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Silver Gilt Medal
Silver Gilt Medal
The Sleep in Beauty Garden
Designed by Ian McBain
Photo: RHS Malvern
About this garden
The story
The Sleep in Beauty Garden celebrates the joys of sleeping outside in a beautiful garden. Our gardens are often the backdrops for so many happy daytime events and occasions, but we often overlook their potential in the evenings and overnight.
A king-sized bed sits beneath a glorious overhead structure with a living roof and a star gazing panel. Multiple trees create a wonderful feeling of dappled shade, and the calming and relaxed planting will feature the shade-tolerant plants which are so often the ‘unsung heroes’ of our gardens.
Sustainability is at the heart of this garden, with reclaimed and repurposed materials used throughout.
Award
Recognition
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Silver Gilt MedalRHS
The people behind it
Designer
Planting
Plant lists
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Trees 5
Betula 'Fascination'
Malus 'Mokum'
Parrotia persica
Prunus 'Accolade'
Prunus serrula
Shrubs 15
Alchemilla mollis
Anemanthele lessoniana 'Sirocco'
Asarum europaeum
Brunnera macrophylla 'Silver Heart'
Carex divulsa Schkuhr
Dicentra spectabilis 'Amore Titanium'
Dicentra formosa
Digitalis purpurea 'Snow Thimble'
Geranium sylvaticum 'Album'
Heuchera 'Mulberry'
Heucherella 'Pink Fizz'
Hosta 'Frances Williams'
Hosta 'Purple Heart'
Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'
Luzula nivea
Ferns 7
Asplenium scolopendrium
Athyrium filix-femina 'Silver Falls'
Athyrium niponicum
Dryopteris erythrosora
Dryopteris filix-mas
Polypodium vulgare
Polystichum setiferum
Climbers 1
Hedera helix 'Mint Kolibri'
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