'Winds of Change,’ a Resilient Pocket planting design by year-out students Saachi Parasrampuria, Marko Yau and James Miller won an RHS Gold medal and Best Resilient Pocket. Inspired by Jaywick Sands on the north Essex coast, the garden used wind, salt and drought tolerant plants growing in locally sourced crushed waste aggregate, and beach debris as a sculptural element.
The second project 'Beautifully Stressed,’ also a Resilient Pocket planting design, was created by Masters students, Xun Xie, Jingwen Liu, Andrew Mc Master and Awika Butnark received and received a RHS Silver medal. The garden was inspired by species able to thrive in arid brownfield sites.
Both gardens explore the challenges of planting in a changing climate and challenging soil conditions.
“These gardens take an enormous amount of dedication and hard work to produce, from initial application through to the final build”, says Dr Jo Phillips, University Teacher in Landscape Architecture. “Many congratulations to the teams involved.”
Later this month, another team of students will go to the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park.