A new garden is to be planted around the cancer centre at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in Hertfordshire from this spring. The brainchild of garden writer and broadcaster Matthew Biggs, the planting for the garden is being designed by Millie Souter, head gardener at Tom Stuart-Smith Studio. It will be built by landscaper Mark Gregory of Landform Consultants, who has many gold medal RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens under his belt, and will be planted and maintained by the Sunnyside Rural Trust. The creation of the garden has been made possible by an anonymous donation of £30,000. You may also like: Discover 24 horticultural heroesWhy going outside can boost your healthWhy volunteering offers many benefits Matt had the idea to create a garden while undergoing chemotherapy in the cancer treatment suite at the hospital. “Among its virtues are massive windows at either end of the building,” he explains.…