The forest of reclaimed timbers in the Key Garden is inscribed with the words of the poet Dean Stalham – a stream-of-consciousness description of his time in and out of prison, on and off the streets.
“The poem I have written for The Key is my personal life’s journey,” says Dean. “Every man and woman’s challenge [...]
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A time and a place for change poem
Posted in HCA on 22 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’re in the press – the BBC, Telegraph and others
Posted in HCA on 18 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Chelsea Flower Show is well under way and our Key garden is receiving plenty of attention in the media.
Last night’s BBC preview show, hosted by Alan Titchmarsh, featured the garden. Alan said of The Key: “It seems fairly calm already on the Key Garden. This has been designed by Paul Stone of the Eden [...]
Welcome to The Key Garden blog
Posted in HCA, tagged garden on 20 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Key Garden is being created for this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show to help raise awareness of homelessness and to give the people involved valuable experience that will help them move on with their lives.
Many people currently living in homeless hostels have been growing and caring for the huge quantity of plants needed to [...]

