Macmillan Legacy Garden: Growing a future for others
We sponsored the Macmillan Legacy Garden at Malvern Spring Festival.
The garden was designed to illustrate how special and vital a legacy gift is to future generations. It showed how all life cycles – human and nature – are fed, supported and enriched by what has come before. By choosing to leave a gift to Macmillan now, you can help us provide physical, emotional and financial support to people living with cancer in the future.
About the garden
The Macmillan Legacy garden was a circular, rhythmic space which takes inspiration from life cycles and the ever-moving energy within them. It allowed people to experience nature at different life stages, from seedlings to maturity, some flowers are in bud and others have bloomed. The deadwood present in the garden provided an ecosystem, allowing life to carry on.
The circle of life and legacies are interconnected concepts that emphasise the ongoing cycle of giving, impact and renewal. Legacy giving allows individuals to contribute to this cycle by leaving a lasting impact that transcends their own lifetime, benefiting the lives of others and perpetuating positive change for generations to come.
Meet the designers
‘For both of us, Macmillan is synonymous with friends and family who have needed a place to turn in the darkest of times. We have seen firsthand how the charity has been a real guiding light in these times. We feel honoured to be able to use our skills to create a show garden that encourages visitors to continue to support their incredible work’
Why the plants were chosen
Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing'
Brunnera 'Jack Frost'
Dryopteris erythrosa
Gaura lindheimeri
Online Community
Members of our Macmillan Online Community often have conversations about the benefits of gardening. The physical activity of gardening can be beneficial to both the body and mind.
A special thanks to...
We are grateful for the support of our garden designers, Kerianne and TJ, as well as the generosity of our sponsors:
