Hope Garden – Lichfield – planted 2020, first bloom 2021

The Hope Garden is a living artwork, a gift to the city of Lichfield by Peter Walker Sculptor.  It was created at the same time as the St Chad statue for Lichfield Cathedral. 

It comprises of 50,000 spring flowers, planted as a gift of hope and delight for all who see it. The flowers bloom every year around St Chad’s Day, March 2. 

The Hope Garden was designed to remember all who were victims of the pandemic and how life has been altered by the effects of the virus.

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