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We're doing the 5km Tough Mudder to support the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s Garden of Tranquillity Appeal. 

RBGE is trying to raise £50k to create a Garden of Tranquillity: a therapeutic garden for people living with dementia.The garden will be a safe, relaxing and sensory space designed specifically as a respite for people living with dementia and their carers at the Edinburgh garden. With natural boundaries for privacy, fragrant plants, comfortable seating, a water rill and art, this social inclusion project will provide a sanctuary for visitors.

Conceived by Judy Good, while studying for her RBGE Diploma in Garden Design, the idea started as a piece of coursework with very personal resonance, as she explained: “I was inspired by my good friend, Gillian Lindsay, whose mum had early onset dementia and is now, sadly, in the very late stages of the disease. Gillian was always looking for places to take her mum, where they could get out of the house and spend time together, but where her mum felt safe and relaxed. It can be difficult. There are not many places in Edinburgh and the surrounding area where this need can be met.”

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