by | 10 Sep 23 | Garden Design, News, Topics
Winners of the Best Show Garden award at Tatton Park 2023 are raising awareness for the struggling mental health within the construction industry for World Suicide Prevention Day, taking place on 10 September.
Jon Jarvis and Carolyn Harden designed and built the Constructing Minds garden, to highlight the message.
There are 2.6 million workers within the construction industry. On average, in the UK, two construction workers die each day due to suicide. In 2022 there were 507 suicides.
Mates in Mind is “aiming to provide clear information to employers about the available support and guidance on mental health and wellbeing, and how they can address this within their organisations.”
Band of Builders is “the National Construction Charity providing practical, financial and wellbeing support for members of the UK construction industry and their families.”
The mental health crisis in construction is known as ‘the silent epidemic’. Read the full article online now.
by Bethany Vann | 25 Aug 23 | Domestic Landscaping, Garden Design, News, Topics
An award-winning show garden from this year’s RHS Flower Show Tatton Park needs volunteers to help rebuild it at Clatterbridge Hospital in Liverpool, where it is being donated.
The Constructing Minds garden designed by Carolyn Harden and Jon Jarvis won Silver Gilt and Best Show Garden at Tatton, where it raised awareness for suicide rates in the construction industry.
Inspired by the Japanese practise of shinrin-yoku (‘forest bathing’), the belief that immersing in nature can have revitalising benefits, the garden is now being relocated to the hospital to afford patients and staff a space for “sanctuary” and “rejuvenation.”
Harden and Jarvis are looking for help from local suppliers to aid the gardens rebuild, as some of the materials used in the original garden were on loan for the show. Volunteers are also encouraged for the construction and replanting elements.
Works are set to begin early September this year, with the official opening scheduled for 29 September.
