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Explore the award-winning Beautiful Borders, 2024
The Daisy Chain
Designed by Amy Drewitt | PLATINUM AWARD
BEST BEAUTIFUL BORDER
Proper conditioning of flowers is essential for maximising their vase spirit . Before put your bloom , it ’s authoritative to remove any leafage that will be submerge in water , as these can harbor bacterium and result to untimely wilting . Additionally , trimming the stems at a 45 - degree angle and placing them in clean water will help ensure optimal hydration and longevity .
Talk In Space
Designed by Zoe Defoe | SILVER MERIT
BEST INTERPRETATION OF THE THEME
My design is centre around the mental wellness and therapeutic benefits of sharing quad and conversation surrounded by nature .
I invite you to take a can on one of the logs around the fire pit and talk openly amidst the juiceless garden . Join our ‘ Talk in Space ’ as you find yourself amongst the planets and encircling the firepit Sun .
On an Autumn Day , what dependable way than to keep lovesome , in a safe talk space , environ by good company and beautiful planting ?
Fancy A Cuppa
Designed by Terry Gilmour | Ag meritoriousness
visitant ’ FAVOURITE BORDER
The Cockney Gardener presents to you “ Fancy a Cuppa ” niche boundary line . This singular garden blend together edible plants all suited to make homemade brews showcasing the health benefits of herbal teas and encourage genial well-being which can be find thru horticulture , but most importantly bringing masses together to enjoy a lovely cup of Rosy Lee !
flora and props include are an smorgasbord of herb , beautiful flush , humble trees , yield bushes , vintage tea cups , kitty & tins , treillage on the rear incline with shelving to store glass jars of dried ingredients and a low seating room sphere with mesa offering the perfect spot to decompress and savor a brew of your choice .
Shared Ecologies
Designed by English Heritage Trainees | PLATINUM AWARD
As we enter into the world of professional gardening we have used our shared experience and preparation here at Audley End House and Gardens to make a Shared Ecologies Border . The delimitation is designed to convey plant , animal , and human communities together in a small , tended space .
Our heading was to offer a shared habitat for a various assembling of coinage whilst using plants with a partake eatable and decorative purpose . We have encouraged community coherence and wellbeing through sharing plants and materials with local group whilst maintaining our sustainable work on practices to promote a apportion , liveable and biodiverse hereafter .
Finding your ‘pink’
design by Emma Atkinson | PLATINUM AWARD
The border is called ‘ Finding Your pinko ’ , and conduct its inspiration from Flamingos . They loose their pink colour after birth due to yield everything to their child , as do cleaning woman after childbirth .
The garden has been designed for woman postpartum as a calm and peaceful sanctuary , reassuring new mama that they too will find their ‘ pinkish ’ again .
Feasting Amidst Nature’s Aria
design by Michele Brunnberg | atomic number 78 accolade
nestle under the mottled shade of a characterful multi - stemmed tree , a enchant perennial edge unfolds , take in a span to an sexual dining experience beneath a crafted bird feeder pendent . Bursting with vivacious blooms which include the flutter wings of Oenothera petals , Dianthus and Papaver this boundary line paints the scenery in hues of pink and burgundy .
Lysimachia atropurpurea ‘ Beaujolias ’ and Verbena bonariensis beckon butterflies with their ambrosia - fat efflorescence and together with the elegant careen of Hordeum jubatum , Stipa tenuissima , Penstemon and Thalictrum ply erect interest , each flora conduce to and displays , a touch of whimsey designed to tempt birds and butterflies while offering a shared blank for familiar dining with fugitive moments of wildlife to be simultaneously in the here and now .
Growing Communities
design by Nicola Tsoukatos | ash grey deservingness
This Growing Communities ’ border is inspired by , and celebrates , the many community opening , often local enterprises , that enable people with access to garden spaces to share them with those who do n’t .
In this design , ornamental grasses ground the design and late summertime flowering perennials interweave among and through rings of woven willow . These rings are interlinked and symbolise the connection made between people across gardens . The flowers are specifically self seeders , those that can be shared either through seed share-out or naturally freely in the community .
The Artist’s Studio Garden
Designed by Sam Wheeler | amber AWARD
The Artist ’s Studio Garden offer artists with a outer space for growing , harvest home , make and using raw inks . The garden admit experient artist and newcomers to fit and fete the unbelievable link between nature and the nontextual matter .
Plants are selected for their pigment yielding properties but also , due to blossom specie providing great ink potential , the garden will be excellent for pollinators . Various height body of work benches are shelter from the rain while also ply rain - water harvesting , integral to the ink - make process . Sustainable , flora - based artistic production materials are increasingly important to creative person and the garden foster a minimal - impact approach to creative practice .
Occupation!
design by Sam Cortis & Becca Heard | SILVER virtue
At the eye of every community blank is the routine of occupation . We have always been drawn to the power of a group of people come together and deciding to base a infinite as a community resource , which often takes root in the nook and crannies of our urban and rural landscapes . Occupation ! is inspired by this physical process .
The purpose start with the shedding off of the exist brick paving which has been repurposed to create a grow plantation owner . The space is delicately built around the existing urban bionomics and heritage features show both landscape can last in concord together . Occupation ! celebrates what can be achieved by an empowered community
Save the dates!
Modern yr , new garden , novel trends !
We ’re through the garden gate into 2023 , with a host of gardening trend blooming throughout the state . Fromhouse plantsreaching dizzying altitude of popularity , to the colour of the year ‘ Viva Magenta’,read on for our full list of style .
To get up tightlipped and personal with fresh garden stirring , new plants , the latest gardening kit and more , conjoin us in 2023 .
Colour of the Year 2023
Hand - picked by Pantone , the color of the year has been named as ‘ Viva Magenta .
Pantone describe the people of color as‘brave and fearless , and a beat colour whose exuberance promotes a joyous and optimistic solemnization , writing a new narrative . ’
Discover a humankind of colour and scent in the stunningFloral Marquee , bursting with award - winning baby’s room and showing .
Sustainable gardening
Whilst your garden might seem to already be very green , it can always be green !
Discover elbow room you may make horticulture more sustainable , like upcycling mutual items to make fashionable feature . What was a pallet , hessian bags , bits of pipework , and tin cans , could become a planter , grow bags , water feature , and wildlife home ground .
Be invigorate by the BBC Gardeners ’ World Magazine editorial team as they ’re joined by expert to give tips and advice .
Grow your own food
Looking to go from soil to supper this year ? Get brilliant advice from the National Allotment Society at the upshot .
Peat-free gardening
con about the late peat - free compost from exhibitors who can offer nerve - to - face advice .
Indoor gardening
Foliage does n’t just belong to outdoors – wreak nature indoors and be animate by the Houseplant Hub .
Mindful gardening
Beautiful Borders returns with this twelvemonth ’s theme ‘ My Garden Escape ’ to give you space savvy ideas .
Gardening on a budget
Discover different way you could let your garden bloom under a tighter budget , with advice from expert gardeners .
Fermented foods
jaw the BBC Good Food Summer Show ( with complimentary unveiling with your ticket ! ) and see the latest epicurean trends .
Feeling inspired ? Find out what else is happening at BBC Gardeners ’ World Live this June !
