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The Bupa Garden, designed by award-winning gardener Cleve West, has won the RHS/BBC People's Choice Award at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.
The Bupa Garden had already achieved a gold award from the RHS judges and following this BBC TV's viewers and visitors to Chelsea voted it their "best in show".
The Bupa Garden was inspired by our global commitment to creating garden sanctuaries for care home residents. It is designed to illustrate the individual approach we take in providing health and care, and our leadership as a provider of specialist care for older people.
A key element of the garden was to make it particularly appropriate for care home residents who have dementia. The garden's main focus is a large spherical sculpture of textured concrete, designed to symbolise Bupa's global values. There is also a soothing water feature, and the paths and planting builds upon our sensory gardens project and meets the needs of people with dementia.
Hedging divides the garden and provides different routes by maximising the use of space. A mixture of perennials, roses and grasses provide colour, texture and scent. It demonstrates how a small courtyard might be turned into a stimulating, but safe environment for residents and their carers.
Work is now underway to move the garden to its new home at Bupa's Meadbank Nursing centre in Battersea in south-west London. Find out more about Meadbank.
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