“There’s very little noise, it’s peaceful. If it’s five, ten minutes, sometimes that five or ten minutes is enough to recharge you for the rest of the day.”

“In the summer it’s just full of colours.”

“Sometimes, especially night shift, you’ll find us all sleeping in here or in the computer room or playing pool, which I tend to do.”

“I come here sometimes when I’m on my break. Because you’re that step removed from the ward, you can sort of gather your thoughts a bit more.”

“I use it because I like just sometimes to come and zone out and just have fifteen, twenty minutes of, I don’t know, sometimes I might read something, look at my phone, or sometimes it’s just about staring into space.”

“This is where I go to take a breather, have lunch, sunbathe – it’s a very good sunbathing spot because it’s a courtyard so there’s no wind really and it gets hot, which I like. Sometimes I’ll call my mum.”

“I’d always noticed it as an interesting place to walk through because of the steam that rises from the pathway, and it always made me think of a New York sort of sidewalk.”

“Some days I wish I was a bee, honestly.”

“It’s just a really nice, quiet spot to come for lunch in the sun, and just gather your thoughts.”

“I come to the park to rest my mind a little bit. I can feel the air is clear. I’m from Brazil, and the light and the birds in the trees, in the green, remind me of my place.”