Friends Of The Elderly approached me to help revitalise the 20-year-old landscape at their flagship care home in Woking. They wanted to improve all of the outside spaces and provide a more attractive and usable central courtyard.
Friends Of The Elderly
A sensory garden and revamped landscape planting at the Bernard Sunley care home in Woking
The Brief
The site required replanting of all the original shrub planting and beds at the main entrance. A central courtyard was earmarked for a sensory garden, which could also provide herbs for the kitchen. Plants were brought closer to residents by placing them in raised oak sleeper beds, and artificial turf provided a year-round mud-free surface.
The Design
Having redesigned planting across the whole site and redesigned the front entrance area for greater year-round interest, I designed a geometrically shaped collection of raised beds to add interest to the central courtyard, stocked with plants to stimulate the senses. A central area was kept clear to allow for seasonal use of a large gazebo for special occasions and functions.
