The Op Frith garden project at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, UK is led by forces charity HighGround. The initiative builds on the successful development of a similar green space at Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre Stanford Hall, which saw the effective use of horticultural therapy onsite to increase the wellbeing of veterans and injured military personnel.
Brize Norton is home to nearly 6,000 RAF members and work on the new garden is expected to start this Summer.
Rob Doody, regional managing director – materials central – for aggregates and building materials supplier Tarmac, said: “As an Armed Forces Covenant signatory, we’re proud to show our support for military personnel and do what we can as a business to help."
HighGround’s chairman, Ian Elliott, added: “As a former Station Commander of RAF Brize Norton, I was particularly delighted when the RAF’s biggest airbase was chosen as the pilot military site for our Op Frith wellbeing gardens programme.
“We are utterly indebted to Tarmac, whose extremely generous donation of aggregates will now enable HighGround’s vision to become a reality and allow us to establish a garden to provide peace and tranquillity during their busy military lives for generations to come.”
