Feature Gardens Frances' Garden and The Hide Out
Frances' Garden
Bringing her passion for upcycle gardening and sustainability to the Show, Frances Tophill presents her first ever Show Garden, a sustainable, post-industrial garden for a modern world.
Softening the geometric shapes within the garden that represent our industrial past, the encroaching flora will be a kaleidoscope of plants with a purpose, be it medicinal or nutritional, or as a source of food or habitat for wildlife. A specimen apple tree, Delbard Esteva, will be set amongst a woodland understory of purple with accents of orange and red, peppered with naturally growing edibles and garden vegetables.
The garden was project led and built by Keyscapes, with support from Design it Landscapes
It was awarded Platinum and Best in Show.
The Hideout
Designed by: Alexandra Froggatt
This is a moody and industrial garden inspired by the BBC period gang drama, Peaky Blinders, with antique artefacts used from the Black Country Living Museum to give an authentic feel.
A worn cobble path leads up to the shack and wild, naturalistic planting is evocative of self seeded planting around a working yard.
The garden was built by Design It Landscapes.
It was awarded Platinum.
