Harefield Healing Garden News
Here’s some of what we’ve been up to:
Corporate Volunteering: PwC return to the Healing Garden
Walking from Lucca to Rome in May, in aid of the Harefield Healing Garden
Our Winter Garden is for sharing
We are always trying to make the garden more wildlife friendly and it only takes a few key things – food, shelter and water - to share and encourage more birds, insects, mammals and invertebrates into the garden. We therefore resist making the garden overly ‘winter...
Christmas at Harefield Healing Garden
Christmas came early to Harefield Healing Garden when a local team from our long-term supporters Clancy volunteered to provide their time, expertise, materials and specialist machinery to help us build our ‘dry river bed’ gravel garden. Many patients had asked for a...
National Plant Health Week 6 – 12 May 2024
Keeping our garden in blooming health There are many different elements to keeping the Healing Garden healthy to protect the benefits plants provide to us all, the environment and wildlife. One way is to reduce the need to buy new plants with the ever-present risk of...
Chris Heys – returning to the Healing Garden
I remember last Spring sitting in the Harefield Hospital Healing Gardens and how uplifting it felt. I’d had emergency thoracic surgery and was a patient recovering at the Harefield Hospital - my third different hospital in a month, after a serious cycling accident....
The Healing Garden turns 3
The sun was shining today, in celebration of the Healing Garden's 3rd Birthday! We celebrated by giving the garden its weekly dose of TLC and having tea and cake in the potting shed, with those who help keep the garden looking blooming gorgeous. The garden will be the...
Tips from the garden
Spring time is a good time to improve the condition of your soil by mulching over the soil and around your plants with at least 5cm of good organic matter. This helps keep in moisture, suppress weeds, improves soil structure for plant roots and adds nutrients for...
Getting out into gardens in Winter and early Spring for improved wellbeing
New research from the National Garden Scheme recommends getting out into gardens in Winter and early Spring for improved wellbeing - Inspired by our own Head Gardener’s visit to the snowdrop walk and the marvellous display of Hellebores and winter planting at the NGS...
Middlewick open garden 2023
A fantastic weekend was had at Middlewick open garden on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th June. We were honoured to be a part of this fantastic family-friendly weekend, raising money for the Harefield Healing Garden, by kind invitation of Nick and Annette Mason. The...
Frankie’s London Marathon fundraiser
"Inspired by Pippa Erskine, the most wonderful sister, daughter, wife and friend to so many, I will be running London Marathon in April! I’m hoping to raise money in Pippa’s memory towards providing the patients at Harefield Hospital a place to find some comfort,...
Festive cheer and Christmas shopping
Join us for a spot of festive cheer and shopping?at Blackwell Hall, Blackwell Hall Lane, Chesham, HP5 1TN on Tuesday 30th November 10am - 8pm & Wednesday 1st December 10am - 5pm Kindly hosted by Purdy and Figg who will be selling their beautiful range of natural...
A celebration of the official opening of the Harefield Healing Garden
Yesterday the Harefield Healing Garden was officially opened with an event to mark eight years of fundraising, planning, designing and planting. The event was kept small due to being in the hospital grounds, but Hospital staff, patients and supporters came together to...
Joshua’s double-tri challenge
My dad sadly passed away in November of last year after over 20 years of dealing with heart problems. It started with bacteria entering his body from a routine tooth extraction that went to his heart and attacked his heart. 2 open heart surgeries and 2 key hole valve...
Sponsor Fiona for her Half Marathon challenge
The son of a friend received a heart transplant at Harefield several years ago; from her seed of an idea, after years of work and planning, the Garden has blossomed into reality this year. Now, further funds are needed to develop and maintain it as a vital amenity for...
Middlewick Open Garden
We’ve been recovering after a super busy, but tremendously enjoyable weekend raising money for the Healing Garden at Nick and Annette Mason’s open garden. We were joined on the stall by Nick’s daughter, Chloe; an avid supporter of the Healing Garden, having spent time...
Garden news
Corporate Volunteering: PwC return to the Healing Garden
Walking from Lucca to Rome in May, in aid of the Harefield Healing Garden
Our Winter Garden is for sharing
We are always trying to make the garden more wildlife friendly and it only takes a few key things – food, shelter and water - to share and encourage more birds, insects, mammals and invertebrates into the garden. We therefore resist making the garden overly ‘winter...
Christmas at Harefield Healing Garden
Christmas came early to Harefield Healing Garden when a local team from our long-term supporters Clancy volunteered to provide their time, expertise, materials and specialist machinery to help us build our ‘dry river bed’ gravel garden. Many patients had asked for a...
National Plant Health Week 6 – 12 May 2024
Keeping our garden in blooming health There are many different elements to keeping the Healing Garden healthy to protect the benefits plants provide to us all, the environment and wildlife. One way is to reduce the need to buy new plants with the ever-present risk of...
Chris Heys – returning to the Healing Garden
I remember last Spring sitting in the Harefield Hospital Healing Gardens and how uplifting it felt. I’d had emergency thoracic surgery and was a patient recovering at the Harefield Hospital - my third different hospital in a month, after a serious cycling accident....
The Healing Garden turns 3
The sun was shining today, in celebration of the Healing Garden's 3rd Birthday! We celebrated by giving the garden its weekly dose of TLC and having tea and cake in the potting shed, with those who help keep the garden looking blooming gorgeous. The garden will be the...
Tips from the garden
Spring time is a good time to improve the condition of your soil by mulching over the soil and around your plants with at least 5cm of good organic matter. This helps keep in moisture, suppress weeds, improves soil structure for plant roots and adds nutrients for...
Fundraising
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Walking from Lucca to Rome in May, in aid of the Harefield Healing Garden
Chris Heys – returning to the Healing Garden
I remember last Spring sitting in the Harefield Hospital Healing Gardens and how uplifting it felt. I’d had emergency thoracic surgery and was a patient recovering at the Harefield Hospital - my third different hospital in a month, after a serious cycling accident....
Jean’s big birthday fundraiser
Jean lives locally. She walks and sits and enjoys spending time in the Healing Garden most days. Jean asked for donations to the garden instead of gifts for her birthday, and raised over £400 for the garden. "This is my peaceful place. Even when it's windy, I just...
Congratulations to Beth on her Tri-Challenge
Congratulations to Beth on completing her Triathlon challenge, and raising over £3,000 for the Harefield Healing Garden, in memory of her friend Pippa. I was aiming for a time under 4 hours so was so happy to do it in under 3! 2 hours 56 😊 There were lots of little...
Beth’s Triathlon Fundraiser
On May 21st, I'll be swimming 1500 metres, cycling 40km and running 10k in memory of Pippa. Having undergone a double lung transplant in 2017, Pippa was tireless in her efforts to raise awareness of Cystic fibrosis and the importance of organ donation. Whether...
Congratulations Frankie!
Huge congratulations to Frankie for completing the London Marathon on Sunday 🙌 raising over £1,500 for the Harefield Healing Garden, in memory of her friend Pippa Erskine, who enjoyed spending time with her family and friends in the Healing Garden at Harefield...
Frankie’s London Marathon fundraiser
"Inspired by Pippa Erskine, the most wonderful sister, daughter, wife and friend to so many, I will be running London Marathon in April! I’m hoping to raise money in Pippa’s memory towards providing the patients at Harefield Hospital a place to find some comfort,...
Thank you so much for your generous donations to our BIG BULB Appeal. Along with our lovely garden volunteers, we planted 8,000 spring and summer bulbs in the garden last Autumn, and it was fantastic to see the garden burst into life this Spring! Many visitors to the...
Event news
Getting out into gardens in Winter and early Spring for improved wellbeing
New research from the National Garden Scheme recommends getting out into gardens in Winter and early Spring for improved wellbeing - Inspired by our own Head Gardener’s visit to the snowdrop walk and the marvellous display of Hellebores and winter planting at the NGS...
Middlewick open garden 2023
A fantastic weekend was had at Middlewick open garden on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th June. We were honoured to be a part of this fantastic family-friendly weekend, raising money for the Harefield Healing Garden, by kind invitation of Nick and Annette Mason. The...
Frankie’s London Marathon fundraiser
"Inspired by Pippa Erskine, the most wonderful sister, daughter, wife and friend to so many, I will be running London Marathon in April! I’m hoping to raise money in Pippa’s memory towards providing the patients at Harefield Hospital a place to find some comfort,...
Festive cheer and Christmas shopping
Join us for a spot of festive cheer and shopping?at Blackwell Hall, Blackwell Hall Lane, Chesham, HP5 1TN on Tuesday 30th November 10am - 8pm & Wednesday 1st December 10am - 5pm Kindly hosted by Purdy and Figg who will be selling their beautiful range of natural...
A celebration of the official opening of the Harefield Healing Garden
Yesterday the Harefield Healing Garden was officially opened with an event to mark eight years of fundraising, planning, designing and planting. The event was kept small due to being in the hospital grounds, but Hospital staff, patients and supporters came together to...
Joshua’s double-tri challenge
My dad sadly passed away in November of last year after over 20 years of dealing with heart problems. It started with bacteria entering his body from a routine tooth extraction that went to his heart and attacked his heart. 2 open heart surgeries and 2 key hole valve...
Sponsor Fiona for her Half Marathon challenge
The son of a friend received a heart transplant at Harefield several years ago; from her seed of an idea, after years of work and planning, the Garden has blossomed into reality this year. Now, further funds are needed to develop and maintain it as a vital amenity for...
Middlewick Open Garden
We’ve been recovering after a super busy, but tremendously enjoyable weekend raising money for the Healing Garden at Nick and Annette Mason’s open garden. We were joined on the stall by Nick’s daughter, Chloe; an avid supporter of the Healing Garden, having spent time...
“Somewhere to socialise and spend time with visitors”
This garden is funded entirely by the generosity of people like you. Any amount, no matter how great or small, helps to ensure that The Healing Garden will always be there for those who need it.
We need to raise money every year to cover the cost of plants, bulbs, seeds and trees, for professional help, and tools and materials, to keep the garden growing and evolving and in top condition.
All funds raised to go to the Harefield Healing Garden; a restricted appeal of the