Gardener’s World Live

Above: Watchmaker’s Garden – Best in Show at Gardener’s World Live 2019

You have just one more day to catch BBC Gardeners’ World Live which ends today (Sunday 16th June).

Assessors awarded Designer Alexandra Froggatt Platinum, the top honour for her creation, ‘The Watchmakers Garden’. The garden pays homage to Birmingham, the Show’s host city, by recreating a garden typical of a historic Jewellery Quarter craftsman’s back yard from the 19th century. The build was also named as ‘Best Show Garden’.

Alex’s Watchmaker’s Garden features heritage vegetables in a kitchen garden traditional of the era, as well as cottage garden flowers, naturalistic grasses and rustic paths and fences. The interactive watchmaker’s workshop features artefacts sourced from working jewellers in the district, and even from the city’s iconic St Paul’s Church, which is nestled in the heart of the Jewellery Quarter.

Worcestershire-based landscapers DesignIt, with designer Lucy Bravington, also picked up a Platinum Award for their ‘High Line’ Show Garden in APL Avenue. Lucy’s design was based on an elevated New York City park, and mixed naturalistic trees with industrial steel elements. The garden also won ‘Best Construction’.

Other Gold winners across the competition include Gadd Brothers in APL Avenue and ‘Here We go Round the Mulberry Bush’, the Showcase Garden by Hana Leonard. The Home Solutions by John Lewis Garden, supported by The APL, also received a Gold Award.