Unsung Heroes

1 Chris Evans

In 2003 Chris began using his family nursery in Cheltenham as a base to nurture people with Down’s syndrome, autism and mental-health or addiction issues. The Butterfly Garden, as it is now known, is now used entirely for therapeutic, educational and recreational ends. “We’re not mechanised, sterilised or sanitised,”says Chris, but there is no doubt it works. thebutterflygarden.org

2 Linda Philips

Kew-trained Linda set up Roots and Shoots in south London in 1982, when the concept of community gardening was still a bit hippyish. The idea was, and is, to provide training for disadvantaged young people, and over the decades