Conquest 21
Conquest 21 is a project to restore and reinvigorate the 21 Courtyards of Conquest Hospital.
The hospital was originally designed around 21 courtyards as it is believed that open spaces, nature and fresh air help with patient recovery and improve the morale and energy of the medical staff working there. The design of Conquest Hospital was enlightened for its time and proved very popular. Sadly, over the decades, due to funding constraints the courtyards were slowly left unattended and gradually fell into disuse. Many are now completely closed.
The project was started by the Kowitz Family Foundation of Fairlight Hall who have restored the first courtyard and started on a second. We’ve also attracted a number of local professional garden designers who have offered complimentary designs. The Friends are providing the labour and we have helped assemble a team of volunteer gardening enthusiasts to help with the building and maintenance of each courtyard who will work under the supervision of the Trust’s Gardening Team.
We do need funding, for gardening tools for the volunteers, for plants and materials and for some of the bigger courtyards building materials. If you would like to support us you can donate in general to the project or select a specific garden or part of a garden. We will do our best to accommodate “in memoriam” gifts too. Organisations may wish to take on or adopt a complete garden and we can discuss sponsorship and naming rights possibilities.
Endoscopy Courtyard
SCBU Courtyard
Critical Care Unit
Progress
An estimate which may
change as the work unfolds
We have now completed a number of the courtyards including The Pineapple Garden, the Special Care Baby Unit, Murray Ward Courtyard, Richard Ticehurst Surgical Unit Courtyard and the Endoscopy Unit Courtyard. We have some amazing designs, one for MacDonald Ward, which will be a garden for elderly and frail patients, one for Benson/Egerton Ward which includes beautiful secluded seating around a pond setting, and one for the Egerton Discharge Lounge Courtyard. We also have designs in progress for the Theatres Courtyard.
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