Competition time! Design a

Garden In A Pot

We have teamed up with our friends at Warwickshire Wildlife Trusts to be the charity partner for the Landscape Show annual garden design competition for the second year running.

Gardens are important spaces for wildlife – they provide habitats and food and link together other important habitats. But not everyone has a garden, which is why the theme for this year’s competition is container gardening.

The Brief

Design a 1.8m x 1.8m wildlife friendly garden in a pot using planters, window boxes or containers with creative and practical ideas that can inspire others.

Designs should:

• Include an idea for a window box, a planter suitable for a patio and a pot for a balcony.

• Include a perspective view to show the containers in situ.

• Be no bigger than 1.8 metres x 1.8 metres x 1.8 metres (6ft x 6ft x 6ft).

• Promote native species and avoid invasive non-natives plants.

• Maximise opportunities for urban wildlife to thrive

• Ulitise sustainable, recyclable and local materials and resources where possible (consider repurposing an object as a container).

• Incorporate features that provide food, shelter and water in creative ways.

• Consider objects that would work effectively, without degrading in weather and causing environmental pollution.

The prizes!

Professional category

The winner will:

• Have their design showcased at Landscape Show 2023

• Be awarded up to £2,500 towards the costs of the materials and resources to build their design at our Centre of the Earth education centre

• Have their design hosted at BBC Gardener’s World Live in June 2024

Public category

1st prize:

One winner will receive a Garden Goody Bag worth over £53 including:

• ‘The Wildlife Pond Book’ by Jules Howard

• ‘Wildlife Gardening for everyone and everything’ by Kate Bradbury

• A flat-packed bird nest box kit

• 4 issues of Wildlife Watch magazine

• A matchbox of wildlife friendly seeds

How to enter

Submit a digital presentation on a single A1 page that outlines your vision for this new wildlife garden in a pot including a brief warren explanation and a short profile of yourself.

Submit your entry by Friday 25th August 2023 to: info@landscapeshow.co.uk

For competition full terms and conditions visit: landscapeshow.co.uk

Runners up:

Two runners up will each receive a prize worth over £24 including:

• Bloomsbury ‘Concise Wildlife Garden Guide’

• A set of 5 greeting cards with images from local photographers

• 4 issues of Wildlife Watch magazine

• A matchbox of wildlife friendly seeds

About Landscape

Landscape is the free-to-attend industry trade show taking place on Wednesday 27th & Thursday 28th September 2023 at the NEC.

Twitter: @LandscapeEvent Instagram: @Landscape.show