Conversations
Inspired by the installation of the Healing Garden, Treliske Hospital, I started to take note of some conversations I’d had there. Families were supported through difficult times in the healing garden; sick people recovered; some people were able to pass away peacefully within a hospital bed surrounded by nature, and it stimulated further conversations around nature's ability to heal. Some conversations were recorded in a book, the aim of which is to stimulate further thinking and discussion. Anyone passing the garden can now delve deeper into this website, where visitors are encouraged to share their thoughts via an online form. Some of the conversations inspired by ‘A Place to Heal’ are gathered together below.
Kurt Jackson
Kurt Jackson is a British painter whose large canvases reflect a concern with natural history, ecology and environmental issues. In conversation with Mark Holman, he contributed his reflections to ‘A Place to Heal’. You can read them here.
Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Airling Robin Hanbury-Tenison OBE DL FLS FRGS is an explorer based in Cornwall. He is President of the charity Survival International and was previously Chief Executive of The Countryside Alliance. You can read his thoughts on nature’s role in healing here.
Public Feedback
The Questionnaire for the project has garnered a range of different responses, representing a rich cross-section of opinions, personal experiences and thoughtful responses to ‘A Place to Heal’ You can read them here.
