Designed by Ollie Pike from Pike Studio, the garden was a huge success at the RHS show. It won a Gold Medal, the Environmental Innovation Award and the Best Show Garden Prize.
This garden has been calculated to be net-zero by 2030. This means that more carbon will be sequestered than produced in the supply, build, and relocation of the garden within the next 6 years.
Read more about the design here.
Read more about the show here.
You can watch a video of Ollie Pike talking about the garden here (the video starts at 7 mn).
A sustainable garden
“This Garden Isn’t Finished Without You” is designed to be an inclusive community space. It is bold in both its use of innovative, environmentally positive materials, building practices and carbon recording to create a net-zero garden by 2030. The garden aims to challenge the design and construction industry through the supply, material usage and construction of the garden to push for climate-adaptable spaces.
Ollie Pike designed a sustainable garden with drought-tolerant and climate resilient plants and trees from a peat-free and organic nursery.
Hedging has been proven to have great cooling properties in urban spaces. All Yew hedging in the garden has been grown organically in the UK and is a known source for biodiversity.
All furniture in the garden is handmade in the UK out of reclaimed wood such as old scaffolding boards. Finishing items are second-hand.
The woven willow sculptures celebrate natural and accessible materials and are biodegradable. They have been made by hand by a local craftsman who grows his own regenerative willow on-site - reducing CO2 in sourcing, creation and supply.
The cork cladding is a carbon-negative, innovative material and can be used on buildings and gardens for its cooling effects and acoustic properties in urban settings. It is also fully biodegradable. It has been constructed modularly on a timber frame for ease of reconstruction.
The paths are made of stone gravel and are a flat and accessible 1.2m width. They are a permeable, durable material. Lined with metal edges for robustness and longevity in a semi-public space. With the added benefits of easy relocation and removes the need for concrete haunches around the paving.
The paving is a new innovative landscape product made from the waste material produced in the marble industry. It is a carbon-neutral product. All paving and cork cladding has been installed on a stack bond to reduce the need for cutting and wastage.
