Cornwall Hospice Care has applied for a treehouse, which will be constructed at the BBC Gardeners World Live exhibition at the Birmingham NEC this year, to be relocated to within the grounds of the hospice.
The timber structure on stilts, with two areas for shelter and viewing, will be formed as part of the 2023 Fontana Garden display at the exhibition.
After the event finishes the entire Fontana display is to be gifted to Cornwall Hospice Care for relocation to Mount Edgcumbe Hospice.
The garden display is a lifetime’s ambition of 91-year-old Derek Bishop, who has always wanted be part of a show garden.
He has designed and constructed his own magnificent 14-acre garden and commissioned award-winning garden designer Kim Parish to design a garden that celebrates and reflects the diversity of planting opportunities within Cornwall.