The relocation of the Pathway Garden to the Shekinah Centre
A Chelsea award winning garden has found a new home at the Shekinah Centre in Plymouth, offering a peaceful space for people rebuilding their lives
The award-winning Pathway Garden from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 has begun a new life at the Shekinah Centre in Plymouth, where it now offers a place of peace, recovery and reflection for people experiencing homelessness. Pathway, the national homeless health charity, was sponsored by Project Giving Back to host a show garden at Chelsea to raise awareness of their vital work to improve access to healthcare for people experiencing homelessness. After Chelsea, Pathway donated the garden to the Shekinah Centre in recognition of their important work supporting individuals to rebuild their lives.
The Pathway Garden has transformed this space into a calm, restorative environment that complements the centre’s holistic support services
Speaking at the opening, Pathway CEO Alex Bax said that “the garden is having a transformational impact for all at the Shekinah Centre, enhancing the nurturing support and care provided.” He explained that the garden is now “at the heart of the charity whose very mission is to help people build healthy lives and futures.”
The ribbon was cut by Manzoor, one of Pathway’s volunteers whose lived experience of homelessness inspired the design
The garden was originally conceived through the direct involvement of people with lived experience of homelessness. Those individuals, including the volunteers who helped shape the design, worked closely with the creators to ensure that the garden represents the real emotional, physical and systemic obstacles encountered on the path to stability. Stone boulders, shifting pathways, sheltered seating and a water feature together symbolise the movement from uncertainty to recovery.
The garden won a Silver-gilt medal and the RHS Chelsea 2025 Environmental Award
