MHA The Wilderness

23/06/2026

Join Lynette for her last session before summer break on Friday 26th June 11am-12.30pm in The Wilderness cabin.

Participants will be creating mini terrariums with recycled jam jars and glass containers.

If you would like to take part, email [email protected] to book your place.

There is a suggested donation of £7 to cover the cost of resources but we are keen that this isn't a barrier to joining the activity.

Refreshments provided.

21/06/2026

Join Zylan Light Therapy for their next Sound Bath session at The Wilderness on Sunday 28th June 2 - 4pm.

For more information and to book, please contact Zylan Light Therapy on: 07948 600042

18/06/2026

Come along to our FREE session on Monday 22nd June at 11am. The garden is a sanctuary for both wildlife and humans, and this is a chance for you to immerse yourself in nature and be in the present.

To book your place, go to: 👉https://linktr.ee/ParkBathe, or just pop along for 11am start.

MHA The Wilderness is located behind Hall Grange Care Home and is accessed by a green metal gate in the right-hand corner of the care home car park.

17 Shirley Church Rd, CR9 5AL.

16/06/2026

We finally have our Polytunnel! A big thank you to our donors, who helped make this happen, our wonderful volunteers for prepping the site and for their amazing job of supplying and installing it. A special thank you to John and Dillon for their hard work, expertise and resilience through some pretty awful weather conditions to get the job done. Now we just need to fill it with plants!

13/06/2026

Our Shirley poppies are just about to pop (despite the recent weather conditions!)

Come along this Sunday and see them in the garden, as well as enjoy tea and cake and peruse our plant stall. You can also sneak a peek at our newly installed polytunnel.

Rev. William Wilks, the creator of The Wilderness bred what we know as The Shirley poppy, having found a flower with unusual white bandings in a local meadow. This has become an emblem locally in Shirley and Croydon.

For more information contact: [email protected]

17 Shirley Church Rd, Croydon, CR9 5AL.

(The garden is accessed through the green metal gate in the right-hand corner of Hall Grange Care Home car park).

10/06/2026

09/06/2026

Our Shirley poppies are just about to pop (despite the recent weather conditions!).

Rev. William Wilks, the creator of The Wilderness bred what we know as The Shirley poppy, having found a flower with unusual white bandings in a local meadow.

For more information contact: [email protected]

17 Shirley Church Rd, Croydon, CR9 5AL.

(Located behind MHA Hall Grange Care Home).

06/06/2026

Join us this Monday for a FREE slow and mindful walk around The Wilderness.

You can book a place by visiting: 👉https://linktr.ee/ParkBathe, or just turn up. We meet at the cabin at 11am just inside the entrance.

The garden is located behind MHA Hall Grange Care, and is accessed via the green gate in the righthand corner of the car park.

17 Shirley Church Rd, Croydon CR9 5AL

28/05/2026

A few snaps from our Rhododendron Open Day on 17th May. We had almost 150 visitors and raised much needed funds. A big thank you goes to our lovely ever committed volunteers for cake baking, preparing the garden, plant donations and supporting the event, and our wonderful visitors for making the day such a success.
(Photos courtesy of R. Barker.)

24/05/2026