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Serenity designed by Helen Breeze

Virtual Garden Show

The winner of the competition is Helen Breeze with the Serenity garden, receiving the most number of votes from the judges and the public. Take a tour of the gardens by clicking on the thumbnails and read what our celebrity judges had to say about the all the finalists' designs.



Serenity Helen Breeze - Best in show - Gold medal Gold medal
Judges feedback
Joe Swift: "This is a very good garden that has been well thought through and combines a good layout with interesting and rich planting. It has pushed the Virtual Garden tool to the max and come up trumps."

Andy Sturgeon:"This is a very bold design with an unusual arrangement of seating linked visually with raised deck feature. However, the views and planting could be stronger."

Cleve West: "It's a little heavy handed but overall, the simplicity of the scheme works well. The planting could be improved with more use of verticals.

"Diarmuid Gavin: "A good, coherent design, with a nice relaxed feel. But the planting needs more thought, especially for all year round interest."



Concord Nigel Boldero - Silver medal Silver medal
Judges feedback
Joe Swift: "The dynamic use of water conveys the theme well and the formal landscape layout shows a good use of the Virtual Garden with height and structure in the planting."

Andy Sturgeon: "This is a strong design overall, with a well thought out focal point when heading towards the seat, but the blank wall lets the design down as well as the fact that there is no alternative place to sit and view the garden."

Diarmuid Gavin: "A very nice garden but there's a bit too much going on. Keep it simple with features and a lawn."

Cleve West: "Good simple use of formality, but the circulation is a bit tight. There are some subtle touches in the planting, but some associations would not work."


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