Remarkably, it’s already been a month since Amy Moffett joined the team as Head Gardener of Horatio’s Garden Stoke Mandeville and now she’s following in Horatio’s Garden Scotland designer James Alexander-Sinclair's footsteps by appearing ...

bunny guinness includes us in the telegraph

This weekend we were absolutely delighted to see Horatio’s Garden appear in the pages of The Telegraph thanks to the wonderful Bunny Guinness. To read the feature, please click here (Please note that the piece is unfortunately behind the ...

new report: health charities and the nhs. a vital partnership in peril?

A new study reveals how the Covid-19 pandemic has confirmed the vital contribution of health charities to the NHS. It argues that strategic engagement with the charities by health policy makers has declined in recent years and that substantial ...

stephen hackett writes for the english garden magazine

Head Gardener of Horatio’s Garden South West, Stephen Hackett, has written a wonderful article for the February issue of The English Garden magazine. The piece is part of a follow-up to Horatio’s Garden South West’s acknowledgment in the ...

ashley edwards appears on bbc radio’s gardeners’ question time

Following his December appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time programme, Head Gardener of Horatio’s Garden London & South East, Ashley Edwards, has once again featured in today’s broadcast! To listen again on BBC ...

horatio’s garden features in korean documentary

Whilst our national reputation has been growing for a while, we’ve recently been delighted to have been given a few opportunities to plant some seeds about Horatio’s Garden among international audiences! Back in November, we were ...

horatio’s garden scotland in the scottish gardening magazine

Horatio’s Garden Scotland is taking centre stage in the winter issue of The Scottish Gardening Magazine. If you would like to read the full article, please click here The brand new title was established earlier this year and is ...

head gardener ashley on bbc gardeners’ question time

As the days grow shorter, making the most of our gardens and the natural abundance within them feels more worthwhile than ever. In that spirit, Head Gardener Ashley Edwards of Horatio’s Garden London & South East today appeared on BBC ...

horatio’s garden in which? gardening, penarth view and taspo garten design

This week we’ve been lucky enough to feature in three publications, with each highlighting a different aspect of our work. We were enormously excited to learn that the opening of our fifth project, Horatio’s Garden London & South East, ...

student newspaper, winol, feature horatio’s garden

Ellie Cloute, a student at the University of Winchester studying Journalism, recently featured Horatio’s Garden in a report for Winol, the institution’s student newspaper. Having first met our Founder & Chair of Trustees, Dr Olivia ...

we feature in the good web guide!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! November naturally means lots of us will have a spot of seasonal shopping to do, but thanks to The Good Web Guide your search for the perfects cards and gifts will hopefully be that little bit ...

gardens illustrated feature new interview with dr olivia chapple

Gardens Illustrated have featured our Founder & Chair of Trustees, Dr Olivia Chapple, in their October issue in a moving interview thoughtfully written by Lia Leendertz. The piece features alongside a new portrait of ...

dr olivia chapple interviewed for bbc radio london

BBC Radio London are currently celebrating their 50th anniversary, so when Founder & Chair of Trustees, Dr Olivia Chapple, recently gave a live interview on the Robert Elms Show it truly felt like our new garden had become part of the ...

head gardener stephen writes for wiltshire life

Head Gardener Stephen Hackett was recently invited by Wiltshire Life to write a feature for their November 2020 issue, which resulted in him penning a timely piece complete with beautiful autumnal photographs of Horatio’s Garden South ...

head gardener imogen features in the english garden magazine

Head Gardener Imogen recently lent her expertise to The English Garden magazine, in a beautiful feature spanning four pages entitled ‘The Soul Garden’. As a specialist in therapeutic horticulture, Imogen is an expert in curating and ...

League of Friends present cheque in Horatio's Garden Midlands

league of friends donate to horatio’s garden midlands

We would like to say an enormous thank you to the League of Friends at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH), who recently donated £1,000 to Horatio's Garden Midlands! The League of Friends have been fundraising locally ...

kitchen garden magazine feature horatio’s garden

Journalist Annabelle Padwick has kindly featured us in her recent article for Kitchen Garden Magazine celebrating every garden’s beneficial effects on our mental and physical wellbeing. The feature was highlighting a few of the many ...

melanie reid features horatio’s garden in the saturday times

Following the opening of Horatio’s Garden London & South East, journalist and charity ambassador Melanie Reid kindly featured our latest milestone in a thoughtful article for The Saturday Times Weekend. The piece opened with her own personal ...

itv london film live from horatio’s garden

We had a surprise visit from ITV London on Friday 4th September, who kindly featured our brand new garden, Horatio’s Garden London & South East, in a live broadcast during their 6pm bulletin that very same evening! Both Founder & ...

gardeners’ world magazine feature our new tea towel

We know lots of you will enjoy reading Gardeners’ World Magazine and this month there’s something particularly special to be found within its pages. Our exclusive Horatio’s Garden Tea Towel, designed by artist Katy McIntyre-Brown, ...

horatio’s garden in how to spend it

We were thrilled to feature in Saturday 11th July’s issue of How To Spend It, the magazine which has been part of the Financial Times for more than 40 years and is widely regarded as the benchmark for luxury lifestyle ...

head gardener imogen on bbc radio shropshire

Head Gardener of Horatio's Garden Oswestry, Imogen Jackson, featured on BBC Radio Shropshire today, speaking to Adam Green all about gardening in lockdown. If you missed Imogen's interview, click here to catch up. You'll find us around 2 hours and ...

west brom building society donate to horatio’s garden oswestry

Horatio’s Garden Oswestry has once again hit the headlines of the Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer thanks to a generous donation from The West Brom Building Society, which has a local branch in the town. The article tells the story ...

grow to give in garden media guild magazine

GMG News, the quarterly magazine of the Garden Media Guild, have kindly featured a little bit about our Grow to Give fundraising campaign in their Summer 2020 issue! To read the full article, please click here. You'll find us on page 5! Having ...

podcast time: james alexander-sinclair on fresh from the pod

Designer of Horatio’s Garden Scotland, James Alexander-Sinclair, has featured on the latest episode of Fresh from the Pod, a Candide podcast hosted by Tamsin Westhorpe. Being an RHS judge, co-chair of the Garden Media Guild, writer and ...

raising awareness of horatio’s garden wales

Our new project, Horatio’s Garden Wales, has been featured in both the Cardiff & Vale Health Charity Newsletter and Welsh Country, a magazine dedicated to life in the Welsh countryside. Each piece explains how we’re collaborating ...

bbc news feature amanda harris’ cycle challenge

Some of you may be aware that incredible supporter Amanda Harris recently completed her 150-mile at-home cycle challenge to raise funds for Horatio’s Garden Wales and now the story has captured the attention of BBC News! To read the BBC Wales ...

horatio’s garden wales in gardens illustrated

Horatio’s Garden Wales is featuring in the July issue of Gardens Illustrated thanks to award-winning journalist, Annie Gatti. Having previously worked as an editor and journalist for numerous national publications, Annie is now a freelance ...

horatio’s garden in sia ‘forward’ magazine

The Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) has supported people with spinal cord injuries for over 40 years. As part of their commitment to being a leading source of advice and information for people with SCI, the charity publish a bi-monthly magazine ...

the importance of gardens for health and wellbeing in the salisbury journal

As part of the buzz around this year's Virtual RHS Chelsea Flower Show, reporter Katy Griffin of the Salisbury Journal got in touch to see how Horatio's Garden have joined in with the show's online events. The article mentions that there will be a ...

horatio’s garden in the cardiff times

This week Horatio's Garden has been featured in the Cardiff Times as word begins to spread about our sixth project at University Hospital, Llandough. The free monthly magazine features a variety of local news and everything related to the life of ...

‘my favourite place’ by james alexander-sinclair

Acclaimed garden designer James Alexander-Sinclair may have brought gardens to life across Europe, but he shared with readers of Garden News that of all the gardens he's designed, Horatio’s Garden Glasgow is his all-time favourite. Writing a ...

joe swift & horatio’s garden in gardeners’ world magazine

Joe Swift, designer of Horatio’s Garden Stoke Mandeville, wrote a wonderful piece for the March issue of Gardeners’ World Magazine detailing how the beautiful garden was brought to life and what the extraordinary project means to him. The ...

the good web guide – interview with dr olivia chapple

The Good Web Guide constantly curate and feature a library of leading websites, podcasts, influencers and blogs, which are all handpicked by their expert team and guest editors. This week, Founder & Chair of Trustees, Dr Olivia Chapple, ...

anneka rice mentions horatio’s garden in the daily mail

Veteran broadcaster and keen artist, Andrew Marr, recently launched the ‘Britain in Spring’ art competition in a long form article for The Daily Mail. As the competition’s Head Judge, Marr explained that the competition is all about ...

horatio’s garden oswestry in garden news magazine

Dr Olivia Chapple has introduced Garden News magazine readers to Horatio's Garden Oswestry by writing a wonderful piece for their most recent edition. Following in James Alexander-Sinclair's footsteps, who wrote about Horatio's Garden Scotland for ...

horatio’s garden in the times

This week we were mentioned in Alice Thomson’s column for The Times which argued that the joy of gardens and gardening should be open to all. The piece illustrated how lockdown has led to more people spending time in their gardens and indeed ...

horatio’s garden in the observer

Horatio’s Garden was featured in a recent edition of The Observer as part of Kate Kellaway’s thoughtful review of Sue Stuart-Smith’s The Well Gardened Mind and Isabel Hardman’s The Natural Health Service. In her article Kate captures the ...

horatio’s garden stoke mandeville in the telegraph

Horatio’s Garden Stoke Mandeville has this week been featured in The Telegraph in a fantastic article by Anna Tyzack, which explores the transformative power of our gardens and how they’re currently more important than ever. The piece ...

horatio’s garden in pro landscaper magazine

Pro Landscaper magazine recently featured a brilliant article about Horatio's Garden which asked the rather timely question of 'How do gardens make a difference?' As many of you will know, Horatio's Garden regularly contributes to such discussions ...

grow to give in the press!

Over the Easter weekend our brand new Grow to Give fundraising campaign was featured by a variety of national and regional press teams, including The Sunday Times and BBC Wiltshire. Journalist Helen Davies at The Sunday Times was sure to ...

baroness masham’s letter to the times

Baroness Masham of Ilton is a wonderful supporter of Horatio's Garden and recently became one of the charity's ambassadors. As part of her commitment to championing disability, which she has continued throughout her 50-year career in the House of ...

the shropshire star feature imogen’s fundraising adventure

Senior Reporter for the Shropshire Star, Deborah Hardiman, recently visited Head Gardener, Imogen Jackson, in Horatio's Garden Oswestry to find out more about her adventure walking John Muir Way. Over 10 days, Imogen, husband Allan, friend Andrew ...

our first podcast with this is spinal crap!

We were absolutely thrilled to feature on the most recent episode of This Is Spinal Crap, the podcast all about living well with a spinal cord injury. To listen to the podcast, please click here. The episode, aptly titled ‘Create and Grow’ was ...

continued support from woolley & wallis

We're thrilled to have been featured in the Spring/Summer edition of Woolley & Wallis' magazine, which tells readers more about the Salisbury salerooms' continued support of Horatio's Garden. Woolley & Wallis have generously supported the ...

horatio’s garden in wilsons magazine

Salisbury and London based solicitors, Wilsons, have featured a recent interview with Founder and Chair of Trustees, Dr Olivia Chapple, in the Spring/Summer issue of The Wilsons Magazine. The edition features a great mixture of legal and lifestyle ...

spinal surgery news feature horatio’s garden london

Spinal Surgery News have featured our fifth project, Horatio's Garden London, on the homepage of their website! Following last week's breaking ground ceremony, the publication cover the story and introduce readers to the charity as a national ...

celebrating international women’s day

We were delighted to discover on the morning of International Women's Day (Sunday 8th March) that our Royal Patron, HRH Princess Eugenie, had shared a story on Instagram celebrating the women who inspire her, with Founder & Chair of Trustees, Dr ...

sarah price in the irish times

The Irish Times have published a thoughtful feature on award-winning garden designer Sarah Price, who is designing the sixth Horatio's Garden for University Hospital, Llandough in Cardiff. The article describes Sarah's unique, natural and artistic ...

dr olivia chapple on broradio

Founder and Chair of Trustees, Dr Olivia Chapple, recently featured on BroRadio, which is the local radio station responsible for broadcasting across the Vale of Glamorgan. Olivia was welcomed on air for her live interview by Geoff Selby, who ...

horatio’s garden scotland on beechgrove repotted

We were very excited to see that Horatio's Garden Scotland featured on yesterday evening's episode of Beechgrove Repotted! The segment about Horatio's Garden begins at approximately 8 minutes 30 seconds. CLICK HERE TO CATCH UP The Beechgrove ...

lillian’s volunteering story in the glasgow evening times

The Glasgow Times have recently begun a weekly column about volunteering in Glasgow and featured Lillian, a volunteer in our Scotland garden, in their very first edition! Lillian kindly shared her wonderful story, which told the audience all about ...

horatio’s garden in rhs magazine

To read the full article, please CLICK HERE. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) recently published a new article focussing on Horatio’s Garden Salisbury and how the charity has grown since 2012. The RHS originally featured our Salisbury ...

bbc’s sir matthew pinsent interviews peter reed in salisbury

It was wonderful to see both Sir Matthew Pinsent and former Olympic rower Peter Reed together in Horatio’s Garden Salisbury recently, when Matthew visited to interview Peter for a string of BBC programmes. Peter recently suffered a spinal ...

horatio’s garden salisbury in the english garden

Following our win in the Nation's Favourite Garden competition for the South West region, The English Garden magazine has featured Horatio's Garden Salisbury in their December issue. The article reveals more about where the charity came from and ...

pennant magazine features horatio’s garden

Pennant is the magazine of the Forces Pension Society and is published bi-annually containing an entertaining mix about life in the Forces, news, opinions and views, member’s feedback and much more. In their autumn edition, they chose to ...

horatio’s garden in the cardiff times

This November we will be officially launching the capital appeal for Horatio’s Garden Cardiff, but already the Cardiff Times is busy spreading the word to everyone in the city. The magazine kindly published an article this weekend that ...

horatio’s garden tours featured in gmg magazine

The Garden Media Guild (GMG) have very kindly featured an article all about Horatio’s Garden and the exciting opportunity to visit each of our gardens from April to October 2020. Garden Tour Coordinator, Lucy Shergold, wrote the wonderful ...

bbc gardeners’ world film in stoke mandeville

If you missed the episode, CLICK HERE to watch it on BBC iPlayer. The piece on Horatio's Garden begins at 24 minutes 50 seconds. We hope you enjoyed watching BBC Gardeners' World on Friday 27th September 2019! We were delighted to welcome Joe ...

horatio’s garden oswestry in the telegraph

In an incredible double-page spead, Bunny Guinness introduced Horatio’s Garden Oswestry to readers of The Telegraph in style last weekend! Bunny wrote a wonderful piece that not only describes the thought and time that went into designing ...

george plumptre mentions horatio’s garden in the telegraph

George Plumptre, Chief Executive of the National Garden Scheme, recently featured Horatio’s Garden Stoke Mandeville in The Telegraph as one of his choice gardens to visit last weekend. His short article featured three very different gardens with ...

bbc radio shropshire broadcast live from horatio’s garden

On Sunday 8th September we were joined in our brand new garden by Paul Shuttleworth and Margaret Thrower for a very special live broadcast from Horatio’s Garden Oswestry. The team spent three hours hosting their programme from the comfort of our ...

wiltshire life magazine features horatio’s garden

Horatio’s Garden Salisbury volunteers have been featured in the October edition of Wiltshire Life following their achievement of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. As many of you will know, the award is the highest honour given to ...

horatio’s garden oswestry in the oswestry & border counties advertizer

Ahead of the official opening of Horatio’s Garden Oswestry on Sunday 22nd September, mother and daughter team, Bunny and Unity Guinness, recently spent time speaking with Rebecca Lennard of the Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer in ...

bunny guinness on bbc radio shropshire

Bunny Guinness was recently joined in Horatio’s Garden Oswestry by BBC Shropshire’s very own Paul Shuttleworth, who was asking her all about the designs of our latest garden. Despite bringing gardens to life for more than 40 years, Bunny ...

the shropshire star feature horatio’s garden oswestry opening

The Shropshire Star have kindly featured Horatio’s Garden Oswestry once again, celebrating the garden’s opening to patients and their loved ones earlier this month. The newspaper details various elements of the design, giving readers an ...

the sunday post: ‘doctor horticulture will see you now’

The Sunday Post, a newspaper founded in 1914 and widely circulated in Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of Northern England, recently mentioned Horatio’s Garden in an article delineating the benefits of gardens and gardening to health. The ...

horatio’s garden in the warminster journal

Avid Horatio's Garden supporters Ann and Evelyn recently hosted a tea and coffee morning at the Tynings allotment in Warminster to encourage their community to raise funds for the charity. Their event was subsequently featured in the Warminster ...

read the latest from dr olivia chapple in gardeners’ world magazine

As some of you may know, this year Dr Olivia Chapple was invited to be part of a panel contributing to Gardeners’ World Magazine’s ‘Grow Yourself Healthy’ campaign. Olivia has now contributed to two issues alongside Margaret Kievel and ...

the simple things magazine features dr olivia chapple

This month The Simple Things magazine have chosen to feature Dr Olivia Chapple in their monthly ‘Excellent Women’ feature. The article tells the story of charity. It focusses particularly on the wonderful idea Horatio had to create a garden ...

head gardener stephen hackett’s full article for salisbury life magazine

Our Salisbury Head Gardener, Stephen Hackett, recently wrote a brilliant article for Salisbury Life Magazine which has been featured in their July issue. The piece, entitled ‘Let It Grow’, features a variety of Salisbury gardeners who all ...

salisbury life magazine features horatio’s garden

Salisbury Life Magazine have featured Horatio’s Garden throughout their July issue, illustrating the huge variety of opportunities and experiences that come with being involved with the charity. Our first mention is to celebrate our Salisbury ...

volunteers featured in the salisbury journal

The achievements of the Horatio’s Garden Salisbury volunteer team have been featured this June in the Salisbury Journal. Following the incredible news that the group had been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the Journal ...

horatio’s garden oswestry on bbc radio shropshire

On their most recent visit to Horatio’s Garden Oswestry Head Gardener Imogen Jackson, Administration Assistant Brian Kilty, Operations Manager John Grinstead and Marketing Manager Kathryn Furnell were delighted to be joined by Paul Shuttleworth ...

melanie reid features horatio’s garden in the times

Horatio’s Garden we’re delighted to hear the news that award-winning journalist and charity ambassador Melanie Reid very kindly featured the charity in her most recent article, which was published on Monday 15th April. After attending our ...

david chapple interview for spinal surgery news

Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon David Chapple has featured in the Spring 2019 edition of Spinal Surgery News discussing his role as co-founder of Horatio’s Garden. His thoughtful interview offers the spinal surgical community an ...

horatio’s garden glasgow on bbc radio scotland

Sallie Sillars, Head Gardener for Horatio’s Garden Glasgow, recently welcomed BBC Radio Scotland reporter John Beattie to the garden to find out more about the charity and the support it offers to patients and their loved ones. John cycled to ...

horatio’s garden salisbury on bbc radio wiltshire

It was a privilege to welcome Karen Gardner from BBC Radio Wiltshire to Horatio’s Garden Salisbury bright and early on Tuesday 2nd April. Following the National Garden Scheme’s incredible donation of £75,000 to Horatio’s Garden London and ...

OSWESTRY GARDEN UPDATE FROM THE SHROPSHIRE STAR

Sue Austin from the Shropshire Star takes a look at the latest developments at the Horatio's Garden Oswestry site and puts a call out for people who are interested in signing up as volunteers to get in touch. Take a look at the piece on the ...

THE TIMES – SCOTTISH LEGAL AWARDS SUPPLEMENT

Horatio's Garden Scotland enjoys the support of Digby Brown Solicitors and we were delighted when they were the winners of two titles at the 2019 Scottish Legal Awards in March. Digby Brown triumphed in Firm of the Year and Community Contribution ...

BBC World Service interview with Dr Olivia Chapple

Listen again to the insightful and moving interview with Dr Olivia Chapple, broadcast this week on the BBC World Service, about Horatio Chapple and the extraordinary legacy he left behind in Horatio’s Garden. Click the link: ...

listen to glasgow head gardener sallie sillars on gardeners’ question time

Head Gardener for Horatio's Garden Scotland Sallie Sillars appeared on the much-loved Radio 4 programme Gardeners' Question Time on Friday the 1st of March (repeated on Sunday the 3rd of March). Sallie showed Gardeners' Question Time panellist ...

read the horatio’s garden oswestry press release

horatio’s garden on bbc radio 4

On 9th November Dr Olivia Chapple was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Watch the short film HERE Find out more about each garden on our website

listen to coverage from the opening of horatio’s garden stoke mandeville

https://soundcloud.com/smhr1575/mary-berry-interview

horatio’s garden on spire fm

Spire FM featured Horatio's Garden on their website following the opening of Stoke Mandeville. You can read the report here

itv meridian’s coverage of the stoke mandeville opening

If you missed the coverage of the opening of Horatio's Garden Stoke Mandeville on the night it aired, you can watch it here!

donation from the hospital saturday fund

Huge thanks to the Hospital Saturday Fund who have kindly donated £2,000 towards Horatio's Garden Oswestry. Their donation will help to bring Horatio's Garden to all the patients at the Midlands Centre for Spinal Injuries.

Horatio’s Garden in Salisbury continues to ‘thrive’

Horatio’s Garden has featured on the Salisbury Journal website. The article contains an interview with Olivia Chapple about the gardens and an update on future plans for the charity. Please read the full article here.

Horatio’s Garden features in The BMJ Medical Journal

18/12/2017 Horatio’s Garden has featured on The British Medical Journal website in an article called ‘Hospital gardens are making a comeback’. The article focuses on the importance of gardens in hospital spaces, the evidence behind it and ...

Horatio’s Garden features in the Telegraph

An article in the Telegraph covered how 'Horatio's Garden is harnessing plant power with the help of a medical herbalist'. Catherine Marshall described how her products, made for Horatio's Garden, were “designed with the idea of a therapeutic, ...

Horatio’s Garden features in Woman’s Weekly Gardening magazine

Horatio's Garden is featured in the October edition of the Woman's Weekly Gardening magazine. The article covers the garden's conception, progress of the gardens and the recent visit by Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie to Horatio's ...

Princess Eugenie visits Horatio’s Garden Scotland

Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie visited Horatio’s Garden Scotland on Monday 24th July and met patients, volunteers and the staff at the Scottish National Spinal Unit, which treats all Scottish-based patients with spinal cord injuries and is ...

RHS The Garden magazine

Horatio's Garden Salisbury features in the July 2017 RHS The Garden Magazine. 'A place to heal - the inspiring story of Horatio's Garden'. In a beautiful article written by Lia Leendertz with stunning photography by Clive Nichols the essence and ...

Nelsons sponsor Chelsea flower Show

Horatio’s Garden had a very successful Chelsea Flower Show. The stand was visited by many guests including Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice. Baroness Masham, Joanna Lumley, Anneka Rice and Alan Titchmarsh were all impressed with the beauty ...

Horticulture Week Custodian Awards

Horatio's Garden Scotland has been given a Highly Commended award for 'Best Community-Health Initiative' at the Custodian Awards. The Horticulture Week Custodian Awards celebrate the best of parks and gardens management. They give garden ...

Horatio’s Garden Oswestry video now online

The new fundraising video for Horatio's Garden Oswestry is now live. The video features Bunny Guinness, Olivia Chapple and testimonials from patients at Oswestry and Salisbury. To see the video and find out how to help fundraise click here

The English Garden Magazine – 20 Years of Garden Design

Horatio's Garden features in The English Garden magazine's spring issue. Horatio's Garden designer, James Alexander-Sinclair, looks at two decades of innovative design and ground-breaking gardens that he considers most influential, in his article ...

Points of Light Award

Horatio's Garden has been awarded a Points of Light Award by the Prime Minister. In a letter to Olivia Chapple Teresa May said “The beautiful gardens you have created are having a positive impact on people being treated for spinal cord ...

ITV features Horatio’s Garden Stoke Mandeville

ITV has featured the news that the fundraising target for Horatio's Garden, Stoke Mandeville has been reached. Read the whole story here.

BBC Wiltshire

BBC reporter Karen Gardner interviewed Olivia Chapple on a frosty morning in Horatio's Garden Salisbury.Listen to the interview here:[audio ...

National Gardens Scheme

Horatio's Garden has been selected by the National Gardens Scheme to become a beneficiary charity. At a press launch today the charity announced a donation of £130,000 to Horatio's Garden Stoke Mandeville capital appeal. Dr Olivia Chapple, Chair ...

Telegraph readers donate £254,464.88

The generous Telegraph readers have donated £254,464.88 to Horatio's Garden during the Christmas 2015 appeal. At a cheque presentation ceremony the charity received a large cheque and had the opportunity to thank everyone who had donated, the ...

Horatio’s Garden Scotland in the Daily Record

The build begins - wheel barrow fun with Gregor Fisher at Horatio's Garden in Scotland, covered by the Daily Record.

Gregor Fisher visits Horatio’s Garden Scotland

Front page of the Herald - Gregor Fisher's visit to Horatio's Garden in Scotland as the building starts.

Meridian ITV

An interview with Olivia, patients and Joe Swift about the benefits of Horatio's Garden and the Stoke Mandeville appeal.

Hartley Botanic to donate greenhouse

As soon as The Chelsea Flower Show closes its doors to the public on Saturday 28 May, the work of disassembling the beautiful gardens, trade stands and horticultural displays begins. The Main Avenue Hartley Botanic Show Garden takes more than ...

NGS to support Horatio’s Garden

The fantastic news that the National Gardens Scheme (NGS) is to support Horatio's Garden Stoke Mandeville was announced in today's Telegraph.The NGS has an interesting history dating back to the 1850's that has always been closely related to health ...

David Chapple

Liz Hunt, deputy editor of the Telegraph, interviews David Chapple about the changing demographics of spinal cord injury. "We want to keep active, so are potentially exposed to more risks." Talking about Horatio, David said: "He wanted to be a ...

“I couldn’t have coped without this garden”

In the Telegraph Living, Sarah Holdom describes how Horatio's Garden helped her when her son Charlie West was paralysed following an accident. Read the full article here.

Jeremy Smith in the Telegraph

"What I realise now is how much more quickly I could have regained my sense of self-worth and hope had there been a genuine, large garden space. When confined to a ward for long periods, you actually start to fear the world beyond its corridors. Any ...

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