It has been a privilege, and great fun, to take part in the first ever Garden Makers Competition. All participants were given the brief ‘In Tune With Nature’ to create a small garden using plants donated by Creepers Nursery.

After the Show the garden will be relocated to St Francis School, Ascot, to create new planted areas for the children who have had to move to temporary accommodation after RAAC concrete was discovered in the school buildings.

The Planting List:

Plants for sun:

Amelanchier canadensis

Lysimachia atropurpureum 'Beaujolais'

Salvia officinalis

Salvia uliginosa

Achillea 'Terracotta'

Carex ‘Prairie Fire’

Digitalis purpureum 'Dalmatian Peach'

Erigeron karvinskianus

Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'

Plants for shade:

Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’

Hakonechloa macra

Hosta 'Wide Brim'

Blechnum spicant

Asplenium scolopendrium

Astrantia major 'Florence'

Astrantia major 'Shaggy'