Horatio's Garden Wales

Watch our brand new Horatio’s Garden Wales Appeal Video by clicking ‘Play’ on the photo to the right.

The Welsh Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Centre is one of 11 designated spinal centres in the UK. Patients are admitted from south and mid-Wales, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, although priority is given to Welsh patients.  

Whilst the centre is currently situated at Rookwood Hospital, it is going to be moved to a new, purpose-built Spinal and Neurological Centre at the University Hospital, Llandough. This is due to open in 2021 and as part of the redevelopment, Horatio’s Garden has been invited to create a new garden for patients. 

The project is in collaboration with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, with the cost of the ground and enabling works being covered by Cardiff & Vale Health Charity. The new centre will provide both specialist spinal and neuro-rehabilitation services for patients. It will have an independent living facility for patients preparing to go home. It will have a total of 50 beds. 

“I firmly believe that the Garden will bring immense benefit to our patients both physically and psychologically. I am also convinced that our staff, who do such wonderful work to care for their patients, will also gain considerably from the environment that the Garden will provide. We at Cardiff & Vale University Health Board are looking forward with great anticipation to the opening of Horatio’s Garden at Llandough in due course”. – Professor Charles Janczewski, Interim Chair of Cardiff & Vale University Health Board

We launched our Welsh Appeal in the autumn of 2019, with the aim of raising the required £800,000 within a year. Incredibly, various supporters have already helped us to raise over £500,000 for the project, but we will be continuing to fundraise in a variety of ways for the outstanding amount. At the request of the hospital, the designs and budget for the garden include an area for patients in the neurological rehabilitation ward. There will be no access between the two gardens due to the very different user needs of patients.  Cardiff and Vale Health Board have pledged to pay the proportion of the capital costs required for the neurological garden and for the ongoing running costs.  

With your support, we hope to begin building the garden in 2020, so that it will open for patients and their loved ones to enjoy by summer 2021.

“When I heard Wales was going to have a purpose-built Horatio’s Garden at Llandough Hospital, something went through me which is hard to explain. I know from my own experience what it meant to be able to go outside to feel the fresh air. To be with your family away from the clinical environment helped no end with my rehabilitation. To have a bespoke garden with all of the small details considered to make it easily accessible for people with low mobility will be tremendous”. – Rhian, previous patient of the Welsh Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Centre

To read more about our capital appeal for Horatio’s Garden Wales click the following link: Cardiff Appeal Leaflet

To support the appeal, please donate by clicking the button in the top right hand corner of this page. Alternatively you can donate by post to the registered office address: 2 Throope Down Office, Blandford Road, Coombe Bissett, Salisbury, SP5 4LN, or phone 01722 326834 to donate by credit card.

If you feel you could help us with fundraising, or would like to volunteer, please contact us by emailing info@horatiosgarden.org.uk, or ring 01722 326834.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our sixth Horatio’s Garden so far.