Context

Ustigate designed and installed a variety of water features in the grounds of the DNRC (Defence National Rehabilitation Centre) for the Armed Forces at Stanford Hall in Nottinghamshire.

The project involved working collaboratively throughout the construction phase between 2015 and 2018.

The outdoors is 358 acres of healing landscape complete with soothing water features designed and built by Ustigate.

Sea Lion Pool

Garden visitors are greeted with a formation of boulders at the Sea Lion Pool, brought to life with a single fountain and cascading water streams that pleasantly flow where gravity meets course.

Mental Health Garden

A single 1.2m stone, complete with soothing acoustics, projects from a trickling stream of water that runs from top to toe. This water feature is central to a picturesque garden, designed and established to provide peace and tranquillity for all who visit.

Neurological Garden

The water feature is made in DNRC matching brick, featuring a letterbox opening and a curtain of water that organically falls into the pool below. The water released from the DNRC letterbox travels 600mm and lands below with a gush of energy. It is a sight and sound that stimulates body and mind. The Neurological Garden is a place where blue and green infrastructure come together beautifully, and where the sound of free flowing water is constant. The waterfall and pool are surrounded by lush, green, thriving plants and there are benches dotted around to sit and enjoy nature. The Neurological Garden is a therapeutic garden with sensory benefits to promote good health and wellbeing.

Italian Garden

An original 1930's water fountain decorated in majestic mosaics, restored to its former glory.