HIV Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018

RHS Chelsea Flower Show

 

The CHERUB HIV garden: A Life Without Walls

Did you know…

  • Walls across the path in the garden symbolise the stigma and fears of young people living with HIV

 

  • Impression of hands, set as flowers into the steel-like bench, are taken from young people living with HIV, many of whom are reluctant to disclose their HIV diagnosis. 

 

  • AquilegiaIris ‘Blue Moon’ and Drimys winteri are planted around the open seating area, contrasting the stark planting around the clinical white shelter

 

Continue reading:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/Gardens/2018/the-cherub-hiv-garden-a-life-without-walls