The garden brings together plant species from around the world in a space designed to inspire young people growing up in the city. It offers a welcoming space where they can come together, connect with nature and thrive within an otherwise urban setting.
Yellow flowers — the sole colour within the planting — echo YoungMinds’ signature colour, symbolising light and hope. These blooms emerge from cracked, four-tonne boulders, representing the weight of the complex realities young people face today. Towering conifers create a feeling of safety and enclosure, while their distinctive growth patterns reflect the non-linear nature of recovery.
The garden is framed by a breeze block wall, with each block filled with cob, a sustainable building material that provides nesting material for bees, which over time will become a buzzing community of insects and wildlife, reinforcing the message that visitors and gardeners are never truly alone.
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Young people are facing a mental health emergency. One in five young people aged 8-25 have a probable mental health condition.
YoungMinds is the UK's leading charity dedicated to improving the mental health of children and young people up to age 25, offering vital advice, support, and resources for young people, parents, and professionals, aiming to ensure no one feels alone with their mental health struggles and that help is accessible when needed. They provide a helpline for parents, online resources for young people on feelings and conditions, and campaigns to advocate for better mental health services.
It will be relocated to a new community garden in Newham, London's most socio-economically and nature deprived borough where Chase Gardens will regularly use it to engage young people in horticulture, promoting its benefits as a career choice, and as a way of finding connection and community.
Head to the link below to find out more about the garden and the people involved in its creation and legacy.
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