Show Gardens
BBC Gardeners’ World Live is celebrating a record number of medals after the results of the judging of this year’s show gardens were announced. Continuing the tradition of bringing world class show gardens to Birmingham the RHS have awarded an unprecedented four gold medals for main show gardens and one for small gardens. In addition to the five gold medals, there were six silver gilt medal awards, five silver and five bronze making it the best year ever for awards overall.
Click here to see who got what!
or click here to see photos of the Show Gardens.
Families were enthralled by the magical Prince Caspian Garden, all brought to life with readings from the book on Family Weekend. The garden had been created by Disney in conjunction with the release on 26 June of the next installment of the Chronicles of Narnia series - for more information about this timeless story click here.
Aslan arriving at The NEC on Tuesday, recieved by Marney Hall, the designer of the Prince Caspian Garden.
The Show Gardens are judged by the RHS, so find out which will get those elusive Gold Medals.
A Selection of Gardens at the 2008 Show:
Prince Caspian Garden, created by Disney
The Good Life Garden, created by Bradstone
Toby Buckland’s Ethical Garden – Sponsored By Don’t Let Devon Go To Waste
Second Nature Garden, created by Chris Gutteridge and Andy Cox
The Potting Shed Garden, created by Anna Dempsey
Living on the Ceiling Garden, created by Warwickshire College
The Well Being Garden, created by the Mersey Care NHS
A Sense of Curiosity Garden, created by Sue Gilbert
Akamba Migration, created by Birmingham City Council
Garden Native, created by Pure Khan
Planet Earth Garden, by Francesca Sinclair
