A TRIPLE award-winning RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden will bloom on in the New Forest this summer. 

The stunning sanctuary garden for those living with rare dementias and their carers will soon be on display at Exbury Gardens.

The National Brain Appeal’s ‘Rare Space’ garden won a gold medal, best Sanctuary Garden and a best construction award at the world’s most famous flower show.

An outdoor space that can be enjoyed by people living with rare forms of dementia, particularly visual and spacial forms of the disease, the garden will eventually be located at the world’s first Rare Dementia Support Centre in London.

While The National Brain Appeal raises the estimated £7m needed to build this centre - expected to open in 2024/25 - the garden will be temporarily located in Hampshire for Exbury’s visitors to enjoy, and to raise awareness of these life-changing neurological conditions.

The garden is being transported and planted opposite the Five Arrows Gallery.

It will open to visitors from June 25.

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Marcus Agius, Chairman of Exbury Gardens and Chairman of the Rare Dementia Support Centre Development Committee, said: "I know our visitors will be intrigued and enchanted to see this garden. Apart from admiring its beauty, they will be interested to learn how it has been designed to comfort people with rare dementias. Perhaps they will also take away some ideas for their own gardens: how to use certain plants and design to create a sense of calm and well-being."

Daily Echo: Kate and Marcus Agius, from Exbury Gardens, with designer Charlie Hawkes at The National Brain

Charlie Hawkes has designed the garden to offer a balance between exploration and calm navigation and give those with dementia a greater sense of safety. Subtly coloured planting has been chosen to minimise sensory disruption. A level, wide path weaves through the garden, offering along its way brightly coloured seating areas and sheltered spaces.

Charlie told the Daily Echo: "I hope the garden will increase the feeling of well-being  of people living with neurological conditions. The reaction from the public at Chelsea has been amazing and I hope visitors to Exbury will like it as well."

Rare Dementia Support (RDS), is a service funded by The National Brain Appeal, that provides information, support and advice to people and their families living with rare dementias.