APL Avenue: The Beauty in Small Spaces
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The Beauty in Small Spaces Designed by TJ Kennedy and Kerianne Fitzpatrick A creative and imaginative show garden that offers 3 separate garden styles, connected in their design and visual language. The design offers something for every visitor, whether they have a courtyard or balcony, a front or back garden, whether they are looking to connect all their outdoor areas or pull in small elements into their existing space. Carefully placed openings provide multiple viewpoints through all spaces, enticing visitors to visually explore the garden from all available angles.Working with materials that are easily available, such as existing paving, reclaimed bricks, concrete blocks; the design showcases materials from home or from resale sites that can be repurposed or that are in the budget range of most suppliers. The construction is simple with the intention that it can be implemented cost effectively. Materials are warm in colour to blend with the planting palette. A garden that responds to a changing climate, plants are encouraged to root strongly by using a gravel substrate, buffering them from temperature extremes. This growing medium is sustainable: its constituents can be a variable mix of recycled construction waste.Showcasing a sun-drenched site with trees provide comforting, dappled shade in each of the areas. Planting chosen is of the split and divide variety – borders can be lightly planted in the 1st year and by the 3rd year will have filled out and plants can be shared with neighbours, encouraging a community of gardeners. All plants are commonly available and are easy to maintain, suited to the UK growing conditions. The colour palette is soft and comfortable and incorporates the Pantone 2023 Colour of the Year. It has been curated to comfortably settle into traditional and modern housing styles, interiors and exteriors. The designers Kerianne FitzpatrickAn experienced garden designer influenced by the wider ranging art, travel and design fields, she has in depth knowledge of delivering RHS show-standard gardens at Chelsea and Hampton Court. She brings a playful approach to design, influenced by the juxtapositions between nature and people, the indoor environment and the outdoor. Skilled in bringing projects to completion with a highly trained practical eye coupled with extensive artistic flair. TJ KennedyHaving developed her career from horticulture through landscaping construction and into design, TJ brings a strength of knowledge in full project build. The ability to adapt designs to meet budget needs is a key skill as are their capabilities in construction. A sensitive approach to soft landscaping and planting design brings the beauty to the finish and a desire to showcase traditional crafts in their designs brings a layer of history and sustainability. With thanks to And thanks to garden product suppliers Explore the Show Gardens Find inspiration in APL Avenue
Wander and wonder
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Wander and wonder Small garden, or challenging space? No problem! The Beautiful Borders are always awash with take-home ideas to help you squeeze the most into your garden. Find out more about the Border below, designed by Winterbourne House & Gardens RHS level 2 students. Designed by Paul Marshall A place to explore and escape. Under the dappled shade, a meandering path, resembling the bed of a once flowing stream, gently guides you through naturalistic planting to a secluded seating area complete with a tranquil pool. A woodland sanctuary awaits. Let your mind wander and wonder… With thanks to  Explore the Beautiful Borders FIND OUT MORE Discover garden inspiration Find out more
The quiet garden
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The quiet garden Small garden, or challenging space? No problem! The Beautiful Borders are always awash with take-home ideas to help you squeeze the most into your garden. Find out more about Link Nurseries’ Border below. Designed by Gill Fothergill and Fay Grist, Link Nurseries As a therapeutic centre providing support and friendship to anyone interested in discovering the joy of gardening, Link Nurseries also provide a Quiet Garden for people to escape to a peaceful corner. Surrounded by beautiful summer flowers and perennials and a wildlife friendly stumpery, it is a place for quiet contemplation in tranquil surroundings.Nearby, the herb garden, with its pots of rosemary, marjoram, parsley, and thyme provide a sensory experience. Wild strawberries and edible viola flowers cascade down the vertical pallet garden.A middle pathway made from log slabs guide you through to the ‘Well Bean’ vegetable patch where club members have raised beds to grow their own summer salad crops.Meander further down to reach the colourful wildflower meadow. It is the perfect place to escape the noise of the world. With thanks to  Explore the Beautiful Borders FIND OUT MORE Discover garden inspiration Find out more
A Garden Fit for a King
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Headline Show Garden: A Garden Fit for a King Every year an exciting collection of gardens come to life in a celebration of how imagination and creativity can transform your outdoor space. It’s an unbeatable way to get ideas for your own garden. Show Gardens are judged to the highest standards of design, planting and inspiration. Find out more about Paul Stone’s Headline Show Garden below! Talks on the garden Don’t miss special talks on the Headline Show Garden ‘A Garden Fit for a King’, designed by Paul Stone, with special guests…Thursday 15 June – Alan Titchmarsh at 11:15amFriday 16 June – Monty Don at 3:30pmSaturday 17 June – Frances Tophill at 12:15pmSunday 18 June – Adam Frost at 12:15pm Designed by Paul Stone ‘A Garden Fit for a King’ offers a stunning take on gardening for the future. In this year of the coronation, this beautiful space will celebrate The HM King Charles III’s passion for gardening and his concern for the environment. Visitors will be inspired by sustainable initiatives that the King has integrated into the renowned gardens at Highgrove.  This beautiful manifestation of the King’s ideology, will be a Show Garden inspired by the ecosystem of the Highgrove Arboretum, incorporating a natural wildflower carpet interspersed with the King’s favourite trees, Magnolia, Beech, Acer and Cherry. The Show Garden will pay homage to a selection of the 70 varieties of plants incorporated in the commemorative wildflower meadow planted at Highgrove for the 60th anniversary of the late HM The Queen’s Coronation.  Visitors will be inspired to create their own ecosystem at home from aspects of the Show Garden There will be many recognisable hints to Highgrove, plus an atmospheric Bothy cottage made entirely from natural building materials, which visitors will be able to meander through as part of the garden experience.  /*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 */ .elementor-widget-divider{--divider-border-style:none;--divider-border-width:1px;--divider-color:#0c0d0e;--divider-icon-size:20px;--divider-element-spacing:10px;--divider-pattern-height:24px;--divider-pattern-size:20px;--divider-pattern-url:none;--divider-pattern-repeat:repeat-x}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider{display:flex}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{font-size:15px;line-height:1;max-width:95%}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__element{margin:0 var(--divider-element-spacing);flex-shrink:0}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-icon{font-size:var(--divider-icon-size)}.elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider-separator{display:flex;margin:0;direction:ltr}.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator{align-items:center}.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon .elementor-divider-separator:before,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text .elementor-divider-separator:before{display:block;content:"";border-bottom:0;flex-grow:1;border-top:var(--divider-border-width) var(--divider-border-style) var(--divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-left .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:first-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-left .elementor-divider-separator:before{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-left .elementor-divider__element{margin-left:0}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-right .elementor-divider .elementor-divider-separator>.elementor-divider__svg:last-of-type{flex-grow:0;flex-shrink:100}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-right .elementor-divider-separator:after{content:none}.elementor-widget-divider--element-align-right .elementor-divider__element{margin-right:0}.elementor-widget-divider:not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text):not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon) .elementor-divider-separator{border-top:var(--divider-border-width) var(--divider-border-style) var(--divider-color)}.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern{--divider-border-style:none}.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern.elementor-widget-divider--view-line .elementor-divider-separator,.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:after,.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern:not(.elementor-widget-divider--view-line) .elementor-divider-separator:before,.elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern:not([class*=elementor-widget-divider--view]) .elementor-divider-separator{width:100%;min-height:var(--divider-pattern-height);-webkit-mask-size:var(--divider-pattern-size) 100%;mask-size:var(--divider-pattern-size) 100%;-webkit-mask-repeat:var(--divider-pattern-repeat);mask-repeat:var(--divider-pattern-repeat);background-color:var(--divider-color);-webkit-mask-image:var(--divider-pattern-url);mask-image:var(--divider-pattern-url)}.elementor-widget-divider--no-spacing{--divider-pattern-size:auto}.elementor-widget-divider--bg-round{--divider-pattern-repeat:round}.rtl .elementor-widget-divider .elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(--container-widget-width,100%);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)} With thanks to garden product suppliers
Reflection border
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Reflection border Small garden, or challenging space? No problem! The Beautiful Borders are always awash with take-home ideas to help you squeeze the most into your garden. Find out more about Laura McArthur’s Border below. Designed by Laura McArthur This border reads from left to right. The unkempt hedges and jurassic style planting represent the day to day worries in life that make us feel overwhelmed. There is a small gap between the hedges to look through, to see the brighter side, full of colourful plants and flowers.The water bowl represents reflection. Both dark and light sides of the border can be seen in the water’s reflection, as we process the peace and tranquillity of your garden escape. With thanks to  Explore the Beautiful Borders FIND OUT MORE Discover garden inspiration Find out more
Newson Health Menopause Garden
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Newson Health Menopause Garden Every year an exciting collection of gardens come to life in a celebration of how imagination and creativity can transform your outdoor space. It’s an unbeatable way to get ideas for your own garden. Show Gardens are judged to the highest standards of design, planting and inspiration. Find out more about the Show Garden below! Designed by Ruth Gwynn Women’s health takes centre stage at this year’s Show as leading menopause expert, Dr. Louise Newson, joins forces with award-winning garden designer, Ruth Gwynn, to create the Newson Health Menopause Show Garden. The walk-through Show Garden reflects Newson Health’s ethos of inclusive and accessible menopause support for everyone. It is designed to evoke feelings of community, creating a safe, tranquil and comfortable space for women to reflect on their health and to discover the nutritional and physical power of plants for mental health and wellbeing. There will be interactive ‘symptom stations’ exploring different aspects of menopause and perimenopause, with clinicians and experts on hand with information and advice about diet and nutrition, the wide-reaching benefits of gardening, exercise, mindfulness and mental wellbeing. Ruth Gwynn, who co-designed Frances Tophill’s Platinum Award winning and ‘Best In Show’ Show Garden at last year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Live, has selected plants for the Newson Health Menopause Garden which will create a visually enriching yet calm atmosphere. There will be an area for relaxation, a yoga corner and also an area for outdoor cooking.After BBC Gardeners’ World Live, elements of the Newson Health Menopause Garden will be relocated to various local communities by Newson Health. “It’s been great working with Newson Health on this wonderful space to eat, grow and thrive. The initial brief for the garden was full of wonderful ideas on how a garden can support a woman's journey through the menopause. The aim of this design was to create a garden which could be built on a budget which is affordable and achievable. It is a space in which to reconnect with plants and nature, allowing visitors the opportunity to see what they could achieve in their own gardens.” Ruth Gwynn “It’s well documented that menopause and perimenopause can have a huge impact on mental health. Our aim is for this immersive garden to enable visitors to see the benefits of gardening on both menopause and mental health. BBC Gardeners’ World Live offers the perfect opportunity to connect with visitors and to open up conversations in a safe and calming garden setting.” Dr. Louise Newson Previous Next /*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 */ .elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))} With thanks to garden product suppliers
You will never want to leaf
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You will never want to leaf Small garden, or challenging space? No problem! The Beautiful Borders are always awash with take-home ideas to help you squeeze the most into your garden. Find out more about Kiran Vaidya’s Border below. Designed by Kiran Vaidya, Hefty’s Garden Escape to your very own slice of tropical paradise simply by stepping outside into your garden. Using solely foliage, with no flowers, this Beautiful Border shows the versatility and variety of leafy plants whilst highlighting the importance of relieving stress and promoting positive mental health, especially in urban communities where access to green spaces is limited. With thanks to  Explore the Beautiful Borders FIND OUT MORE Discover garden inspiration Find out more
Unwind and recharge
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Unwind and recharge Small garden, or challenging space? No problem! The Beautiful Borders are always awash with take-home ideas to help you squeeze the most into your garden. Find out more about Giada Francois’ Border below. Designed by Giada Francois Immerse, refuge and unwind your mind and senses in this Beautiful Border where an explosion of texture is here to inspire, uplift and cocoon your body and mind. The happy and positive rhythm and repetition in the planting design is rendered through a muted and harmonious palette in peach and cream with a splash of wine. With thanks to  Explore the Beautiful Borders FIND OUT MORE Discover garden inspiration Find out more
Paradise in a paperback
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Paradise in a paperback Small garden, or challenging space? No problem! The Beautiful Borders are always awash with take-home ideas to help you squeeze the most into your garden. Find out more about Eleanor Morgan’s Border below. Designed by Eleanor Morgan This Border design was inspired by the escapism found through reading, to portray the feeling of being lost in a good book. When you enter a state of flow and calm, there’s nothing to do but read. Put your ‘to-do’ list to the back of your mind, and simply enjoy making your way through the book. With thanks to  Explore the Beautiful Borders FIND OUT MORE Discover garden inspiration Find out more
…and breathe
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...and breathe Small garden, or challenging space? No problem! The Beautiful Borders are always awash with take-home ideas to help you squeeze the most into your garden. Find out more about Claire Morrell’s Border below. Designed by Claire Morrell The Border is designed to offer a soothing, restful yet mindful experience whether looked upon or from within the Border. To connect with the breath and the scents and mindfully connect visually with the space without being challenged by excessive colours and form creates a true escape. With thanks to  Explore the Beautiful Borders FIND OUT MORE Discover garden inspiration Find out more
Liz Earle Beauty Co’s Botanical Show G...
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Liz Earle Beauty Co’s Botanical Show Garden Every year an exciting collection of gardens come to life in a celebration of how imagination and creativity can transform your outdoor space. It’s an unbeatable way to get ideas for your own garden. Show Gardens are judged to the highest standards of design, planting and inspiration. Find out more about Liz Earle’s Show Garden below! Designed by Lucy Bravington The Liz Earle Beauty Co.’s Botanical Show Garden is harnessing the power of plants for feelings of wellbeing at BBC Gardeners’ World Live this year. Designed by Platinum Award winning garden and landscape designer, Lucy Bravington, the garden features perennial plants to showcase the botanicals included in many Liz Earle Beauty Co. products, such as echinacea, rosemary and lavender. Ethnobotanist, James Wong, will share insights into the power of these plants during daily appearances on the Show Garden. The focal point of the garden is a sculpture inspired by brand’s coastal home and the Fibonacci spiral which represents the efficacious nature of Liz Earle Beauty Co. products.  “Visitors to BBC Gardeners’ World Live will be able to experience the fragrances, colours and textures of the plants included in Liz Earle Beauty Co.’s skincare range, as part of a modern country garden. The garden is a calm space with many links to the brand’s Isle of Wight home and we hope to inspire visitors to recreate aspects of the garden or enjoy the garden’s fragrances at home when using their Liz Earle Beauty products.” Lucy Bravington With thanks to garden product suppliers
The Secret Homestead
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The Secret Homestead Designed by Lucy Hutchingssupported by Hillier The homespun image of the veg patch will resonate with many, but not everyone. The Secret Homestead aims to break from traditional ‘tropes’ and explore the possibilities of just what edible gardens can be. With a talks area integrated into the Garden, you’ll be able to drop in through your day at the Show to pick up top tips on growing your own tasty produce!  Hosted by Lucy, speakers include Chris Collins, Stephanie Hafferty, CloudGardenerUK, Ade Sellars, Becky Searle, Lydia Lakemoore, Michael Kennard and more! We Grow Stage, hosted by Lucy Hutchings Click the dates below to see who is on when /*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 */ .elementor-accordion{text-align:left}.elementor-accordion .elementor-accordion-item{border:1px solid #d5d8dc}.elementor-accordion .elementor-accordion-item+.elementor-accordion-item{border-top:none}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title{margin:0;padding:15px 20px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;cursor:pointer;outline:none}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon{display:inline-block;width:1.5em}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon svg{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon.elementor-accordion-icon-right{float:right;text-align:right}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon.elementor-accordion-icon-left{float:left;text-align:left}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon .elementor-accordion-icon-closed{display:block}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon .elementor-accordion-icon-opened,.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active .elementor-accordion-icon-closed{display:none}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active .elementor-accordion-icon-opened{display:block}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-content{display:none;padding:15px 20px;border-top:1px solid #d5d8dc}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title{padding:12px 15px}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-title .elementor-accordion-icon{width:1.2em}.elementor-accordion .elementor-tab-content{padding:7px 15px}}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-accordion,.e-con>.elementor-widget-accordion{width:var(--container-widget-width);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)} Thursday 15 June 11.00am Stephanie Hafferty ‘No dig gardening’12.00pm Caley Brothers ‘Growing Mushrooms At Home – How Growing Mushrooms Is Beneficial For The Mind, Body and Soil’ 1.00pm Lucy Hutchings ‘The Garden Designer’s Kitchen Garden’2.00pm Jason Williams, Cloud Gardener UK How to create an edible small space container garden 3.00pm Chris Collins, Garden Organic ‘Starting an organic allotment’4:00pm Stephanie Hafferty‘No dig gardening’ Friday 16 June 11.00am Danni Gallacher, Plot.81 ‘Forage your garden’12.00pmJason Williams, Cloud Gardener UK How to create an edible small space container garden 1.00pm Stephanie Hafferty ‘No dig gardening’2.00pm Lucy Hutchings ‘The Garden Designer’s Kitchen Garden’3.00pm Ali Pumpfrey, Yeo Valley ‘The Chefs Garden’4:00pm Joe Bagley ‘Creating a ‘thicket’ of plants in your home’ Saturday 17 June 11.00am Ade Sellars ‘The Good Life Gardener’12.00pm Ali Pumpfrey, Yeo Valley ‘The Chefs Garden’1.00pm Becky Searle – Sow Much More ‘Soil Ecology’2.00pm Ade Sellars ‘The Good Life Gardener’3.00pm Chris Collins, Garden Organic ‘Starting an organic allotment’4:00pm Lucy Hutchings ‘The Garden Designer’s Kitchen Garden’ Sunday 18 June 11.00am Lucy Hutchings ‘The Garden Designer’s Kitchen Garden’12.00pm Michael Kennard, Compost Club ‘Healthy soil | Healthy plants | Healthy humans’1.00pm Lydia Lakemoore, Your Organic PT ‘Gardening for Health and Wellness’2.00pm Tom Leonard, The Drag Queen Gardener ‘Gardening for mental wellbeing’3.00pm Michael Kennard, Compost Club ‘Healthy soil | Healthy plants | Healthy humans’4:00pm Joe Bagley ‘Creating a ‘thicket’ of plants in your home’ About LucyLucy Hutchings is a couture jewellery designer turned edible garden designer, homesteader and gardening influencer (@shegrowsveg) with a passion for GYO.Lucy believes that the GYO movement needs a rebrand to encourage the Instagram generation to try their hand at growing their own food, and she’s here to help. With more than 167,000 Instagram followers, a sustainable gardening school, and an exciting edible Show Garden design for BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2023, Lucy’s on a mission to get Great Britain growing. The Secret Homestead GardenThe dramatic black and white palette, accented with vivid coral and pink, sets this garden apart from conventional kitchen gardens. Initially the borders appear purely ornamental with drifts of flowers and sculptural foliage. However, all the plants in the garden are edible, from dahlia, canna and colocasia root crops, to zesty oxalis. On closer inspection, some conventional vegetables can be found, but all in their most decorative of forms. Flowering kale, candy striped corn, vivid pink chard and celery; midnight black sunflowers; even gothic tone tomatoes.Just as the plants are dual-purpose, so too are the decorative elements. Sculptures double as insect habitats and mushroom gardens, a hand painted door reveals a root cellar. Beauty is every bit as important as abundance in this alternative food garden. With thanks to garden product suppliers