Article 6MRG0 Chelsea flower show hosts garden designed to help survivors of torture

Chelsea flower show hosts garden designed to help survivors of torture

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Ben Quinn
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Charity that challenged UK's Rwanda policy helps create space designed to evoke happier memories of homelands

The healing power of horticulture for survivors of torture is to be celebrated at this year's Chelsea flower show in a garden also promoting the work of a charity at the forefront of challenging the government's Rwanda deportation plans.

The garden, one of the most politically themed yet to appear at the annual event, will be relocated afterwards so it can be used as part of the therapy work undertaken by the human rights charity Freedom from Torture (FFT).

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