Landscape strategy to strengthen the context of the site, utilising the existing vegetation and topography to provide containment. The main gardens of the care home comprise a sequence of rooms transitioning from formal through parkland, to a natural landscape. The formal themed gardens include a sensory garden and a memory garden to provoke memories of plants appropriate for residents with dementia. Fruiting espalier trees within grass provide a different formal character. Archways through formal hedgerows lead out to an informal area with parkland trees, spring bulbs and meandering paths. Beyond the parkland is a more informal area with controlled access, providing wildlife interest for the residents, including an existing pond, native planting and areas of wildflower meadow.
