Description:
Visit Ninewells Community Garden and Maggie’s Centre, two inspiring gardens just three minutes apart in Dundee. Together, these gardens celebrate the power of green spaces to nurture, heal and connect communities.
Maggie's Dundee (NEW)
Tom McDonald Ave, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD2 1NH: The garden at Maggie’s Dundee was created in 2005, designed by Arabella Lennox-Boyd. It offers a calm, restorative space beside its renowned building, supporting those affected by cancer. The centrepiece is a 33-metre labyrinth designed as a place where visitors can come to find a space for contemplation and meditation. A separate small garden, surrounded by roses and scented shrubs and plants, is set aside for private contemplation.
Ninewells Community Garden (NEW)
Tom MacDonald Avenue, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD2 1NH: The Community Garden is a fully accessible green haven with herbaceous borders, fruit and vegetables, native plants, a wildlife area, sensory and physic gardens, orchard, children’s play space and the award-winning Leaf Room, built from Scottish timber. Volunteers help maintain the garden, promoting health and wellbeing through nature.
Directions: From Ninewells Hospital main entrance take first left to East Block car park (free 3 hours). Garden at rear. Find using what3words/clouds.layers.code Alternatively, follow signs for Maggie’s Centre.
Other details: The Open Day features guided tours, talks from the Eden Project and RSPB, workshops, children’s activities, plant sale and refreshments. Admission price includes entry to both gardens.
