The following memories and stories about the Maitland Hospital emerged from background research, and from being shared by artists, staff, volunteers, patients and community members.
![Health Services Unit 2021.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fadc3ec9da2506552a39289/1648079164776-LH9FSTF6CHOBMM2WSH8U/CatharineNeilson_MaitlandHospital_2558.jpg)
Health Services Unit 2021.
Catharine Neilson’s evocative photographs of the Health Service’s Unit building (the former R L Williams’ Nurses Residence) taken in late 2021 as services were packing up in preparation for the move to the new Maitland Hospital at Metford.
![It all takes place in the garden.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fadc3ec9da2506552a39289/1634340656065-86TH3VFQ0JU45S7XOPY3/GWBot_The_Gardener.jpg)
It all takes place in the garden.
G.W. Bot’s responses to the hospital gardens and grounds expressed through sculptures and linocuts. Her art works are a part of the exhibition A Conspicuous Object at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
![For seasons, for days and years…](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fadc3ec9da2506552a39289/1618105163561-CQUL35EP7X6QBJIY98JQ/IMG_2403+copy.jpg)
For seasons, for days and years…
Artist G.W. Bot shares thoughts about the work she is creating for the exhibition at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
![Render the hospital beautiful.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fadc3ec9da2506552a39289/1607311715281-0AMVOJ9CU4AOF1YV137W/IMG_9076.jpg)
Render the hospital beautiful.
The gardens and grounds of The Maitland Hospital, past and present.