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This year鈥檚 theme for a budget-friendly garden design was 鈥楴ature鈥檚 Art within a Garden鈥� at 2025's BBC Gardener's World Spring Fair.

The talented Level 3 Horticulture student, Molly鈥檚 entry was a garden called 鈥楢rt in the Dark鈥�. It paints a picture of fictional character, Cyril, an elderly RAF veteran who despite losing his sight in the war, has found comfort and connection in a multi-sensory garden created with his late wife, Peggy. 

With its rustling leaves and plants, scented flowers, rich soil and bricks underfoot, the garden comes to life, each step and touch evoking treasured memories and a shared love of finding art within nature.

The garden captivated visitors and judges alike, ultimately winning the coveted Visitors鈥� Choice Best Showcase Garden Award for its compelling narrative, sensory richness, and imaginative design.

, Horticultural and Garden Design Lecturer at 庥豆app下载, shared the story behind the build:

鈥淥ur students at 庥豆app下载 wanted to show that instead of using wood as a supporting wall in our show garden, we chose gabions. We chose them for aesthetics, longevity and for stability. As you can see the show garden came out beautifly and we won the People's Choice award at BBC Gardeners World Spring Fair 2025鈥�

With thanks to   who supported the project by contributing 拢264 worth of discounted materials, which were used to create a gabion feature.

Wirefence was proud to support this project by providing gabions, which played a crucial role in the garden鈥檚 structure and aesthetic.  at , said:

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