The Nurture Landscapes garden, Gold
This was the stand-out garden at Chelsea and showed designer Sarah Price in complete command of her materials. A subtle richness glowed through her gentle, dusky colour palette that was inspired by the paintings of Cedric Morris (1889-1982) (Homing instincts', May 17) and included many of the plants that grew at Morris's Suffolk home at Benton End. Textured straw-bale walls were rendered in lime mortar, providing a perfect backdrop for roses and wisteria.
Samaritans' Listening garden, Silver gilt
Recycled concrete may not be on every gardener's wishlist, but Darren Hawkes, himself a volunteer for the Samaritans, managed to reuse a derelict concrete farmyard (which he had removed to make a garden for clients) into a moving and beautiful garden. The reshaped concrete was suspended from a rusted pergola under which were placed a fascinating collection of spiny, sharp and threatening species, such as Solanum pyracanthum, Corokia cotoneaster and Aralia chapaensis.
Horatio's garden, Gold and Best in Show
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