Parkinson’s UK was awarded a show garden at the world-famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show this May, putting together A Garden for Every Parkinson’s Journey.

It was designed by award-winning gardener and BBC presenter Arit Anderson, and the garden reflects the journey of living with Parkinson’s and invites people to experience the benefits of gardening.

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The garden won the People’s Choice Award 2026, voted for by the public at the show.

Parkinson’s UK’ show garden: A Garden For Every Parkinson’s Journey, designed by Arit Anderson (Image: Stephen Studd photography)

After the show ended on Saturday, May 23, the garden was de-constructed by the charity and it is hoped it will be reconstructed in the grounds of the John Radcliffe Hospital.

Parkinson’s UK’s director of fundraising and experience, Paul Jackson-Clark, said: “Plans are already under way for the garden’s relocation to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, a Parkinson’s Centre of Excellence, ensuring that the Parkinson’s community can continue to enjoy and benefit from its lasting legacy.

“However, the garden’s final layout and structural elements are subject to planning permission and listed building consent.”

Parkinson’s UK’ show garden: A Garden For Every Parkinson’s Journey, designed by Arit Anderson (Image: Stephen Studd photography)

A planning application has been submitted to Oxford City Council to install the show garden in curtilage of the historic Manor House, the oldest part of the hospital which was built as a private home around 1770.

The Grade II listed building was sold to the Trustees of the Radcliffe Infirmary to use as a training school for nurses in 1917, and in the 1970s the John Radcliffe Hospital was built on the surrounding seven acre estate.

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The proposed site for the Parkinson’s UK garden is a green space with trees that would be incorporated into the landscaping of the new garden.

Bonnie Langford and Chelsea pensioners visited the Parkinson’s UK garden at the flower show (Image: Andrea Gilpin)

Plans show colourful planted flower beds around a curved walkway path, incorporating timber benches, a sculpture and sun shelter, a pond and trees – just as the show garden appeared in Chelsea – totalling more than £300,000 in plants and features.

A statement from Parkinson’s UK included with the application said: “A Garden for Every Parkinson’s Journey symbolises the journey of living with Parkinson’s: the moments of adaptation, challenge, hope and connection.

“As part of our commitment to providing a lasting legacy, Parkinson’s has sought a relocation site with deep ties to the charity’s work.

Parkinson’s UK’ show garden: A Garden For Every Parkinson’s Journey, designed by Arit Anderson (Image: Stephen Studd photography)

“After considering five potential locations, we selected the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.”

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The charity said the city was chosen because Parkinson’s UK’s ‘strong links’ with the John Radcliffe’s neurology team and because Oxford hosts its largest volunteer group in the UK, and it has been working with the hospital on the garden since last year.

The statement added: “The garden is very much by the community, for the community and designed to be enjoyed and appreciated by everyone visiting the John Radcliffe Hospital.”

Some plants have already been installed to preserve them due to their life span, but other permanent features will not be added until planning permission is granted.

The Oxford Bus Museum unveiled its fully restored 1948 Morris 10 Series M in Long Hanborough on Bank Holiday Monday, May 25.

The car was first registered on 31 March 1948 before it was transferred into the ownership of Dennis Flowers, who lived near Coventry, on June 10, 1961.

Twenty years later, the Flowers family donated the vehicle to the Coventry Transport Museum, from which the Morris Motors Museum acquired it in December 2011.

An Oxford Bus Museum spokesman said: “It is fitting that Ellen and Joanne Flowers were passengers when the car drove out of the workshop.”

The restoration project was extensive, including a complete engine rebuild, new clutch assembly, chrome replating, and full reupholstering of the seats.

The Morris 10 Series M first launched in September 1938 and was a landmark 10hp model featuring a 1,140cc four-cylinder engine and innovative mono-construction design.

The museum, located at Old Station Yard, celebrates 130 years of bus and coach travel in Oxfordshire.

It houses historic vehicles, horse-drawn vehicles, and a wide selection of public transport artefacts.

Since 2004, the Morris Motors Museum has also shared the site, telling the story of classic British motoring and commercial vehicle production in Cowley.

The Long Hanborough museum is 65 metres from Hanborough Railway Station on the Cotswold line and is served by Stagecoach’s S7 bus route, which operates every 30 minutes between Oxford and Witney.

The site offers free parking, a café, and a play area, making it accessible for visitors of all ages.

Around 20 land and air emergency vehicles were responding to reports of a “person in difficulty in the water”, according to Thames Valley Police, Oxford.

Eyewitnesses said seven police cars and a helicopter were first seen on Donnington Bridge shortly after 6pm on Wednesday, May 27.

Mass emergency police presence on Donnington Bridge (Image: Zoe Broughton)

Officers were spotted on the span overlooking the water, watching Oxford University Boat Club’s Summer Eights ‘bumps’ races on the Isis, before the situation appeared to escalate and more vehicles arrived.

Four police officers on Donnington Bridge (Image: Zoe Broughton)

Boat racing concluded at around 6.52pm, according to commentary, and shortly afterwards rowers and spectators were asked to move away from the bridge, riverbanks and the Longbridges boathouse area as the emergency response intensified.

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Witnesses said college crews that had already passed Donnington Bridge towards the start by Iffley Lock were not allowed to row home.

By about 8.30pm, one crew was still stranded in its boat near Iffley Lock while others had left their boats and were waiting to be picked up near Donnington Bridge.

Police helicopter seen circling over the River Thames near Donnington Bridge (Image: Zoe Broughton)

A commenter on the Oxford Mail’s Facebook page claimed there were around 20 emergency vehicles at the scene, on the ground and in the air, including 11 police cars, four fire engines, two ambulance trucks, two ambulance cars and a helicopter.

There have also been multiple eyewitness reports suggesting a water search has taken place, although this has not yet been confirmed by the authorities.

Traffic data from AA Traffic News showed Donnington Bridge was closed while the alleged operation was under way, but by about 7.30pm the service reported it had reopened.

An anonymous eyewitness on their way home from work said a fire engine and four police cars were still on the bridge, as officers spoke to people and asked cyclists to dismount and walk.

Fire crew near Iffley Lock (Image: Kevin Brackett)

Downstream near Iffley Lock, at around 8.30pm, Kevin Brackett, who had been filming Oriel College with a drone at the event, reported seeing around six emergency vehicles, including police, ambulance and fire crews, positioned near Mill Lane.

Ambulance near Iffley Lock (Image: Kevin Brackett)

Summer Eights, a four‑day bumps racing event organised by Oxford University Rowing Club, began today and is due to run until Saturday, May 30.

In this style of racing, boats start in single file along the river and each crew attempts to “bump” the boat in front while avoiding being bumped from behind, drawing large crowds of students, alumni and locals to the towpath.

Thames Valley Police has been contacted for a comment.