nurturenature is a small registered charity (Reg charity 11182363) focused on establishing our 1 acre garden as a therapeutic space that is not only a beautiful place that those of us lucky enough to live here benefit from but is a healing space available to other people in need of the healing power of nature, gardens and/or gardening. Click on the ‘Blog’ button above to read the latest post.We have recently been approved by the National Garden Scheme. The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to over 3,300 exceptional private gardens in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, and raises impressive amounts of money for nursing and health charities through admissions, teas and cake.

We plan events in the garden with a view to people’s wellbeing benefiting not only from the creativity of the event but also from the healing power of nature. The benefits of nature to health and wellbeing, both physical and mental, are becoming increasingly widely recognised and this is reflected in the increased use of nature based therapies by mainstream medicine in place of, or alongside medication and other medical interventions. I have very much used the power of nature in my own healing journey which has been one of serious complex chronic disease which has prevented me from working and means I am wheelchair dependent. I am certain that without the garden and the benefits it provides for me I would be significantly less well both physically and mentally.

image shows rose Ferdinand Pichard, a beautiful “striped” rose flowering in the garden in June 2019.