News & Events
April 2023
Commissioned by the League of Friends on behalf of the people of Gosport, the 100th Anniversary Stone ceremony was featured in The Portsmouth News. View the ‘100 Years Ceremony Order of Service‘ (PDF file).
March 2023
Poppy Ward screening, garden furniture and planters commissioned by the League of Friends.
December 2022
Petting farm visit to Rose & Poppy Wards commissioned by the League of Friends.
November 2022
Birthing pool in the new Delivery Suite at Blake Maternity Unit with integral shower room, mother’s bed and baby’s cot. Commissioned by the League of Friends in November 2022.
June 2021
Opening of the Poppy Ward garden by the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Nigel Atkinson and Gosport Mayor, Mark Hook (pictured below).
The whole ward has been optimised for people with dementia. The garden has soft surfacing so that patients will not hurt themselves if they fall over. It has also been designed in a series of loops so that patients can wander freely and not get stuck or lost. The League of Friends was delighted to fund the purchase of compost and planters together with a wide range of plants, shrubs and small trees. We are most grateful to Stewarts Abbey Garden Centre in Titchfield for their professional advice in selecting appropriate plants.
