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We have full liability insurance 023 8104 0185 07770 792361 clean-u-up@hotmail.com We provide one of the best professional Carpet & Fabric cleaning Systems Triple Award-Winning RHS Chelsea Flower Show Garden to Bloom On at Exbury Gardens to Help Those with Rare Dementias A stunning sanctuary garden designed for those living with rare dementias and their carers, that won three top awards at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, will soon be on display at Exbury Gardens. e National Brain Appeal’s ‘Rare Space’ garden, designed by Charlie Hawkes and funded by Project Giving Back, won a gold medal, best Sanctuary Garden and a best construction award at the world’s most famous ower show. An outdoor space that can be enjoyed by people living with rare forms of dementia, particularly visual and spacial forms of the disease, the garden will eventually be located at the world’s rst Rare Dementia Support Centre in London. Whilst e National Brain Appeal raises the estimated £7m needed to build this Centre enjoy with friends or family. Subtly coloured planting has been chosen to minimise sensory disruption. A level, wide path weaves simply through the garden, o ering along its way brightly coloured, easily found seating areas and sheltered spaces for independent way nding. Designer, Charlie Hawkes said: “One in six people in the UK are affected by neurological conditions, so it’s important to support the exceptional work of The National Brain Appeal in funding world-leading research and supporting people with neurological conditions. I hope the garden will increase the feeling of well-being and connectedness of people living with rare dementias and other neurological conditions. The reaction from the public at Chelsea has been amazing and I hope visitors to Exbury will like it as well. I’m very grateful to Landscape Associates who helped to build the garden at Chelsea and will help with the relocation to Exbury too.” eresa Dauncey, Chief Executive of e National Brain Appeal, said: “We are so grateful to Marcus Agius and everyone at Exbury for hosting our beautiful Rare Space Garden and giving more people the opportunity to enjoy it and to learn more about rare forms of dementia.” Rare Dementia Support (RDS), is a service funded by e National Brain Appeal, that provides information, support and advice to people and their families living with rare dementias. ese dementias can strike young, a ecting people in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s, and not necessarily have memory-led symptoms, but more o en are seen through changes in vision, language or behaviour which create huge challenges to those living with these conditions, and to their families, carers and employers. Once opened, the Rare Dementia Support Centre will provide guidance, assistance and education, as well as being a space for research, artistic and cultural activities. - expected to open in 2024/25 - the garden will be temporarily located in Hampshire for Exbury’s visitors to enjoy, and to raise awareness of these life-changing neurological conditions. e garden will be planted with help from Exbury’s team of gardeners, opposite the Five Arrows Gallery in a previously paved area within the Gardens. It will open to visitors from 25th June. Interpretation boards will outline the signi cance of key features within the space and explain how those with rare dementias and their families can seek support. Marcus Agius, Chairman of Exbury Gardens and Chairman of the Rare Dementia Support Centre Development Committee, said: “I know our visitors will be intrigued and enchanted to see this garden. Apart from admiring its beauty, they will be interested to learn how it has been designed to comfort people with rare dementias. Perhaps they will also take away some ideas for their own gardens: how to use certain plants and design to create a sense of calm and well-being.” Charlie Hawkes has designed the ‘Rare Space’ garden to o er a balance between exploration and calm navigation and give those with dementia a greater sense of safety within a place they can Left to Right: Marcus and Kate Agius, of Exbury Gardens, with designer Charlie Hawkes on The National Brain Appeal’s Rare Space Sanctuary Garden (Photo Credit: Marie Mangan) Views of the Rare Space garden at RHS Chelsea © Britt Willoughby Dyer
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