Belong Warrington to get show-stopping garden

With construction of our state-of-the-art Belong village already underway at Loushers Lane, elsewhere, its gardens are being lovingly prepared by award winning designer, Carolyn Hardern.
‘The Belong Garden – A Sense of Place’ has been confirmed as one of the show gardens for this year’s Tatton Flower Show (25-28 July 2013) and will be the first opportunity for local people to see the outdoor space being created before it is relocated to the Belong village in Warrington next summer.
The design of The Belong Garden is inspired by research into creating outdoor spaces that provide a therapeutic environment for people living with dementia. It provides sensory experience through smells, sounds and colour; meaningful activity through raised beds, bird boxes and other wildlife; and opportunities for reminiscence, inspired by a garden wall carrying vintage art posters. The garden also features a figure-of-eight path to eliminate dead ends that can lead to stress and confusion.
Belong’s Operations Director, Tracy Paine, said: “We are delighted that Belong Warrington customers will be able to experience the benefits of the latest dementia research, and I can’t imagine a better place to launch The Belong Garden than at the RHS Flower Show. Garden designer Carolyn Hardern has won silver and bronze prizes for her exhibitions at the Tatton show before, but this year with Belong she’s aiming for gold!”
When Belong Warrington opens to the public in 2014 it will provide a range of facilities for the local community, as well as specialist nursing and dementia care in private households and 18 stylish independent living apartments for older people.