The RHS Flower Show Tatton Park is underway this week. With more categories for 2023, this year’s medal winners have been announced.

Constructing Minds

Best Show Garden   I   Silver Gilt Medal

Designed by Carolyn Harden and Jon Jarvis and built by The Landscape Academy, the Constructing Minds Garden raises awareness of suicide rates in the construction sector, the highest among all industries.

Designed to offer a calm and secluded space to help those struggling with ill mental health, the wildflower meadow is inspired by the Japanese practise of shinrin-yoku (‘forest bathing’), the belief that immersing in nature can have revitalising benefits.

Harden and Jarvis say: “Research shows that regular access to green spaces can benefit mental health, and we have designed a calming space that we hope may help support those in suicidal crisis.”

Photo credit to the RHS.

Parker’s Chained to Tech Garden

Best Construction (Show Garden)   I   Silver Gild Medal

The garden, designed by Pro Landscaper’s 30 Under 30 winner, Rachel Platt addresses the increasing prevalence of screen-based technology addiction among the younger generation, in correlation with the garden’s sponsor J.Parker’s current research project of the same subject, in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University.

The gardens bold colour planting represents the visual vibrancy of screen-based technology, designed to create ‘instant gratification and the feeling of euphoria that using technology provides.’

Parker’s Chained to Tech Garden was built by Everest Garden Landscapes.

Off the Grid

Best Young Designer Garden   I   Best Construction (Young Designer Garden)   I   Gold Medal winner

Designed by Nathan Webster, Off the Grid showcases naturalistic living in a forest setting, underlining the self-sustainable benefits available in nature.

The limited woodland planting tones and tall pine and birch trees create a rural and realistic forest space, juxtaposed by the modern structural design of the lodge.

The garden was built by Wright Landscapes.

Brickyard

Best Terrace and Slim Space Garden   I   Gold medal winner

Inspired by the traditional northern city brickwork, the Brickyard Garden designed by Conal Studio exhibits how historic spaces can become accessible to modern life and nature.

The gardens planting is a mix of contained foliage and wild flora thriving against the backdrop of traditional red bricks, highlighting nature’s capability to grow in diverse terrain and environments.

Brickyard was built by Acorn Landscape Services.

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