A pioneering project to improve the mental and physical health of NHS patients through gardening is set to close. Tonbridge Garden Therapy operates at an allotment plot off Waveney Road in Tonbridge. The closure is not due to a shortage of demand for the scheme, but because funding has been cut off by its Primary Care Network. The project was set up by Dr Richard Claxton, a GP at the Warders Medical Centre in Tonbridge more than a year ago. Dr Claxton confesses to being a passionate gardener himself, even volunteering at Sissinghurst Castle Gardens when he is not working in his own garden. He …