Awards at Malvern 2013
We reveal the Best Show Garden and best plant display at this year's show - plus all the results in full, including Best Botanical Artist and Best School Gardens.
RHS Online team
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Peter Dowle, his Howle Hill Nursery team, and fellow designer Richard Jasper are celebrating at the Malvern Spring Gardening Show after winning the Best Show Garden award.
The garden, 'There’s a place in the woodland … where East meets West', was one of three Gold medals awarded this year among the 15 designs at the show.
'Reposer Vos Roues - Rest Your Wheels' , designer Villaggio Verde's tribute to the Tour de France bicycle race, and 'Light is the Load' designed by Harry Turner & Jody Lidgard and built by WorldSkills teams from the UK and Finland also won gold.
Best Floral Marquee Exhibit was Southfield Nurseries, with an amazing array of cacti, many in flower. Southfield were among 38 gold medals - the best array of floral awards since 2009.
In the Botanical Art competition Janet Dyer, from Midlothian, was named Best Botanical Artist for her depiction of non-native plant invaders of Britain.
A host of schools were vying for top prize in the School Garden competition with Meadows First School, Bromsgrove among 11 highly-commended exhibits.
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