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At a glance

Who would use this garden?
This is a garden in a public space.

Where is the garden set?
In an urban city setting.

The Garden

This garden highlights the often-overlooked potential of roadside verges to transform urban spaces into thriving ecosystems. These spaces offer significant ecological benefits, including enhancing biodiversity, improving air quality, and mitigating urban heat and noise pollution. The garden aims to inspire visitors to reimagine these urban landscapes by demonstrating their value, encouraging people to consider how these spaces can benefit local communities, foster a deeper connection to nature, and contribute to healthier, more sustainable cities.  

The garden is centred around a conceptual wildflower meadow with vibrant colours to attract pollinators and create visual impact. Structural grassland provides soil stabilisation and wildlife habitats, while a multi-stem hawthorn acts as a focal point, offering shelter and food for wildlife. Visitors can expect a beautiful, ecologically functional space that reimagines road verges as thriving ecosystems. The design is inspired by the designers’ daily commute through the city and out to the countryside. Pollinator corridors create inspiring interludes to the daily grind and add a sense of connection to the natural world, even in the heart of the city. 

Plants

The planting theme is centred around wildflowers, chosen for their biodiversity, resilience, and natural beauty. Inspired by naturally occurring verges and the hardy plants that thrive in these often harsh conditions. A strikingly colourful scheme aims to capture the attention of passersby, promote a sense of wellbeing, and create an inviting habitat for wildlife, ensuring the garden is both visually impactful and ecologically beneficial.

Key plants: Crataegus monogyna, Rumex acetosella, Echium vulgare, Daucus carota and Plantago lanceolata.

Garden legacy

The designers plan to donate the garden to a council to be used in a public space on the side of a road, in an urban environment.