We’re encouraging you to ease yourself into the New Year on a fun, positive note by joining in with our ‘Fill a Flower Pot’ fundraiser! It couldn’t be easier to get involved and everyone at home can take part. Simply see how quickly you can fill your flower pot with loose change, tip it out, count it up and donate your total by simply clicking the link below. Please click here to donate to our Fill a Flower Pot JustGiving page Patients with spinal injuries are among the few groups of people who still spend long periods ...
CLICK HERE TO DONATE In just a few months time, Jack Folkestone will be attempting the Marathon des Sables, also known as 'the toughest footrace on earth', in order to raise vital funds for Horatio's Garden. For those of you who have been ...
We’d like to say a huge ‘congratulations’ to Alice Hall, Sally Reffold and Helen Whalley, who this past Sunday successfully completed the Royal Parks Half Marathon in their local area! The Royal Parks Half Marathon usually takes place in ...
After a gruelling weekend, we’re saying a huge ‘congratulations’ to Charles Balcombe, who has spent the past 48 hours testing his endurance to the limit by successfully completing the ‘David Goggins 4x4x48’ Challenge! Please click ...
Alex, known professionally as Clay by Design, has raised a fantastic total of £105 for Horatio's Garden by taking part in The Great Charity Pot Sale! Having created three beautiful moon jars, Alex shared her makes on her own Instagram page, which ...
Congratulations to Vivien Scott, who has raised over £1,700 for Horatio's Garden with her recent New Year's Day swim in the River Tay! To give a donation to Vivien’s JustGiving page, please click here Known in Dundee to be a powerhouse and a ...
Throughout December, Parterre Fragrances were generously supporting Horatio’s Garden by donating a percentage of the month’s profits to the charity. The Dorset-based perfumery, which was founded by David and Julia Bridger, grow ...
Thank you so much to Catherine Boyce, who decided to take on the challenge of the Great Run Solo: 12 Runs by Christmas in support of Horatio’s Garden Wales! The December Accumulator was designed to get everyone saying ‘Oh what fun it is to ...
The Test Valley Art Show & Sale is an annual event that provides a forum for Test Valley Artists to display and sell their work, whilst also raising money for charities across and beyond the UK. The event usually takes place in King's Somborne ...
Roger Neill has been busy fundraising for both Horatio’s Garden and The Royal British Legion throughout the past month. He decided to embark upon his own Movember challenge in order to raise money, appropriately nicknaming his moustache ...
Back when lockdown began, a unique fundraising campaign was launched by supporter and choreographer Janet Randell, who remarkably for the past year has been continually directing her very own Cedar Dance Animations project entitled A Chronicle of ...
Thank you so much to Cathy O’Doherty, Angelina Hall and their team at Glass by Design for helping us in our quest to find 100 Horatio’s Heroes to support Horatio’s Garden Wales! Every season, Glass by Design decorate their window display ...
Congratulations to Louise Finch and her uncle, Russell Winfield, for completing the Virtual London Marathon which took place this weekend! The at-home marathon was the iconic event's 40th race and every participant had just 24 hours to walk, run, ...
We're wishing the Hugh James Neurolaw team a huge 'congratulations' today as this weekend they completed their incredible 2,800km running challenge right on schedule! Please click here to donate The team were planning to run the Cardiff Half ...
As many of you will know, Jack Folkestone has been training throughout 2020 for an epic challenge, the Marathon des Sables, in support of Horatio’s Garden. The ultra-run, which consists of running six marathons in six days in the ...
Two brilliant fundraisers, Tim and Katie Hill recently attempted a (truly!) breath-taking challenge on Saturday 12th September in order to raise money for Horatio's Garden. The pair decided to take on their own Dock2Dock challenge, which involved ...
This year Nationwide Engineering were helping us to get Birchall tea to our gardens across the country and to our Fabulous Summer Tea Party hosts to enjoy throughout June. However, as certain restrictions meant that we were no longer able to do ...
The Royal Porthcawl Golf Club generously chose Horatio's Garden as one of the beneficiaries of their recent Summer Charity Day! Whilst also raising money for the Porthcawl RNLI, the day made a really important contribution to our new project, ...
Casterbridge Wealth, a Salisbury-based independent and multi award-winning Discretionary Fund Management business, have spent the past few weeks taking on a Lands End to John O’Groats virtual challenge. The team of 11 have tasked themselves ...
Father and daughter, Richard and Charlotte Weight, will be taking part in the My Prudential RideLondon on Sunday 16th August in memory of beloved wife and mother, Penny. Donate to Richard Donate to Charlotte Penny was injured by a ...
Some of you may remember that we featured in the Advent of Change 2019 Children’s Advent Calendar and that we were also lucky enough to be included in the social enterprise’s World Changer Wall Calendar for 2020 too. Back in January, our ...
Elaine Beckley gave us some brilliant news this week when she called to let us know that her son, Tom, had successfully completed his Ridgeway Run in support of Horatio’s Garden Stoke Mandeville! The 87-mile run took Tom from Marlborough to ...
The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh generously held a plant sale on Saturday 18th July in order to support our Grow to Give fundraising campaign. In celebration of their first weekend opening since lockdown began, the gallery took the opportunity ...
Whilst this year's Fabulous Summer Tea Party has certainly been a little different to last year's, that's not stopped two of our wonderful Stoke Mandeville volunteers from getting involved in the fun. Julia Bolton and Sue Yeomans recently held a ...
Over the past few months, Horatio's Garden Stoke Mandeville volunteer Liz Hair has been creating hundreds of masks in order to help people in her local community protect themselves and their loved ones from Coronavirus. Liz watched a simple YouTube ...
Last night, PMI London held their first Summer Garden Party Charity Quiz (via Zoom, of course), which was joined by around 90 people and raised over £450 for Horatio’s Garden London! Having recognised that patients and families are ...
Congratulations to Amanda Harris for completing her at-home cycle in support of Horatio's Garden Wales, a remarkable story that's captured the attention of BBC Wales! Please CLICK HERE to donate Please CLICK HERE to read the BBC Wales Story To ...
Our Stoke Mandeville volunteer team were due to be exhibiting at the Humble Country Fayre this past weekend, however as we’re currently unable to gather for large events the organisers decided to innovatively hold a Virtual Fayre via social ...
Over the years, lots of you have given in celebration of various milestone events. As this year means that many of us are unable to celebrate in person with our family and friends, some of you have been encouraging your loved ones to donate on your ...
Creativity has come to the fore in lockdown and we’ve been lucky enough to have many people lend their artistic talents to us in order to support our gardens around the country. This week we perhaps saw one of the most unexpected fundraisers ...
Claire Martin recently completed a 20km cycle as part of the At Home Superhero Challenge, which replaced the Superhero Triathlon that was due to take place this summer! To donate to Claire via JustGiving, please click here. The Superhero Series ...
Hester Malin has decided to complete a unique running challenge in support of Horatio’s Garden. CLICK HERE TO DONATE In February, Hester’s Dad suffered a life-changing spinal injury when he fell down a ravine in New Zealand. The accident has ...
Please CLICK HERE to donate via JustGiving! Thelma Fulda, who is one of our brilliant volunteers in Horatio's Garden Oswestry, has decided to go (many!) extra miles for the charity this May with her innovative fundraising challenge. In light of ...
Annabelle Santini and her two children recently took part in the 2.6 Challenge in support of Horatio's Garden! As many of you will know, the 2.6 Challenge was launched by London Marathon Events in order to mark what would have been the 40th ...
The Secret Garden Film Club is a wonderful new fundraising initiative which has been set up by Horatio’s Garden supporter, Henny Tate. Click here to follow @secretgardenfilmclub on Instagram. Henny started the Club because she felt that ...
This weekend one of our brilliant supporters, Fiona Dunger, took on the Local Landmarks Challenge and successfully completed a half marathon. Fiona had been planning on taking part in the London Landmarks Half Marathon in March, which was cancelled ...
This spring and summer everyone has the opportunity to get involved with our brand new fundraising initiative, Grow to Give. * To find out how you can join in and access all our Grow to Give resources, PLEASE CLICK HERE. * It doesn't matter if ...
Katie Newton has been lucky enough to be given a ballot in this year's London Marathon and is generously using the race as an opportunity to raise money for Horatio's Garden. Unfortunately this year's marathon has now been postponed to Sunday 4th ...
This week a few more fabulous supporters kindly used their exercise time in order to raise vital funds for Horatio's Garden! Ed Cozens, as well as Hugo Nugent and Louise Rutherford, were due to take part in the London Landmarks Half Marathon this ...
Team Cotton recently completed various sporting challenges, which included Catherine and daughter Ellie completing the 'Cotton Half Marathon', in support of Horatio's Garden. Catherine Cotton and her three daughters, Kitty, Ellie and Rilla, were ...
Congratulations to Head Gardener of Horatio's Garden Oswestry, Imogen Jackson, who decided to go that extra mile (or miles as the case may be!) by walking John Muir Way in support of Horatio's Garden this March! Over 10 days Imogen, her husband ...
Julia Bolton, a volunteer in Horatio's Garden Stoke Mandeville, has gone above and beyond this weekend by becoming the first person to complete the Local Landmarks Challenge in support of the charity. Julia was planning to take part in the London ...
Ashok Subramanian successfully completed his climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro on 31st January 2020! Along with a group of 19 others, Ashok went on the journey of a lifetime by trekking up the world's tallest free-standing mountain, which ...
Director of Operations, John Grinstead, recently visited the Basingstoke Chapter of the BNI who presented him with a wonderful cheque for £500. President Kate Hawkins and Secretary-Treasurer Phil Thorn were both there to welcome John, sharing that ...
If gently keeping fit and getting back to nature are your new year's goals, then The Walking Challenge 2020 is the perfect opportunity for you! The idea is that you aim to walk a total of 1000 miles by the end of the year, which equates to walking ...
It was a pleasure to welcome Gill Gledhill to Horatio's Garden Salisbury today, who presented us with a cheque for an incredible £715! Gill was representing the Coombe Bissett with Homington PCC, who held a fabulous Christmas Bazaar and generously ...
The George Skeates Fun Run was once again held in Stockbridge, Hampshire on Sunday 12th January 2020, marking the 33rd year of the event. The run is an annual cross-country event for runners, walkers and mountain bikers, with both a 3-mile route ...
Despite recently heading off to university, Horatio's Garden Scotland volunteer, Christopher McCarron, continued to support the charity at Christmas by donating the winnings of his pre-Christmas run! As a keen runner with the Calderglen Harriers, ...
The Marlborough Alternative Christmas Fair will be making its festive debut on Saturday 30th November from 10am - 5pm at Marlborough Town Hall. As this is the inaugural year for the fair, it is a particularly unique opportunity to purchase ...
The Francis Iles Gallery in Rochester very kindly held an 'Art on a Postcard' sale on 22nd November and it included a postcard auction too, with all proceeds very kindly donated to Horatio's Garden Stoke Mandeville. Francis Iles ...
The Love Music Choir recently held their Autumn concert on 4th November at Usher Hall in Edinburgh and each term the choir choose to support a charity that is close to its members’ hearts. This autumn Horatio’s Garden were kindly chosen as the ...
We were recently presented with a wonderful cheque for over £1,400 by Chafyn Grove pupils, who have supported us throughout 2018-19 as their charity of the year. Pupils, parents and staff of the local Salisbury school have all been enthusiastic ...
Everyone loves a little history... On Saturday 12th October Polish pianist Anna Debowska performed Frédéric Chopin’s matinee musicale at Gargunnock House in memory of the musician’s Scottish tour in 1848, which raised an incredible ...
Congratulations to Samir Aziz who completed the Winchester Half Marathon on Sunday 22nd September in support of Horatio's Garden! Samir was among approximately 2,000 runners who all took to the idyllic city streets and surrounding countryside for ...
Congratulations to Jana Billington and her friend Georgia who recently completed their incredible Mount Kilimanjaro climb in order to raise money for Horatio's Garden! Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest freestanding mountain in the world, towering ...
Glasgow-based artist and filmmaker, Callum Rice, recently held his first solo exhibition at the Studio Pavilion in Bellahouston Park and raised a brilliant £250 for Horatio’s Garden Scotland. Callum’s work, entitled The Failing Light ...
We are so grateful to Fiona Cristol and to all those who attended her pottery sale in Middlesex earlier this July. Fiona is an incredibly talented potter, and once again her sale proved popular this year with all those who went along to her event. ...
A huge 'thank you' to Mike and Gwen Knights who recently hosted a special Tea Dance to both celebrate Mike's 70th Birthday and support Horatio's Garden. On 9th June Mike and Gwen's friends gathered in the Michael Herbert Hall in Wilton for a spot ...
Thank you so much to Lara and Carmen Whitaker, who recently raised over £330 for Horatio’s Garden by hosting their annual Netball Tournament in memory of their mother, Carol Whitaker. Carol was a patient at the Duke of Cornwall Spinal ...
The National Garden Scheme would like to invite you to Hazelby House and Gardens for an evening of entertainment and music, which will be opened by none other than the charity's president, Mary Berry. Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy ...
The Hale and Woodgreen Horticultural Society very kindly opened eleven gardens in Woodgreen as part of their ‘Beyond the Garden Gate’ event on Sunday 9th June, helping to raise money for Horatio’s Garden. The day offered visitors the ...
As many of you based in Stoke Mandeville may know, Pipers Corner School have very kindly been supporting Horatio’s Garden throughout the year as their nominated charity. However, nine fantastic Year 6 pupils decided that this simply wasn’t ...
Last Friday, Sarah Gunn kindly organised a tour and demonstration at the Secret Herb Garden in Lothianburn, near Edinburgh. There was a brilliant amount of interest in the event, with a good group going along to explore the garden and nursery. ...
We would like to thank the Leckford Estate for opening the wonderful Longstock Park Water Gardens on Sunday 2nd June from 1-4 pm in support of Horatio’s Garden. Our volunteers spent an afternoon at the gardens, which have been described by the ...
Pat May recently completed his Sprint Triathlon on St Annes Promenade in Lancashire and raised over £1000 for Horatio’s Garden Scotland! We’re absolutely thrilled to hear that Pat’s sporting challenge went well and the incredible amount of ...
The Kiltwalk event is back this year, and it’s bigger than ever! Kiltwalk Glasgow is taking place on Sunday 28th April, and we would love you to take part in support of Horatio’s Garden. This event is a fun chance to walk the city of ...
The Stilwell Art Group, under the inspirational direction of distinguished artist Anthea Stilwell, is holding its fifth collective exhibition between April 27th-May 5th at Stockbridge Town Hall. This year the group have generously offered to ...
Congratulations to James Hussey and his trusty team ‘4 Old Men on a Bike’ who successfully completed their Coast to Coast Cycle in support of Horatio’s Garden on 28th April! The team’s journey began in Kirkbride, Cumbria on 26th April ...
Congratulations to The Colchester Rovers Cycling Club (CRCC) who very kindly held their annual Sportive in support of Horatio’s Garden on Sunday 24th March. Luckily the weather was on the side of those in the saddle, so over 200 riders who were ...
Thank you so much to Tina Mintern for holding a Bingo Night in support of Horatio’s Garden Stoke Mandeville! As you can see, Tina’s event was incredibly popular and everyone enjoyed a fantastically fun evening of fundraising. The group raised a ...
2KBW’s band, The Bar Mess, played two ‘battle of the bands’ events for charity in November. The first event was on 7/11/18. The band will be played classic rock covers. Money raised went to diverse charities such as Down’s Syndrome ...
Contemporary Colourists 2018. Camilla Swiderska and Antonia Fraser very kindly held an exclusive exhibition of paintings, glass and ceramics. 5% of the profits from all evenings went to Horatio's Garden.
On Sunday 28th October, Owen ran the Dublin Marathon for Horatio's Garden. Completing the course in 3:07:45 and beating his target by over 2 minutes! He has so far raised over £600, and if you would like to make any more donations please visit ...
Big thank you to the Brocklehurst Architects in West Wycombe, who, on the 23rd August took on 20 mile section of the Ridgeway to raise money for Stoke Mandeville. One of their architects suffered a spinal stroke and was treated at Stoke Mandeville ...
On 4th August at All Saints' Church, Pen-y-lan, The Ferron Sibs are performed 'Songs from the Shows'. The amazing group of singers performed at the concert in aid of Horatio’s Garden, Oswestry held at All Saints Penylan. A massive £1103 was ...
On Sunday 22nd July, Virginia Cunningham held a family picnic to fundraise for Horatio's Garden in her garden. Children enjoyed the garden, roaming through the fields, woods and stream, took part in a treasure hunt, nature trail and then after all ...
Congratulations to 'The Bar Mess' - winners of Law Rocks - Pedro, Raphie, Richard Hutchings and Richard Witcombe from 2 King's Bench Walk. The guys competed in a battle of the bands against five others to win a prize fund of £2000.00. Their ...
Thank you to Fiona for holding a pottery sale in her garden to raise funds for Horatio's Garden on the 7th July.
Arranged by Garden Designer Gillian Goodson, the day consisted of; a tour of the garden with Tom and his two gardeners, Brian Maslin and Fabian Lee, an introduction to various projects by members of the studio, a visit to the meadows and prairie and ...
On 7th July, the historic gardens at Cranborne Manor are opening for the National Garden Scheme. Cranborne Manor is home to several gardens surrounded by walls and yew hedges. Come and explore the gardens including the blue & white garden, ...
On the 11th July, Manor House, Stratford Tony opened for the National Garden Scheme. Thank you to everyone who visited and supported. Located in the Chalke Valley just outside Salisbury, this is a garden for all seasons and includes waterside ...
On the 19th, 20th and 21st August, Whitburgh House Walled Garden will be open for visitors. This stylish one acre walled garden, is an unexpected gem. The solidity and graphic quality of clipped foliage act as a foil for the many perennials, ...
On the 22nd August, Manor House in Stratford Tony opened for the National Garden Scheme, thank you to Lucinda for her support. Located in the Chalke Valley just outside Salisbury, the garden has been designed to sit comfortably in its downland ...
Sam and her team have completed the three hour Zumbathon! This was their most successful Zumbathon yet with over 60 people in attendance, raising a fantastic £856 for Horatio's Garden! Well done and thank you to all involved. You can still ...
On May 27th Claire ran her first ever half marathon to raise money and support for Horatio's Garden Her inspiration for this challenge came from spending time in the garden with a friend who was a patient at the spinal injuries unit at the Queen ...
Rob and his team have completed the gruelling cycle ride, covering 170 miles of 'The Way of the Roses' in support of Horatio's Garden Oswestry. Luckily the weather stayed in their favour and upon finishing they enjoyed some well-earned fish and ...
Many thanks to all those at Cadenham Manor for opening their gardens on the 6th June for the National Garden Scheme. Cadenham Manor is surrounded by four acres of garden which is divided into a series of rooms by yew hedges and moats. The rooms ...
Many thanks to Virginia who kindly opened her garden in Dolhyfryd on the 3rd June as part of the National Garden Scheme. All the proceeds from light refreshments were very generously donated to Horatio's Garden Oswestry. For more information, ...
Sunday 25th March Dawn Humphries, one of the Associate Solicitors from Lanyon Bowdler, has completed the London Landmarks Half Marathon, to raise money for Horatio's Garden at the Oswestry Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries. In spite of a sore ...
Visit the Emma Bridgewater Christmas Bring & Buy Sale on the 12th November, 2-5pm, at the Brent Knoll Parish Hall. There will be a great range of Christmas gifts and a raffle in aid of Horatio's Garden. For directions to the sale click ...
A huge thank you to the team of runners from the Baxter Healthcare company for taking on the 10 mile Great South Run on the 22nd October and raising £970.00! The team at Horatio's Garden are incredibly grateful for their hard work, its not ...
Thank you so much to the team from THE Dentist, Salisbury, who ran the Bournemouth half-marathon on Sunday 8th October in aid of Horatio's Garden. The team said: "We want to do something to support Horatio's Garden, a charity that really makes ...
THEY MADE IT! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO LUKE AND HARRY FOR COMPLETING THE MOST GRUELLING RACE ON EARTH. DESPITE LOSING TOE NAILS AND BEING SEVERELY UNWELL THEY MANAGED TO COMPLETE THE 162.5 MILES IN 90 DEGREES CONDITIONS! Please show your respect by ...
A huge thank you to Celia Crawford for organising an afternoon tea in aid of Horatio's Garden. Celia held a raffle with prizes including a night's stay at a hotel, lots of gifts and plants from Horatio's Garden Scotland. Thanks also to everyone ...
Thank you so much to Anne Widdop for taking part in a triathlon on Sunday the 24th September. A close member of Anne's family was treated at the Spinal Injuries Unit in Glasgow at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and has seen the great ...
Thank you to Doris and Vicky for taking on a 13 mile journey on the Lincolnshire Spires and Steeples Challenge to raise funds for Horatio's Garden. The two have raised £160 and you can still support them on their their BTMydonate page If you ...
Thank you so much to Jane Phillips who kindly raffled off her limited edition items, from the Collectors' Day at Emma Bridgewater's house to raise funds for Horatio's Garden. Items included a limited edition Emma Bridgewater candle and candle ...
A huge thank you goes out to all that attended the wonderful garden at the Manor House in Stratford Tony. The money raised from admission comes to a grand total of £306.00. The team at Horatio's Garden want to say a thank you to all that ...
Thank you to the team from the Speech and Language Therapy department, at Edinburgh East Lothian Hospital, for walking the Water of Leith Walkway for Horatio's Garden. It's still not too late to support the team by donating on their BTMydonate ...
Congratulations to Maria Gilbert for running the Bedford Half Marathon! Maria took on the 13.1 mile challenge in memory of Carol Whittaker and to raise funds for Horatio's Garden. Maria said: "I'm running the Bedford Half Marathon because I like ...
Staff at the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville have been selling homemade cards to raise funds for Horatio's Garden. Ruth Ingram, who worked at the spinal centre, made the cards and has very sadly since passed away. She was a ...
Angus Loder and his father have completed the extraordinary task of walking the West Highland Highway. This brave pair of guys set off on Monday to complete the 96 mile challenge by Sunday the 20th of August. Angus said: ''Before starting my ...
Baxter, an international medical supplies company, has chosen Horatio's Garden as their charity of the year. Baxter has helped raise over £8,000 and teams of volunteers have helped out at the gardens in Salisbury and Glasgow. Stephen Hackett, ...
Acclaimed concert singers, Hilary Sharland - Mezzo Soprano and Patrick Briddon - Tenor, performed with Elizabeth Sweetnam (piano) at St.Thomas's Church in Salisbury on Saturday 5th of August at 12.15pm. Entry to the summer lunchtime concert wass ...
Thank you to Ann Jones and everyone that joined her at her home for tea in garden, on the 13th of August. Ann was fundraising for Horatio's Garden, providing refreshments along with a sale of cakes, crafts, tombola and raffle. The team at ...
Sallie Sillars, head gardener at Horatio's Garden Scotland and recent winner of Scotland's Gardener of the Year award, will be giving a talk at the Garden Room at Dowhill Country Fayre, Turnberry. Sallie will give a talk on her work at Horatio's ...
A huge thank you to Rachel and Dave for hosting open garden days over the 29th and 30th of July. With over 60 people visiting their garden, they raised £255 towards the Horatio’s Garden Oswestry appeal. Thank you to Rachel and Dave and to ...
A team of cyclists from the Chambers of William Mousley QC, 2 King's Bench Walk took on the Prudential Cycle London Ride on the 28th of July in support of Horatio's Garden. The ride is another way the Chambers have supported Horatio's Garden - ...
Congratulations to Tammy Lyczba, who very bravely cut off nine inches of hair for Horatio's Garden and has currently raised £414.00! Tammy has been raising funds via her BT my donate page and will be giving her hair to the Little Princess Trust ...
Thank you to all that came to take in the wonderful garden at the Manor House in Stratford Tony on Wednesday 19th July. A fantastic summers day and this helped raise much needed funds for Horatio's Garden To find out more about the Garden click ...
The 19th annual Plant and Garden Fair took place on Sunday 16th July . The fair will featured 70 specialist Nurseries from all over the country with rare and exceptional plants, gardening advice from Helen Yemm - writer for the Daily Telegraph, ...
Huge congratulations and thank you to the performers and staff from The Ondine Academy of Dance who raised £4000.00 in aid of Horatio's Garden at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury. The Dance Academy performed hits from West Side Story, The ...
To help spread the word of Horatio's Garden and the new garden coming to the Midland Centre for Spinal Injury, Susan Opie will be hosting a coffee morning in Oswestry. Susan will be hosting the event in late August - a great way enjoy coffee ...
The Braemar Lodge Garden Party was a wonderful success raising over £1100 on Saturday 17th June. Guests enjoyed a glass of Pimms and cream teas, along with cakes, crafts, cards, bottles, Ringwood Brewery beer and a raffle. The team at ...
Thank you to local event florist Jane MacFarland Duckworth for holding her flower arranging demonstration & workshop on Monday 14th. Over £6,000 was raised for Horatio's Garden so a massive thank you to everyone involved!
The Tidworth Garrison Golf club held a mixed open competition on Sunday 18th of June. Captain of the Ladies team, Morag Hiskett, has chosen Horatio's Garden as their charity of the year. The event is booked out and set to raise funds for Horatio's ...
Thank you to everyone who visited the Horatio's Garden stand at Sarpenela's open day on Sunday 16th July in Blandford, Dorset. The day was filled with yoga, dance and drumming workshops, live bands and local food and drink stalls. The Tashi Lhunpo ...
Congratulations to Tom and Kate Kennedy, along with Kate's two brothers, for completing their Three Peaks Challenge! The team completed their challenge in 22 hours 19 minutes, competing with 100mph winds at the top of Mount Snowdon and ...
The Chiltern Brewery, based in Terrick, presented a cheque for £300 to Horatio’s Garden on Friday 19th May towards the accessible garden sanctuary soon to be built at the spinal injuries unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The donation comes from ...
Thank you to everyone who attended Braishfield Horticultural Society's annual flower show. The society have generously donated half of all sales of tea and cakes to help raise funds for Horatio's Garden. Thanks again from the team at ...
International Fashion Designer Beatrice von Tresckow gave a fashion show on Wednesday the 10th of May at the kind invitation of Charlotte Moore at Thornborough Grounds, Buckinghamshire. 125 guests enjoyed a delicious summer lunch in the ...
Congratulations to Bede Rauh who ran the Edindburgh Marathon with a brilliant time of 3 hours 29 minutes! Bede has successfully raised £675.00 for Horatio's Garden and we are incredibly grateful for his hard work and to everyone who ...
Sam Selby and Gus Fowle made a massive achievement and completed the 125 mile kayak challenge between Devizes and Westminster. The boys participated in the event over the Easter weekend - starting on Good Friday and arriving in Westminster on Easter ...
The Chiltern Brewery are launching a new limited edition ale – Pride of Bucks and Berks and every pint of the new ale sold will raise 5p for Horatio’s Garden Stoke Mandeville which will provide solace for patients. Brothers George and Tom ...
Izzy Selby is currently participating in the Tenner Challenge which is a challenge set by schools for young people to create a business from £10. Izzy has set up a business called Pots About ‘U’. The idea is to recycle the food tins and ...
Congratulations to Jack Halstead for running the Barcelona Marathon and raising £886.00! Jack says: "Having been in Horatio's house at school, his story is close to my heart and I cannot think of a better cause to raise money for, knowing that ...
The Mayor of Salisbury, Derek Brown, and his wife, Penny, are planning to climb Kilimanjaro this month to raise funds for the Mayor's three chosen charities - ABF the Soldiers Charity, the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral and Horatio's Garden. They're ...
If you enjoy a challenge, please download this brain teaser! It's great fun and you could win a magnum of champagne. Thank you to the supporters who have created the brain teaser to raise funds towards Horatio's Garden Stoke Mandeville. Click on ...
Good luck to Edinburgh University's Ned Hillsborough and Mungo Fawcett AKA 'Starsky and Hitch' and Susanna Kid and Alice Thomas who are doing the Hitchhike2Paris today for Horatio's Garden. Ned said "Mungo and I will be competing in this race to ...
Hugo Nugent and Louise Rutherford both ran the Thetford Iceni Half Marathon on the 11 September. Yes, that's right: 13.1 miles! Powered, they tell us, solely by jelly babies, grit and determination. They tackled an off-road course that winds ...
A team from Baxter International completed an amazing challenge in the form of the Great South Run on Sunday 23rd October! This fast and flat 10-mile route tours Portsmouth’s sites, including Portsmouth Cathedral, the Spinnaker Tower and the HMS ...
On the weekend of 26th August, the Bell family celebrated their daughter's 21st birthday and also, their 25th wedding anniversary. Their requests, as a family, was strictly no presents, but if anyone felt the need to give anything at all, to give ...
Archie Nixon, a student at Oxford Brookes University, is running the Oxford half marathon for Horatio's Garden. Archie said " I'm running the half marathon for Horatio's Garden which is very close to my heart". Archie knew Horatio and having seen ...
Chenies Manor Plant and Garden Fair on Sunday 17th July 10am-5pm. Rare and exceptional plants on sale, expert advice Helen Yemm from the Daily Telegraph and Horatio's Garden products will be on sale.
On Wednesday 7th September join Toria Britten at her beautiful farm for an exciting day of inspirational flowers and create an Autumn urn arrangement of your own to take home. There will be a gorgeous selection of seasonal flowers and foliage grown ...
Harriet Bailey ran the Reading Half Marathon in April for Horatio's Garden, completing the task in a brilliant 1 hour, 56 minutes and 44 seconds! She raised £232 for the charity and said: "I don't think there was a garden in particular that people ...
Ten members of the Collings family, ranging in age from 13 to 59, took part in the Bowood Triathlon on 2 July 2016 in memory of their father and grandfather, Michael, who died recently. Michael created and tended a beautiful garden which he ...
18 year old Emma Smith, who was at the same school as Horatio, will be doing a static line parachute for Horatio's Garden in August. You can sponsor Emma here Emma said "I am so excited to be doing this challenge for Horatio's Garden. Thank you ...
Horatio's friends Mary Davies and Joseph Tuckwell are cycling to Norway in support of Horatio's Garden. You can donate here. Follow their ride blog: Wednesday 11th May - left London Tuesday 17th May We arrived in Germany on Day 6 (yesterday), ...
As part of this year’s Chelsea Fringe, Town House has created an exciting two-week programme of events called “Garden Extracts”. The programme runs from 21 May to 5 June. During this time, they will be having a collection for Horatio's Garden ...
Huge thanks to the Team Digibox who cycled across Scotland in support of Horatio's Garden Scotland. The team was lead by NHS project manager for Horatio's Garden Scotland, Graham Forsyth from the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. The ...
19 year old Hugo Trafford, a student at Bristol University, completed his first marathon attempt in the impressively speedy time of 3 hours and 49 minutes. Hugo says: "I ran my first marathon for a cause very close to my heart - Horatio's ...
Emily Whicher ran the 2016 London Marathon 2016 in a spectacular time of 3hr 56 mins, in aid of Horatio's Garden. Whilst working in the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville hospital, where fundraising for a garden has just begun, ...
A festival in support of Horatio's Garden in memory of Carol Whitaker at Burbage, Leicestershire on 1st and 2nd July 2016. Music by Cracked Actors, the Social Ignition, Star Botherers, Shanks' Pony and many more. Tickets £20 including ...
The Ilketshall Metal Detecting Rally have very kindly and generously donated £500 to Horatio's Garden. The rally had 140 people registered to detect this year, and the money raised goes to local causes, and some more further afield such as ...
Cranborne Garden Centre is supporting Horatio's Garden and selling a range of the charity's products.
Gaze Burvill raised £340 at the raffle at their recent open day. Thank you so much to all who bought tickets and congratulations to the lucky winner.
Our thanks go to Ryan Forshaw who owns the business Grow your ideas. He very generously donated a percentage of his profits from his stand at the Southport Flower Show to Horatio's Garden. As well as this, he held a raffle in aid of Horatio's ...
Congratulations to Hollie Cook who completed the Great West Run for Horatio's Garden on 18th October in the fantastic time of 2 hours 36 mins and 44 seconds. Horatio's garden is a charity close to Hollie, as her husband Mark was a patient at the ...
On Thursday 13th October the Blue Daisy Autumn/Winter collection is being held at Pond House, Stockbridge to support Horatio's Garden. Thanks to Susie Prescot for her generosity in organising this event. For more details call 01264 810208 or email ...
Olly Hatrick cycled in the London Prudential ride 100 miles for Horatio's Garden. Despite falling off Olly managed to complete the ride and raised over £650 for Horatio's Garden Scotland. Thank you so everyone who sponsored her so generously and ...
Andrew was born in a small Leicestershire village in 1963. From an early age, he loved football and used to visit Leicester City Football stadium from the age of 9. The family moved to Gloucestershire in 1975, where he attended local schools. He ...
Ali Hammerton cycled 250 miles across Scotland to raise funds for Horatio's Garden Scotland. Ali's challenge took 5 days, cycling through remote parts of Scotland and both of Scotland's National Parks. She cycled a route using the Speyside Way, ...
Horatio's friend Lauren Beech , has set herself an incredible summer of challenges to support Horatio's Garden. Lauren's first challenge was the London marathon which she successfully completed on Sunday 26th April raising £1040. Lauren's next ...
Horatio's friend, Rosie Baker, will be running the London marathon on Sunday 26th April in support of Horatio's Garden. Please sponsor Rosie on Horatio's Garden BT my donate page Good luck Rosie!
Amazing Lorna Rice gathered some friends and family together for a tea party and book sale to raise funds for Horatio's Garden in Scotland. They raised £1,000! Thank you so much to you all and to Alfie the dog for modelling his Horatio's Garden ...
Horatio's oldest friend, medical student Jess Hatrick ran the Richmond half marathon in support of Horatio's Garden and raised over £600 - thank you Jess and all your supporters!
Friends and relatives of Eileen Lodge generously donated to Horatio's Garden at Eileen's funeral. Eileen's family wrote: 'Eileen loved outdoor life and nature and all aspects of gardening and wildlife. She was a very special lady. She ...
Michael Montcrieff took part in the toughest IM Race in Europe. He completed in under 14 hours. He swam 2.4miles, cycled 112 miles and then ran a marathon! Michael said "Two years ago Dad suffered a major spinal injury. He spent four months in the ...
Carol's family and friends made donations in her memory to Horatio's Garden. Thank you to all those who gave so generously.
11 year old Robbie raised £112 by selling home grown fruit and vegetables and making brownies. Thank you Robbie!
Savernake Teenagers runs 2 events a year - a tennis event in Spring for yrs 7/8/9 & a December disco for yrs 8/9 This year the teenagers raised £4000 for Horatio's Garden. Thank you so much to everyone - what a fantastic amount to ...
Congratulations to Maddie Lukes and Mike Benson for cycling 100 miles to Salisbury dressed as centurions! Incredible effort - well done! To support their fundraising please donate to: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/horatiochapple
Well done to Emma Burton, Henry Ward, Gus Griffiths, Tom Else, Charlie White and Charlotte Mason for completing the Ten Tors on the most challenging of weekends. To support their fantastic endeavor for Horatio's Garden please go ...
Please support Chris Golding ( right of photo) who ran the Leeds Half Marathon on Sunday 11th May. Chris was a school friend of Horatio and said " I wanted to do something in his memory" Despite a torn hamstring in training, Chris finished in 1 ...
University student Harry Cox is running in the Dublin marathon on 28th October. He aims to complete it sub 3 hours 18 mins ( his Dads personal best!) Please sponsor Harry by going to : mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/henrycox1
Trustee David Gregg is sailing the Atlantic (crewing on a yacht called Alcedo of Ryme, which is taking part in the 2013 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers). He will sail from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria on 24th November 2013, bound for St Lucia. The crossing ...
Winchester College boys Jasen Soopramanien and Freddy van Randwyck, who are both 16, are cycling in June 2014 from Taunton to Land's End - 120 miles! Please do support the boys in their challenge - the funds raised will go towards creating a ...
Horatio's Garden has received donations from all sorts of wonderfully creative fundraising ventures. We will support and advise on any event or challenge you may be planning. We can supply literature and collection boxes as well as advice and ...