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Cheshire Border’s Centenary Garden for the RHS Show at Tatton, July 2010

We have a Bronze Medal (we were very close to a Silver Medal - just missed out

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Comments from the judges:

We liked:

the story behind the creation of the garden

fantastic owl

the strong shape of the path

a great water feature

the locally made bench

use of re-cycled materials eg bricks, tree trunks

that it will be replanted locally

We would have liked to see:

more height in the plants especially at the back

plants a little further on in development
(a day later they are looking much more advanced)

The garden is attracting a lot of interest from the public and a book of comments is being compiled.

Monday's Manchester Evening News contained the following article, CLICK HERE >>

Read about us in the Knutsford Times.

The design and planting ideas originated from the competition to design a garden which was run earlier in the year.

The winners of the competition were:

Brownies: Aigail Renwick from 4^th Poynton. Runners up were Hannah Beard and Mikaila James, 5^th Wilmslow.
Guides: Kirby Jennings, 4^th Poynton. Runner up was Jenny Daniel, 6^th Knutsford.
Adult: Ruth HIckson. Alsager Trefoil Guild, Runner Up was Gemma Cox, Crosstown, Congleton.

An important part of this project was to involve as many members of all ages in some way – designing, plant hunting, growing, resource sourcing, building, exhibiting and fundraising.

See us in the May edition of Cheshire Life.

Growing Girls Growing Guiding

The garden features include an undulating pathway to represent our journey in guiding, a slightly sunken trefoil shaped seating area reflecting our threefold promise, a low wall, a large carved owl sculpture made by a local artist, Tim Burgess, and a specially commissioned trefoil shaped centenary wrought iron garden bench built by a local blacksmith.

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The design for the wrought iron childs seat.