Bisley based, Graduate Gardeners Scoop Another Gold Medal at the Malvern Spring Garden Show

Gold Winning Garden at Malvern Spring Show was intended for a mature couple who enjoy outdoor life and prefer to use traditional materials, but want to use them in an imaginative way. They want the garden to blend with their stone cottage, connecting the indoor living space to the outdoor area. They enjoy gardening and entertaining, but also want a space that is calm and quiet where they can relax and plan for the future. They are keen to add detail to the design, while at the same time keeping the basic elements of privacy, a seating area, lawn and a water feature.

This is a no-nonsense, practical garden, where soft lines and planting are key requirements. Water and lighting bring an extra dimension to the design.

Clipped Yew hedges form the North and South boundaries, while three panels of Cotswold dry stone walling separated with upright Green Oak sleepers form the backdrop. The overflowing borders are planted with subtle greens with a stunning purple Cercis Canadensis ‘Forest Pansy' on one side.

A circular area of Natural York Stone paving surrounded by a low Cotswold Stone wall with sawn York coping stones forms the seating area, these coping stones begin the looping 'figure of eight which is the backbone of the garden and ends in a Buxus spiral surrounding a beautiful Cornus contraversa ( Wedding Cake Tree).

TV gardener, Joe Swift chose this as his ‘feature of the show' and the one thing that he would like to take away with him. A stunning rill with a black cobble base snakes up the garden completing the picture,with five, floodlit, jets of water flowing into it from oak posts.

Bisley boys James Rogers, Richard Banyard and Dave Brown built the garden along with Matthew Blake.

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