Wrexham hospice creates meadow of 1,000 metal poppies to pay tribute to those lost during pandemic

  • Video report by Rob Shelley

Over one thousand metal poppies have been placed in a 'sunshine meadow' near Wrexham to help people pay tribute to loved ones they have lost or haven't been able to see during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Nightingale House Hospice in Wrexham is a community facility that cares for patients with life-limiting illnesses.

To support the hospice, 1,200 yellow poppies are on display in the grounds of Erddig Hall's Walled Garden.

Nightingale House Hospice is funded largely by donations from the community, but they have been forced to cancel a number of fundraising events this year.

The poppies are being sold so that people can dedicate them to loved ones with the aim of raising money for the facility.

The poppies cost £25 and will be on display until the end of September at the house.

Each poppy has a narrow hollow stem allowing the person who buys it to place a message inside.

Fundraiser Del Underwood said that the community had been 'amazing'.

"The support that we have had from the public throughout COVID-19 has been amazing", hospice fundraiser Del Underwood said.

"It is lovely and it is wonderful, it just feels like a new beginning really, we are very hopeful."

Charities in Wales have recently warned that the sector could lose up to £600m during the pandemic due to cancelled fundraisers and the closures of shops.