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The School Garden Challenge

Each year the 911±¬ÁÏ Malvern Spring Festival encourages children and young adults in the local community to take on a horticultural challenge

Myths and Legends

Explore magical stories, cultural heritage and powerful symbolism through the design and creation of a garden space. Whether drawing on ancient folklore, mythology, heroic tales or mythical creatures, these gardens tell a story and ignite the imagination of visitors.

The Garden of Arthur

The River School, Worcester

The Garden of Arthur will be split into 12 sections, one for each Knight of The Round Table. It will feature parts of the legandary stories, with Merlin’s herbs and a Sword in the Stone sculpture. A path runs through the space made of log slices.

The Garden of Arthur by The River School
The Garden of Arthur, by The River School

Up the Airy Mountain, Down the Rushy Glen by Tudor Grange Academy
Up the Airy Mountain, Down the Rushy Glen, by Tudor Grange Academy

Up the Airy Mountain, Down the Rushy Glen

Tudor Grange Academy, Worcester

The garden will be filled with legendary notions of Scotland, including tartan fabrics, famous Scottish poetry burned into wood and a Scottish Celtic knot bench. Mythical creatures such as Selkies will reside in the Fairy Pool.

The Wyvern

Bridge School, Worcester

A sensory garden based on a Wyvern (a mythical two legged, dragon-like creature). Local references include Wyvern tiles excavated at the Commandery and Wyvern images in Malvern Priory. The Maudiford dragon and Wyvern tale will add to the narrative. The garden will include a living lair, sculpture and fiery planting.

The Wyvern by Bridge School
The Wyvern, by Bridge School

The Ladybird’s Path, by Grace Kelly Childhood Trust

The Ladybird’s Path

Grace Kelly Childhood Trust, Worcester

The Ladybird’s Path is an enchanted, woodland inspired garden created to celebrate ten years of the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust and the lasting difference it has made to local children and families affected by childhood cancer.

At the heart of the design is a raised, winding stepping stone path symbolising a journey taken step by step. Ten stepping stones represent each year of the charity’s impact, gently guiding the eye through a fairy inhabited woodland floor. Each stone is engraved with a single word reflecting the values that have shaped the Trust’s work over the past decade. Fairy houses are dotted throughout the space and at the centre of the garden a wildlife pond brings movement and life, enhancing the sense that the garden is truly alive and enchanted.

Mythical Plants and Where to Find Them

Pershore College, Warwickshire

Each of the six plots will be side by side and will feature a range of flowers bordering each, incorporating the national flowers for each region along with some interesting plants and themed areas and structures.

(illustration shows one of the six plots)

Mythical Plants and Where to Find Them by Pershore College
Mythical Plants and Where to Find Them, by Pershore College

Whispers of the Wye, by the Wye Forest Federation
Whispers of the Wye, by the Wye Forest Federation

Whispers of the Wye

Wye Forest Federation: Redbrook C of E Primary School and St Briavels C of E Primary School

The garden shows myths and legends from the area surrounding the two schools and the River Wye. Journey with the Goddess Gwy, through the peaceful river valley, looking out for devils and fairies, then climb past the ghostly pond up to the haunted castle.

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