Rare diseases hub garden opens | Royal Free Charity

Rare diseases hub garden opens

26 September 2024 
Three members of NHS wearing blue uniforms sat on benches in an outdoor garden.
NHS staff members have been enjoying the outdoor space. 
Patients and NHS staff at the Royal Free Hospital can enjoy a scenic garden, thanks to the Royal Free Charity’s generous donors. 

The Roy Bard Charitable Foundation, Renate Shoshanah Hoffman and members of an immunology patient support group have funded a seating area adorned with plants.

The Roy Bard Rare Diseases Hub Garden was named in honour of the late Roy Bard.

A rooftop garden with brown benches and green plants.
The garden is open to staff and patients. 

Designed by the award-winning landscaper Kate Gould, the garden is a dedicated area where patients visiting the rare diseases hub, chemotherapy lounge and planned investigation treatment unit can pause and reflect. 

Donors, guests and NHS staff attended the garden’s official opening earlier this month.

“The Royal Free Charity works hand in hand with donors, and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust to make a transformational difference to the experience of patients and staff, helping the NHS go further, faster than it could alone. We are thrilled to support this beautiful resource for patients, which will support their wellbeing, and give them a valuable space to pause, reflect, and take a breath during their treatment.”

– Jon Spiers, chief executive of the Royal Free Charity 

You can find The Roy Bard Rare Diseases Hub Garden on the second floor of the Royal Free Hospital. Head to ward two on the north terrace.

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