I’m a hospital head gardener and these are the ways our outside space helps with serious back pain

HE is a man you may recognise from his Gardeners’ World debut on TV last year.

But Gardeners’ Question Time regular Ashley Edwards’ full-time job is horticultural therapist at Horatio’s Garden in the grounds of North London’s Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, where he is also head gardener.

Jon BondAshley Edwards at work at the incredible Horatio’s Garden[/caption] Jon BondAshley with patient Paul West, who broke his spine when Para-Gliding in France in May this year[/caption]

This magical place provides respite...