A Garden For All by Helen Hutchings Cox - BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair 2026 - GardensDB [ Skip to content ](#main) Browse [ ![](/images/leaf_icon.svg) Gardens**DB** ](https://gardensdb.com) [ Gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) [ Shows ](https://gardensdb.com/shows) [ Studios ](https://gardensdb.com/studios) [ People ](https://gardensdb.com/people) [ Search gardens, designers, shows… ](https://gardensdb.com/search) [ Log in ](https://gardensdb.com/login) [ Register ](https://gardensdb.com/register) [ ](https://gardensdb.com/search) Discover - [ Home ](https://gardensdb.com) - [ Gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) - [ Plants ](https://gardensdb.com/plants) - [ Shows ](https://gardensdb.com/shows) - [ Events ](https://gardensdb.com/events) - [ 360° tours ](https://gardensdb.com/360-tours) - [ Trails ](https://gardensdb.com/trails) People & studios - [ People ](https://gardensdb.com/people) - [ Studios ](https://gardensdb.com/studios) - [ Books ](https://gardensdb.com/books) - [ Jobs ](https://gardensdb.com/jobs) Organisations - [ Sponsors ](https://gardensdb.com/sponsors) - [ Charities & non-profits ](https://gardensdb.com/charities) - [ Collectives ](https://gardensdb.com/collectives) - [ Companies ](https://gardensdb.com/companies) - [ Education institutions ](https://gardensdb.com/education-institutions) - [ Nurseries ](https://gardensdb.com/nurseries) Account - [ Log in ](https://gardensdb.com/login) - [ Register ](https://gardensdb.com/register) Follow [ gardensdb on Instagram (opens in a new tab)](https://www.instagram.com/gardensdb/) Discover - [ Home Today's highlights ](https://gardensdb.com) - [ Gardens Show gardens, catalogued ](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) - [ Plants What was planted, and who used it ](https://gardensdb.com/plants) - [ Shows Horticultural shows ](https://gardensdb.com/shows) - [ Events Festivals, courses & open days ](https://gardensdb.com/events) - [ 360° tours Step inside, long after the show packs up ](https://gardensdb.com/360-tours) - [ Trails Curated routes through the gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/trails) People & studios - [ People Designers, judges, growers ](https://gardensdb.com/people) - [ Studios Design practices ](https://gardensdb.com/studios) - [ Books Recommended reading ](https://gardensdb.com/books) - [ Jobs Roles in the industry ](https://gardensdb.com/jobs) Organisations - [ Sponsors Organisations that back the gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/sponsors) - [ Charities & non-profits Causes behind the gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/charities) - [ Collectives Groups & community projects ](https://gardensdb.com/collectives) - [ Companies Suppliers & contractors ](https://gardensdb.com/companies) - [ Education institutions Schools, colleges & universities ](https://gardensdb.com/education-institutions) - [ Nurseries Plant suppliers & growers ](https://gardensdb.com/nurseries) [ Submit a garden ](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/submit) [ About GardensDB ](https://gardensdb.com/help) [ gardensdb on Instagram (opens in a new tab)](https://www.instagram.com/gardensdb/) ![A vibrant edible border garden features a rustic timber bench, log-slice path, and mixed planting of chard, kale, corn, potato plants, herbs, orange marigolds, and purple verbena.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/47183326-b81e-44c6-8fde-b5a7bf3d7c50/conversions/PXL_20260503_124421452-gallery.webp) [Gardens](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) / [ BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair 2026 ](https://gardensdb.com/shows/bbc-gardeners-world-spring-fair-2026) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver/icon.webp) Silver Award A Garden For All ================== Designed by Helen Hutchings Cox At a glance Show BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair Year 2026 Category Beautiful Borders Border Photo: GardensDB About this garden The story ----------- A Garden for All is inspired by my journey to reconnect with nature and community through gardening. It reflects a time when people lived more closely with the land, growing food, sharing knowledge, and caring for the world around them. Blending vegetables, flowers, and wildlife habitats, the garden shows that gardening is truly for everyone. Built with natural and repurposed materials, it works with nature through practices that support healthy soil, biodiversity, and resilience. Garden for All is inspired by my realisation that, once upon a time, people lived more closely with nature - growing food, sharing knowledge and caring for the world around them, and my personal journey to reconnect with nature and community, through gardening. This garden represents that connection - blending vegetables, flowers and wildlife habitats into one living space that proves gardening truly is for everyone. Built using natural and repurposed materials, the garden works with nature rather than against it. Insect and animal habitats, a thriving worm farm, mulching and companion planting all support healthy soil, biodiversity and resilience. At its heart, this garden is an act of hope. By encouraging people to grow food, welcome wildlife and reconnect with nature, it shows how gardening can nurture wellbeing, strengthen communities and play a vital role in caring for our world. Gardening, quite simply, can help save the planet, and everything on it. Award Recognition ------------- - ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver/icon.webp) Silver Award BBC Gardeners World Live The people behind it Designer ---------- - [ HH Helen Hutchings Cox Designer ](https://gardensdb.com/people/helen-hutchings-cox) Photography Gallery --------- ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/47183326-b81e-44c6-8fde-b5a7bf3d7c50/conversions/PXL_20260503_124421452-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/449b820c-8e60-4fd1-9570-9cef773b5589/conversions/PXL_20260503_124419962-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a4d3c777-b960-4c87-b8eb-613313794fd8/conversions/PXL_20260503_124423685-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/1228272b-08ad-42f7-9249-44741b38aa05/conversions/PXL_20260503_124433365-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/48239f74-27d2-4f0f-b73c-fcebf7e19d0b/conversions/PXL_20260503_124441795-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/96ce6e21-32ee-41ee-8a5a-1b11a8f246bb/conversions/PXL_20260503_124445526-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/bf194e7d-dbc6-4c2a-bb40-24e174d14298/conversions/PXL_20260503_124417229-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/af50fdab-066c-4ceb-bdee-a35d51109cbd/conversions/PXL_20260503_124410654.MP-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/2ed86367-00d9-467c-94ed-89b16113b95c/conversions/primary_image-(2)-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a2fe5582-c6be-44f9-ba41-10738795aa84/conversions/PXL_20260503_124430553-gallery.webp) ![]() / Hero image Set as hero Photo: Brought to life by Organisations --------------- ### Sponsors 2 - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/companies/readyhedge/logo.webp) Readyhedge ](https://gardensdb.com/companies/readyhedge) - [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/companies/bradstone/logo.webp) Bradstone ](https://gardensdb.com/companies/bradstone) ![](/images/leaf_icon.svg) Gardens**DB** The world's largest collection of show gardens online, kept free, kept current, and shaped by the community that uses it. 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