The Prince and Princess of Wales will on Tuesday visit a mental health therapy garden that is under construction in South Wales with the aim of providing support to the local communities.
The couple’s Royal Foundation has announced a new collaboration with horticultural therapy and mental health counselling provider Life at No.27 to help the charity scale up its mission.
The Prince and Princess will visit the site where the first garden will be developed, at Brynawel Rehabilitation Centre near the town of Pontyclun, where individuals will eventually be able to learn and grow their own produce.
It is hoped that the allotments and garden will provide individuals with a space to support their mental health as well as leave a lasting legacy in the community that the Royal couple visit.
The garden, under development, will sit alongside a communal sensory and herbal garden, a mud kitchen, and an interactive learning space.
The Royal Foundation has arranged for national and local organisations to support the design and development of the new garden, as well as provided funding, tools, plants, seeds and materials for landscaping.
The garden and neighbouring allotments are being developed over the next few months, with the goal of offering free and low-cost gardening therapy and mental health support sessions for the Centre’s users and their families.
It is hoped that residents in the wider local community who are suffering from mental health, loneliness or low confidence will eventually also have access to the therapy garden through a GP referral.