Award-winning garden relocated 25 miles to hospice

The garden, named St Godwald's Retreat, won a bronze medal at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival

An award-winning garden has been relocated 25 miles (40km) to be used by patients and families at a hospice in Worcestershire.

The garden, named St Godwald's Retreat, was created by F.B. & Sons and won a bronze medal at this year's RHS Malvern Spring Festival and can now be enjoyed at Primrose Hospice in Bromsgrove.

Creative director and designer at F.B. & Sons, Marc Harbourne-Bessant, said: "When we decided on an RHS garden it was always the idea to relocate it, it was never going to be just a show garden, it always had to have another home."

Angelique Dalton, chief operating officer at Primrose Hospice, described the new installation as "magical".

Ms Dalton described the garden installation as "absolutely gorgeous"

She said: "We're just so grateful the team approached us and focused on how it would benefit the patients and their families that we look after.

"Our gardens are beautiful already but what an absolutely gorgeous addition to the garden, which incorporates the reflection lodge and the wind telephone.

"People can come in, sit, reflect and talk to people they've lost and their words carry across the wind to their loved ones."

Ms Dalton added the garden would be open over evenings and weekends so "people can come and enjoy our gardens".

She said: "We really want to be at the heart of our local community here."

Marc Harbourne-Bessant said his firm always intended to relocate the garden

Darryl Harbourne-Bessant, director at F.B. & Sons, said the family-run business was "really pleased" to pick up an award for their creation.

"It was our very first attempt at an RHS garden and we were really pleased to win a bronze medal," he said.

"The hard work, the journey, the friends we've made along the way - it has been an amazing adventure and it's not over yet."