A feature garden from this year’s Royal Three Counties Show and RHS Malvern Spring Festival will find a permanent new home at The Charles Hastings Education Centre at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
The garden, called “Clay: the super soil,” showcases the use of clay materials in a contemporary styled garden, with a nod to traditional artisan crafts. The garden has been designed and created by multi-award-winning garden designer, Martyn Wilson, Director of Wilson Associates Garden Design.
Joint funding from The Charles Hastings Education Centre Charity, in partnership with Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Charity, will enable this incredible garden to be carefully relocated to Worcestershire Royal Hospital following the festival.
The raw materials and structures will be thoughtfully re-interpreted to create a beautiful, accessible green space for staff, patients and visitors. Featuring a covered space and seating area to support private conversations, alongside raised planting beds, the new garden will transform the existing outdoor space into a calm and restorative place that supports people’s wellbeing.
Sophie Burt, Head of Fundraising at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Charity commented “We are really looking forward to seeing this amazing garden reimagined at the hospital. Access to green space can make a huge different to everyone’s wellbeing, and as a Charity we work to transform spaces across our hospitals for the benefit of patients, visitors and staff alike.”
Phil Morris, Secretary to the Charity said: “The Trustees of the Charles Hastings Education Centre - CHEC - strive to provide a best-in-class, state-of-the-art clinical education establishment. The garden will enhance and complement the cutting-edge training facilities and medical museum which, already, make CHEC a unique learning space”.
The garden will also include a traditional physic garden, creating opportunities to educate on the historic use of plants and herbs in medicine. Louise Price, Museum Curator commented “The George Marshall Medical Museum already interprets some of the historic uses of plants in medicine, now we plan to plant and nurture the real thing in a garden that everyone can enjoy.”
“Clay: the super soil” can be viewed alongside other new and inspiring gardens at the Royal Three Counties Show from 12 to 14 June 2026, before opening to visitors at The Charles Hastings Education Centre later this summer.
Photo credits to Worcestershire Royal Hospitals NHS Trust.