“Believe you can and you are halfway there”
Theodore Roosevelt
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Corporate
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Can you help our garden grow?
With a thriving garden to maintain and a £40,000 sum to raise for specialist help, insurance, and new trees, plants and bulbs, annually, there are no limits to the ways that you can help. Here are a few suggestions:
- Volunteer with us join us on a Thursday in the Healing Garden to help keep the Healing Garden looking its best. No experience necessary! Click here to find out more about volunteering.
- Enter a sponsored race, challenge or event. We get a limited number of places each year for large events like the London Marathon, and The Royal Parks Half Marathon. Contact us for more info
- Challenge yourself to walk, run or cycle 20 miles, 50 miles, or even 100 miles this month, whatever makes it a challenge to you, and ask your friends and family to sponsor you in aid of the Harefield Healing Garden, click here and select Harefield Healing Garden to set up your fundraising page.
- Throw a party in your garden from a BBQ with family or friends to a coffee morning or even afternoon tea and ask your guests to make a donation to the Healing Garden
- Corporate sponsorship and match-funding Could your company sponsor an event, or match-fund your own challenge? Read more
To set up a fundraising page please click here.
Please contact us if you would like to fundraise for us or help in any way.
What some of our volunteers say about volunteering in the garden?
Linda
LindaVolunteering gives me the opportunity to meet new people, make new friends and makes me feel connected to the community, besides learning new...
Beverley
Beverley I joined the Healing Garden volunteers after lockdown to give me something pleasant to do while getting fresh air and exercise. I love...
Jane
Jane Volunteering at the Healing Garden has brought something special into my life! Not only am I working with a group of lovely like-minded people...
Corporate volunteers Take a day out and join us in the garden either on your own or with colleagues. Your group will be guided throughout the day by an experienced member of the Healing Garden team. No gardening experience is necessary.
We welcome volunteers from a variety of companies for an unforgettable day in the garden, from a single employee to a team of up to 15.
Previous teams have helped us with planting bulbs, weeding, potting up young seedlings, pruning and clearing, building a bug hotel, sowing wildflower seeds and planting plugs, and even painting our potting shed.
We tailor the day to your team and to the individuals taking part. In volunteering with us not only will they be helping their mental and physical wellbeing with a day spent in nature, but they will have the satisfaction of helping us keep the garden maintained in a sustainable way for Harefield Hospital’s patients, their visitors, and staff.
We do ask for a nominal donation to help us run these days for volunteering teams of more than two people, which covers all associated staff time and the cost of tools, plant materials, insurance, and refreshments.
Volunteering with us in the Healing Garden is good news for your company too; By encouraging your employees to volunteer towards improving the biodiversity and environment of the hospital and the wellbeing of its patients, your company will be helping improve the wellbeing of its employees, as well as contributing towards its own environmental social and governance principles.
We have repeat visits from Corporate volunteers so we’re pretty sure that they enjoy the experience, and we really appreciate their help.
To learn more please contact us.
“Believe you can and you are halfway there”
Theodore Roosevelt
Fundraising News
Chris Heys – returning to the Healing Garden
I remember last Spring sitting in the Harefield Hospital Healing Gardens and how uplifting it felt. I’d had emergency thoracic surgery and was a patient recovering at the Harefield Hospital - my third different hospital in a month, after a serious cycling accident....
Jean’s big birthday fundraiser
Jean lives locally. She walks and sits and enjoys spending time in the Healing Garden most days. Jean asked for donations to the garden instead of gifts for her birthday, and raised over £400 for the garden. "This is my peaceful place. Even when it's windy, I just...
Congratulations to Beth on her Tri-Challenge
Congratulations to Beth on completing her Triathlon challenge, and raising over £3,000 for the Harefield Healing Garden, in memory of her friend Pippa. I was aiming for a time under 4 hours so was so happy to do it in under 3! 2 hours 56 😊 There were lots of little...
Beth’s Triathlon Fundraiser
On May 21st, I'll be swimming 1500 metres, cycling 40km and running 10k in memory of Pippa. Having undergone a double lung transplant in 2017, Pippa was tireless in her efforts to raise awareness of Cystic fibrosis and the importance of organ donation. Whether...
Congratulations Frankie!
Huge congratulations to Frankie for completing the London Marathon on Sunday 🙌 raising over £1,500 for the Harefield Healing Garden, in memory of her friend Pippa Erskine, who enjoyed spending time with her family and friends in the Healing Garden at Harefield...
Frankie’s London Marathon fundraiser
"Inspired by Pippa Erskine, the most wonderful sister, daughter, wife and friend to so many, I will be running London Marathon in April! I’m hoping to raise money in Pippa’s memory towards providing the patients at Harefield Hospital a place to find some comfort,...
Thank you so much for your generous donations to our BIG BULB Appeal. Along with our lovely garden volunteers, we planted 8,000 spring and summer bulbs in the garden last Autumn, and it was fantastic to see the garden burst into life this Spring! Many visitors to the...
A celebration of the official opening of the Harefield Healing Garden
Yesterday the Harefield Healing Garden was officially opened with an event to mark eight years of fundraising, planning, designing and planting. The event was kept small due to being in the hospital grounds, but Hospital staff, patients and supporters came together to...
Joshua’s double-tri challenge
My dad sadly passed away in November of last year after over 20 years of dealing with heart problems. It started with bacteria entering his body from a routine tooth extraction that went to his heart and attacked his heart. 2 open heart surgeries and 2 key hole valve...
Sponsor Fiona for her Half Marathon challenge
The son of a friend received a heart transplant at Harefield several years ago; from her seed of an idea, after years of work and planning, the Garden has blossomed into reality this year. Now, further funds are needed to develop and maintain it as a vital amenity for...
Middlewick Open Garden
We’ve been recovering after a super busy, but tremendously enjoyable weekend raising money for the Healing Garden at Nick and Annette Mason’s open garden. We were joined on the stall by Nick’s daughter, Chloe; an avid supporter of the Healing Garden, having spent time...
New Year Healing Garden update
Trees and hedges have been planted, top soil and organic matter has been incorporated into flower beds, paths have been prepped ready for the bonded resin, the seating areas are being paved and the large central raised flowerbed has been installed. This is, of course,...
This garden is funded entirely by the generosity of people like you. Any amount, no matter how great or small, helps to ensure that The Healing Garden will always be there for those who need it.
We need to raise money every year to cover the cost of plants, bulbs, seeds and trees, for professional help, and tools and materials, to keep the garden growing and evolving and in top condition.
All funds raised to go to the Harefield Healing Garden; a restricted appeal of the