LEDBURY Rugby Club was the venue for the Ledbury Library Development Group's special event featuring Chris Beardshaw which attracted a capacity crowd.

A hugely enjoyable evening when Chris kept the audience entertained with the story of the garden he made for Great Ormand Street Hospital.

With an insight into the creative process, he talked about how he worked with the three key groups - children, parents and clinicians - and how this 'trio' impacted on his design.

Although designed for the hospital, the garden had an initial 'excursion' to Chelsea in 2016.

It took some weeks to transplant it to its permanent home, where it now thrives on the roof of the boiler house. What was once a bleak outlook from the hospital windows has been transformed into a welcoming space of peace and tranquillity.

Many of the hospital staff members inspired to take on the upkeep and maintenance, and the space continues to prove the health giving benefits of a garden.

Chris concluded with a Q&A session after which chairman of the Ledbury Library Development Group, Nina Shields, commented that Chris's enthralling and inspirational presentation was so popular, that the she has already received many requests to book him for a return visit.