A garden designed to support and celebrate people with neurodiversity will create a “pocket of peace” in the city, its designer has said.
The ADHD Foundation Garden, in the grounds of University of Liverpool, is described as “a calming, sensory-rich space to pause, reflect, and connect with nature”.
The garden is designed to explore “new perspectives on neurodiversity”.
“This is more than just a beautiful green space – it’s a symbol of inclusion,” University of Liverpool vice-chancellor Professor Tim Jones said.
The garden, near to the Yoko Ono Lennon Centre and Brett Building on Oxford Street, has been created in partnership with the ADHD Foundation charity.
It features a curved bench, steel-meshed umbrella sculptures, and a winding pathway with plants chosen for their calming effect.
Prof Jones said the garden “offers a quiet place for reflection and escape, and it celebrates both the incredible diversity of plant life and the unique strengths of neurodivergent minds”.
Originally exhibited at the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, where it earned a Silver-Gilt Medal, it is now a permanent fixture at the university campus.
Designer Katy Terry said the garden was inspired by her own ADHD diagnosis.
“It’s been enlightening to discover and explore how my mind, like many others, works differently,” she said.
“I hope this space provides neurodiverse individuals with a moment of calm and the freedom to be themselves.”
She said the university space was “the perfect legacy location” and would “serve students and visitors with a pocket of peace”.
Dr Lindsey Roberts, acting CEO of the ADHD Foundation, said: “We’re proud to share this garden with the University of Liverpool and the wider community, which reflects the diversity of both plants and people, encouraging the public to embrace difference as something vital and beautiful.”