Sensory Garden, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport
Client
Pennine Care NHS Trust
Principal Contractor
ISG Totty Building Ltd
Designers
Taylor Young
Chadsworth House
Wilmslow Road
Handforth
Cheshire
SK9 3HP
Project Value
£60,000
About This Project
This scheme has created a secure garden area for the use of patients. It includes a water feature with fountain, timber pergola and decking, resin bonded aggregate and brick paver footpaths, steel railings and gates together with soft landscaping and external lighting.
“Hospital tranquility
Concrete and weeds have been transformed into a garden of peace and tranquillity to aid mental health care at Stepping Hill Hospital.
Staff managed to win a £90, 000 investment bid from the Kings Fund to transform the neglected courtyard into an attractive and therapeutic oasis for patients.
The scheme, which has also been funded by Pennine Care NHS Trust and NHS North West, is part of the Kings Funds Enhancing the Healing Environment programme and enabled both staff and patients to get involved in improving the environment in which care is delivered.”