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Join us at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival
The Cancer Research UK Legacy Garden is at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival from 5-8 May 2022. Join us for a celebration of the life-saving research gifts in Wills allows us to do while exploring a garden designed to represent the amazing work of our legacy supporters and researchers.
The Cancer Research UK Legacy Garden celebrates the life-saving research made possible by gifts in Wills. The 2022 garden, by award-winning designer Karen Tatlow, brings this important relationship to life through two equally sized areas linked by a moon gate. Read more about the garden below, and find out how you can leave a legacy gift to help save lives for generations to come.
Garden Designer Karen Tatlow's moon gate design was inspired by her family story of love between a granddaughter and her grandad. Whenever they were apart the little girl was sad. Her Grandad told her to look at the moon, he would too, and that way they would always be connected. When the granddad died of Pancreatic cancer, the little girl would look at the moon and she'd be forever connected to her beloved grandad.
About the garden
In the Garden
There are 1,500 plants in the garden, ranging from well-known favourites such as rowan and aquilegia to more obscure varieties such as podophyllum (mayapple) and vaccinium (blueberry), many have been chosen because they have a connection with cancer.
Chemicals from plants in the garden have been tested for their anti-cancer properties and some have even led to drugs that are in use today for treating cancer.
Download a full list of all the plants in The Cancer Research UK Legacy Garden.
* In our garden guide we’ve listed MJL Garden Designs incorrectly. To find out more visit www.mjlgardendesign.co.uk
Meet Karen Tatlow
Karen Tatlow is an award-winning garden designer. She creates unique gardens with a strong sense of space.
Karen is an RHS award-winning designer. Her last garden won a Silver Gilt, Best Construction, and the People’s Choice Award.
Karen continues her work in creating beautiful gardens with The Cancer Research UK Legacy Garden.
Gifts in Wills
The Gifts in Wills guide
Gifts in Wills account for over a third of our life-saving research. Without them, we simply wouldn't be able to undertake all the vital research we do which could one day beat cancer.
Ordering our guide is the perfect starting point for writing your Will. It includes tips and information on:
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How to write or amend your Will
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Our free Will service
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What Gifts in Wills are funding
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The different types of gifts you can leave
