Key plants in the Muscular Dystrophy UK – Forest Bathing Garden

Planting more than 40 Birch trees in the garden will create a really immersive and magical forest-bathing experience by transporting show visitors into a birch grove; surrounded by marbled trunks and enveloped in the dappled shade of the delicate canopies.

A perfect plant to create continuity between sunny and shady spots of the garden. It is a wonderful plant for a woodland edge garden, bringing softness and airiness into the planting scheme and brightening up darker spots.

This non-stinging nettle relative has the most impressive foliage that will bring lots of texture and character into the garden. I think it's a very underused plant so I am looking forward to showcasing it in the garden.

Part of the name derives from the Latin word sylvaticus meaning in woods and forests, a lovely way of bringing masses of dainty flowers into a forest-bathing garden.

Designer Ula Maria says:  “I try to include at least one plant that holds sentimental value to me in every garden that I design. Wild strawberry is one of such plants as I have many fond memories of picking wild strawberries from the meadows near my childhood home.”