Johnsons partner up to enhance care home grounds

Leading commercial nursery Johnsons of Whixley has teamed up with Deacon Design and AWS Landscapes Ltd to supply thousands of plants and trees to create stunning landscaped gardens at a new care home in the heart of the Cotswolds.

A colourful array of more than 3,000 plants and shrubs, including magnolia, cherry and apple trees, and evergreen hedges have been used to transform the grounds of Upton Mill Care Home in Tetbury.

In addition to the extensive gardens, the care home– part of the Porthaven Care Homes Group – offers residents the use of a cinema, gym, café, hair salon, activities lounge and even a private dining room.

Working with long-standing client AWS Landscapes Ltd and Landscape Architects,  Deacon Design. Johnsons provided an array of plants and trees for the home’s spacious grounds.

AWS Landscapes Ltd carried out the soft landscaping elements of the project which included planting several apple and magnolia trees, along with a number of Betula jacquemontii (Himalayan beech), Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck Gold’ (golden beech) and Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’ (ornamental pear tree).

Numerous Escallonia ‘Crimson Spire’ were included in the plan along with Prunus serrula (Tibetan cherry trees) and hundreds of Stipa tenuissima.

Colourful flowers such as Camellia japonica ‘Elegans’ and Clematis montana ‘Grandiflora’ 10L along with grasses like Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ were included in the plant supply,that have enhanced the home’s outdoor communal areas.

Landscape Architects, Deacon Design, has worked closely with Porthaven Care Homes for many years. Since then, they have established an award-winning landscape design model that embraces Porthaven’s philosophy for the well-being of residents.

The new care home at Tetbury offers a landscape design with a series of communal garden spaces, including dining terraces, a formal lawn, chessboard and games area that allow residents, families, and staff to relax, socialise and exercise outdoors.  Deacon Design’s approach includes private patio areas accessed directly from resident bedrooms and linked to a garden pathway that meanders through swathes of sensory planting.

The variety of spaces creates a positive sensory environment for residents and families to enjoy the gardens and benefits of horticultural therapy.

Eleanor Richardson, Johnsons of Whixley’s Marketing Manager, said:

We were delighted to work on this scheme with our client, AWS Landscapes Ltd and Deacon Design. Upton Mill Care Home is a delightful residential care home that offers top-class facilities, and we are proud to have helped to transform the grounds for residents to enjoy.

David Sowerby, Director of AWS Landscapes Ltd said:

This was a wonderful scheme to work on, and the design prepared by Deacon Design created a fantastic garden, which will be enjoyed by the residents for many years to come.

We chose Johnsons of Whixley, who we have used for many years now on our Nationwide contracts to supply the stock for this High profile site as the quality of the stock and the attention to detail given by our contact Andrew Barker is second to none, it is comforting to know that when we place an order with Johnsons everything will be dealt with efficiently and deliveries will always be on time.

Johnsons of Whixley is one of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries. Situated in North Yorkshire, the company celebrates its centenary in 2021. The business supplies a wide variety of projects, from major infrastructure schemes to hotels, holiday parks and exclusive retirement villages.