New garden aims to support people with dementia
Summary of BBC news article
A new sanctuary garden is opening in south-west London to support people living with dementia.
Designed to be an accessible space for a range of sensory and mobility needs, the garden is located in Battersea Park.
Mental health partnership Thrive has a programme where trained practitioners help people living with dementia or memory loss engage in gentle gardening activities.
"We look forward to welcoming people to the sanctuary garden where older visitors and people on our programmes and their carers can benefit from time in nature, therapeutic gardening and feeling part of a community," said Alex McDonald, from the organisation.
Engagement with nature and gardening drives behaviours that reduce the risks of with dementia, delaying the onset, slowing the decline and reducing social isolation, according to Thrive.
Read the full BBC article here
Gardens and nature at My Life TV
Our innovative streaming service My Life TV offers a wide variety of carefully selected and created content to meet the cognitive needs of people living with dementia.
Our gardens and nature programmes include beautiful immersive pieces such as the Isabella Plantation Experience in Richmond Park, vintage episodes of Gardeners' World, and A Walk in the Woods, a My Life TV original production released in May 2025 to mark Dementia Action Week.
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