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The Therapy Garden

The Therapy Garden is a horticulture and education charity that uses gardening to have a positive and significant impact on the lives of people facing challenges in life. In our beautiful and tranquil 2 acre garden we work to change lives for the better and we do this by creating a safe place to enjoy the power of gardening and to connect with nature.

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The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden
The Therapy Garden

About The Therapy Garden

The Therapy Garden is a horticulture and education charity that uses gardening to have a positive and significant impact on the lives of people facing challenges in life. In our beautiful and tranquil 2 acre working garden we offer a supportive learning environment within a calm and protective space where visitors are able to reconnect with nature and the outdoors. The garden’s planting changes throughout the seasons to ensure an on-going array of colour and produce. The Therapy Garden is a unique space offering ‘social and therapeutic horticulture’. The Garden provides interest all year round, from its Stumpery and Medieval Herb Garden to its Cut Flower Garden and Wildlife Pond. We have a ‘Living Roof’ Shelter and a calm and restful ‘Garden Room’. Our vegetable gardens are planted with a range of produce every year, including brassicas, legumes, root vegetables and soft fruit and we have a small, fledgling orchard. The garden is wheelchair friendly with hand-built raised flower and vegetable beds and a series of poly tunnels and indoor growing spaces with dedicated propagation equipment. Depending on the season, our bespoke market cart allows us to present a wide variety of bedding plants, perennials, vegetable plants, seedlings, and hanging baskets for sale. All are grown or potted on in the Garden and we are also able to stock the cart with a selection of our home-grown fruit and vegetables, jams and chutneys, as well as cards and gifts. We recently acquired a half-acre extension to our plot which we are in the process of incorporating into the garden. This new land was originally scrubland, thick with brambles, weed and roots, and we are working through the process of restoring it to cultivatable condition. The team of volunteers who assist at the Therapy Garden were very proud to have been awarded the Queen’s Award for Volunteering.

Location details

The Therapy Garden,
Guildford,
Surrey,
GU3 2DT

Directions to The Therapy Garden
Take A323 travelling from Guildford towards Aldershot, turn L into Glaziers Ln in centre of Normandy village, opp War Memorial. The Therapy Garden is 200yds on L.

The Therapy Garden openings

This garden has now completed its National Garden Scheme openings for this year.

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair access over paved pathways throughout most of garden, many with substantial handrails.
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FAQs

Yes, cashless payment is accepted.

Yes, coaches are accepted at The Therapy Garden. Please get in touch with the owners for details.

Yes, dogs are welcome at The Therapy Garden. Please keep the dogs on fixed short leads in the garden and keep in mind that you are responsible for controlling the dog’s behaviour. For any specific rules please ask the owners.

Yes, there are various plants offerred for sale at The Therapy Garden, please enquire with the owners for more details.

Yes, one or more routes at The Therapy Garden are accessible to wheelchair users.

Yes. The Therapy Garden seeks to offer a sustainable refuge for nearby fauna and wildlife. These sanctuaries host diverse habitats supporting indigenous flora and fauna and nurturing local biodiversity.