Constructing Minds

Project year: 2023
Posted: 16 Jul, 2023

Designer

Carolyn Hardern and Jon Jarvis

Contractor

The Landscape Academy

Award

Silver Gilt Medal, Best Show Garden

Details

Created as a calming refuge to support mental wellbeing within the construction industry, this garden offers a sequence of tranquil spaces. A corten steel entrance leads to a curved path through soft planting, with a private Consultation Glade for one-to-one support and an Inner Sanctuary planted with wildflowers to evoke safety and seclusion. A gently flowing stream enhances the sense of calm.

CED Stone supplied the rockery and boulders that shape the landscape, Scottish Pebbles for the stream, and CEDEC® Silver self-binding gravel for the pathways. Inspired by the principles of forest bathing, the garden encourages reflection, connection with nature, and quiet restoration, while supporting the charities Band of Builders and Mates in Mind.

Products used:
Weathered Limestone Rockery
CEDEC Footpath Gravel - Silver
Scottish Beach Pebbles
Gabbro Boulders