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Brass

the RHS

This garden is based on the sound of a brass instrument. A brightly coloured sunken area explodes on to the mound beyond, which features brass-coloured tubes. Around the edges of the garden classical...

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The Mornflake Garden

Mornflake Cereals

This garden celebrates oat production and milling as both a traditional and progressive industry. The design acknowledges the role of wind and water power in the milling industry with the...

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The Science of Strings

the RHS

The garden is inspired by the science behind the sound produced by a stringed instrument. The key features are undulating lawns that replicate sound waves. Concentric circles radiate outwards, some...

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To The Beat

the RHS

To The Beat is an abstract take on a drum, featuring a central rippling pool representing the vibration of the drum head. Spreading circles of planting mirror the waves that emanate from the centre...

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Untie the Wind

the RHS

This garden has been inspired by wind instruments, the shape of sound waves and the magical qualities of music. The title comes from the play Macbeth, in which the witches are said to have the power...

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World without Torture

Q-CAT

This garden is inspired by Q-CAT’s aim to end torture and complicity in torture. Visitors can walk alongside high-security fencing into a cell. Wrapped around the walkway and cell is an...

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A Prison Garden for Rehabilitation through Wellbeing

Enviromesh

Katharine was inspired to create this garden after researching colour and the effects it can have on our emotions, including how colour can be manipulated to stimulate particular reactions. A personal...

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A Taste of Ness

Friends of Ness Gardens

A Taste of Ness represents the design of the new Making Waves Garden built this year at Ness Botanic Gardens. Ness was created by Arthur Bulley back in 1897, and 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of The...

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Air on a Green String

the RHS

Air on a Green String takes its inspiration from the string instruments found in an orchestra. A sumptuous colour palette of velvety red, pink and ivory white combined with fine foliage and delicate...

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Brownfield Beauty

The inspiration for Brownfield Beauty came from a passion for 19th and early 20th century industrial architecture on brownfield sites. This design proves that these forgotten and unloved spaces can be...

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Hindsight

the RHS

This garden highlights the dangers of GM crops. A couple who enjoy growing fruit trees, vegetables and flowers plant a genetically modified blueberry bush in their garden and the following summer an...

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Interplantatary Travel – A Flight of Fancy

Cheshire East Borough Council

Linking in with the Tatton Park Arts Biennial 2012, which has a theme of “Flights of Fancy”, the imaginative concept behind this garden is that the Tatton Park estate’s last owner...

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Nature Squared

Trentham Gardens

An evocation of natural habitats is explored through classical proportions, bound together in this geometric design. Clipped vertical structures and eco-niche features recognise our responsibilities...

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One Man Went To Mow

Cheshire Demolition, JK Ashbrook

This modern take on a wildflower meadow features a small gravel area surrounded by ornamental grasses and punctuated by annuals and perennials. The colour palette of pink, blue and mauve and the...

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Peak Reflections

Gareth Wilson, Glossop Garden Centre Ltd, Charlie Williams (Nook Design)

Peak Reflections offers an insight into the character of the Peak District and how visitors to the area have left their mark on the landscape. The embankment, natural stone paving and channel of...

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Remount

Brett Landscaping, Gaze Burvill

Remount is a contemporary garden located on the site of an old barn. The theme blends old with new, creating a modern space while retaining the charm of the old barn. Inspiration has been taken...

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Sister Suffragette

Cheshire Demolition, Station House Nursery, Allsisternsgo, Hilda Brown, National Dahlia Collection, First Women, Amy Bowers & others

A century ago 'Votes for Women' was a cry that resonated throughout the country and new tactics were employed to achieve equal rights for women. The garden captures the vibrancy, energy and passion...

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The Bombe

the RHS

The Bombe is a tribute to the life of Alan Turing and has been inspired by his life and achievements. The design is based on ciphers and code-breaking and includes hidden meanings and messages. The...

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A Year in the Life of DreamScheme

New Charter Housing Trust Group

This circular garden has four sections that depict the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter through a creative planting scheme. The design has been inspired by the changing textures and...

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Care Home Garden

Instaplanta Ltd, C Jackson and Sons Ltd, Incredible Edible (Prestwich and District) and numerous others

At first glance this appears to be a traditional garden with a bench and raised beds. The plants are generally familiar and provide sensory prompts beneficial to memory loss sufferers. Like any...

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Enchantment

Brett Landscaping Ltd, Jewson Ltd, Gaze Burvill Ltd, Rolawn Ltd

Any outdoor space (whatever its aspect, micro-climate and soil conditions) has the potential to delight and enchant us if we work in harmony with nature. Enchantment demonstrates this theme by...

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Growing Together

Hardscape, Greenwood Group, Ness Botanic Gardens

Growing Together is a horticultural representation of the work of the Family Refugee Support Project. Features include raised beds, a sandstone wall and a view of Liverpool’s skyline, taken...

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Making a Splash

This garden has been designed to celebrate Jackie Knight's 20 years in the landscaping business, as well as her 20th wedding anniversary on 17 July. It includes garden features that are favourites...

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Metamorphosis

Four Oaks Direct, Newgate Nurseries

The design of this garden depicts a woman's journey from entering to leaving prison, showing the progression made on the way in relation to education, health and wellbeing. The inspiration behind...

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Reflections

The title Reflections has a dual meaning for this garden. First, the surface of the water reflects the plants, bringing another dimension to the water feature. Second, the pond and surrounding area...

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The Strings Garden

the RHS

This garden takes its theme from stringed musical instruments. All the design elements relate to the sound qualities of the different classical instruments, interpreted through the layout and planting...

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Time & Tide: Caldwell’s & Canute

A quiet corner of a larger garden in a coastal setting; the design, by Jacquetta Menzies, is based on the golden ratio, a natural proportion that featured in landscape design during the eighteenth...

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Urban Escapism

Urban Escapism shows that a small, partly shaded urban plot can have a contemporary style with lots of interest. This quiet, contemplative space features textural plants that tolerate a partially...

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A Perfect Match

Kidneys for Life, M+P Engineering Ltd, Cheshire Brick & Slate, Whichford Pottery

This year, Harry’s Gold Stars are supporting the work of Kidneys for Life. This is the fundraising arm for the Manchester Institute of Nephrology & Transplantation at the Manchester Royal...

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No Corners Just Curves

Borderstone Aggregates, Barton Fields Patio & Garden Centre, Summerfields Nursery

This design has a curvy theme and features flowing circles and lines rather than traditional straight lines and square shapes. The garden consists of a circular patio that cuts into the circular...

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Rachel's Retreat

William Deane Trust

Created by Walker Landscape Design on behalf of the NSPCC, this garden is a plant lover’s haven, with a beautiful hand-built summerhouse and a sunken paved/grass area surrounded by a wealth of...

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Ring the Changes

Together Trust, Manchester City Football Club, Buckingham Contractors, East Midlands Fabrications, Rolawn, Roy Lyon & Associates, JE Jefferies Nursery, Proctors Nursery, Growthpoint, Marshalls, Little Green Paint Company, Treebox Ltd, Gaze Burvill

Ring the Changes celebrates the coming together of Bridge College (a specialist education college for students between the ages of 16 to 25 with disabilities, complex needs and autism) and The...

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Second Chance

West-Friesland Plant, Van Vliet Kastanjehout, Garden Centre Lokkemientje, Garden Centre Floridus, BAZA Seeds, Jos Buis Goederenvervoer  

Students from Clusius College, Netherlands have designed the Second Chance garden, built from materials and plants that have been thrown away. The willow is the main element in this woodland-inspired...

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subversive pigments: articulating the DAYnight

This public garden is set within a dense urban landscape and is designed to be used throughout the day and night. The garden comprises three main areas: a streetscape frontage (separated from the...

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The Diamond Garden

Jewsons, Brett Paving Ltd, Armstrong Aggregates, Turfland, Lafarge Cement, Masterblock, Cheshire Brick & Slate

With many people across the UK planting trees, lighting beacons and having parties to mark the Diamond Jubilee, this garden has been created to celebrate this momentous year. The design features...

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The Modern Romantics

Chalon Kitchens, Natural Paving

The inspiration behind this contemporary, romantic design comes from the pre-Raphaelite painting Sleeping Beauty by Burne-Jones, and from Hambridge Watermill. The foliage from Betula ‘Royal...

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