RHS Malvern Spring Show Part 3

And finally - the gardens!

There was a fantastic input from local schools for this year's show. The theme was books.

 This garden built by Stanley Road Primary School, Worcester, was inspired by Oscar Wilde's 'The Selfish Giant'. The giant's chair watches over the children's play area and is made from Elm wood.

This garden was built by Meadows First School Bromsgrove and is called 'The Hundred Acre Meadow' based on A.A.Milnes Winnie-The-Pooh. The garden was based on a design created by a young girl who was just 4 years old at the time.

Masses of colour and a 'chocolate' water feature in this garden built by Parkside Middle School, Bromsgrove. This garden looked to Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' for inspiration.

This very clever garden built by Pershore College took it's direction from 'The Wizard of Oz'. You can clearly see the yellow brick road. the Tin Man, Toto the dog, and if you look closely near the centre of the picture you can see a lion hiding amongst the plants! Dorothy is lying in a bed cover by a rainbow quilt and the wicked Witch of the West has been flatted by the bed, only her stripey legs visible. The Emerald City is represented by a water feature made from green bottles and just out of shot is a rotating wire helix playing the part of the tornado.

The Show Gardens

Best in Show. Garden by Peter Dowle

Return to the Med. Garden by Garden House Design

The Daleks have landed! HMP Helwell.

Hiding behind the sofa.

Gold Medal garden by WorldSkills International 2013

 Reposer Vos Roues by Villaggio Verde. Another Gold Medal winner

 Mark Eveleigh's Boathouse No. 9. Winner of a Silver-Gilt medal 

 And finally another Gold Medal garden by Alchemy Gardens.

 I think this is probably my favourite garden and it's design was inspired by Cornwall's Trebah garden, a sub-tropical paradise in a Cornish valley which cascades down to a secluded beach on the Helford River. It's centre-piece, a late 19th century cast iron spiral staircase was found in a local reclamation yard by the designer, Paul Taylor, and is believed to have been the original staircase in the old Kidderminster library, which was demolished in the 1990's.