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Why we built it this wayBrowse by what you remember
The show you went to. The year you started. The medal you're chasing. The feeling you can't shake. Pick a lens and start somewhere.
Gardens we can't stop looking at
A curated rotation from this year's shows. Pulled from the latest builds, the loudest applause and the longest queues.
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Gardens taking shape
The next season, previewed through designers' own renders: sketches, watercolours and studio paintings, before a single spade hits the ground.
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Once upon a time...There was a tomato in a drain.
Once upon a time there was a tomato in a drain. Here tells a tale of one little tomato and two ambitious millennials. A tomato born from a determination to flourish from lunchtime scraps. This little tomato not only grew...
Echoes of a Fairground
"Echoes of a Fairground" is a sensory immersion into the blurred, vibrant memories of childhood fairground trips with our grandparents.The border translates the mechanical rhythm and cacophony of the midway through swayi...
Summer holiday train adventures...
The day that dreams and living finally meet,Bags packed and checked again the night before,An early start along our quiet street.The platform slips away, our eyes explore,The fields through which we slice our racing arcs...
Once Upon a Time Between Two Shores
Clacton or Portugal? My grandparents would ask my brother and me where we wanted to go on holiday.Although they had a lovely villa in the Algarve, we always chose Clacton, drawn to the fun of the arcades. In time, they s...
For the love of Birds
The Volunteer's Garden
This garden tells a story of care and human connection, inspired by the volunteers of Arthur Rank Hospice Charity, whose time and dedication sustain the hospice gardens.Supporting people living with life-limiting illness...
New Beginnings
Working in a trauma informed way 'It Takes A City' helps build successful pathways from street to home. I have used this sentiment in my design which coincides with the theme of 'Once Upon A Time' as every persons life t...
The Ophelia Survival Garden
"The Ophelia Survival Garden" reimagines resilience in a changing climate. Drought-tolerant planting, flowing grasses and hidden irrigation evoke a lost river, while storytelling invites reflection on survival, memory an...
Once upon a time...There was a tomato in a drain.
Echoes of a Fairground
Summer holiday train adventures...
Once Upon a Time Between Two Shores
For the love of Birds
The Volunteer's Garden
New Beginnings
The Ophelia Survival Garden
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Where one garden leads to another
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Gardens designed with hedgehogs, birds and pollinators as the brief.
Gardens that feature bee habitats of all shapes and sizes
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