Jack Dunckley TV

This is my second show garden at the Malvern Spring Gardening Show. Last year, I won a bronze medal for my Ornamental Hurst Show Garden. The title of my design this year is “Not any Garden, My Grandma’s”.

My Grandmother sadly passed away a few months ago. This garden design is for her.

Nanny Dunckley suffered from Dementia. When she was a young girl, she worked in her father’s florist shop. Before her illness she used to love gardening too. I have featured some of her favourites such as Marguerites and herbs (rosemary, lavender and thyme) which have associations for the treatment of the illness together with flowers to be sold in the shop. The shop is based on a real working florist set in the late 1930’s in a rural village.

The design is of circles within circles and features two matching borders of perennials and bedding plants. Two symmetrical ponds are set into paving in front of the shop, containing a variety of marginal pond plants. There are three cherry trees (Prunus “Kanzan”) behind the shop.

Here are a few photos of my show garden.

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