A WINNING garden at this year's Chelsea Flower Show was made possible through the collaboration of a garden designer with a Worcestershire brick manufacturer.
Garden designer Ian Shooter, from Cambridge, teamed up with Baggeridge Brick, an independent manufacture of clay bricks and pavers with two factories at Hartlebury, near Kidderminster.
Their Sunflower Street garden received a Silver Gilt Medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May. It was the second medal for the partnership, having won a Gold Medal in 2002.
The Sunflower Street garden celebrated the Queen's Coronation Golden Jubilee and had a sustainable theme, demonstrating how even a small garden can be designed for healthy living to improve quality of life.
"It featured a colourful array of plants, herbs, decorative vegetables and fruit, and a sedum - or living - roof which absorbs carbon dioxide, rainfall and noise, and emits oxygen," said a spokesman.
"The planting was complimented by bricks and paving from Baggeridge, chosen because clay is a natural material.
"The sedum roof was supported by striking columns, sculpted from Marlborough Smooth Red Bricks, by Baggeridge employee Bill Baker."
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article