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[ manliketaysh ](https://www.instagram.com/manliketaysh) Recognition ------------- - ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) Silver Gilt Medal RHS [ Hands Off Mangrove ](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/hands-off-mangrove) Gardens --------- - ![Life Under the Westway: Maxilla Gardens](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/gardens/life-under-the-westway-maxilla-gardens/primary_image.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/life-under-the-westway-maxilla-gardens) Life Under the Westway: Maxilla Gardens Tayshan Hayden-Smith - ![Hands Off Mangrove](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/gardens/hands-off-mangrove/primary_image.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/hands-off-mangrove) Show Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/rhs-silver-gilt-medal/icon.webp) Silver Gilt Medal RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022 Hands Off Mangrove Tayshan Hayden-Smith Organisations --------------- - [ ![Grow to Know](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/charities/grow-to-know/logo.webp) Grow to Know Founder ](https://gardensdb.com/charities/grow-to-know) Book ------ [ ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/books/small-space-revolution-planting-seeds-of-change-in-your-community/cover_image.webp) Small Space Revolution : Planting Seeds of Change in Your Communi... ](https://gardensdb.com/books/small-space-revolution-planting-seeds-of-change-in-your-community) Gallery --------- ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/fa444698-47f0-47e1-9073-6008e38f4b82/conversions/G2K-RHS2023-FILM-24565-gallery.webp) Closing the Green Gap ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7196accd-2685-4e28-ba77-59dabb1a5f34/conversions/0-gallery.webp) Life Under the Westway: Maxilla Gardens ![]() / Photo: Links ------- - 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