Edible Playground wins Gold at Hampton Court
20th August 2008
Dorset Cereals were thrilled to win a gold award at Chelsea Flower Show this year, but they didn't want to stop there... so they created another, bigger Edible Playground for the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, where they won a gold medal and the stunning Tudor Rose Award for Best Show Garden!
"It's been an amazing boost for the Edible Playgrounds project, and we really hope it will inspire lots more schools to plant a veg garden in their grounds and encourage children to cook with what they grow."
The garden was designed, constructed and grown here in Dorset and we were delighted to be working with garden designer Nick Williams-Ellis (responsible for our Chelsea garden) and garden construction company Goddard Landscapes.
The garden, which has now found a new home at Holy Trinity Primary School in Weymouth, is brimming with colourful and tasty plants, from Pink Passion chard to blueberries, strawberries, sweetcorn, Welsh onions, Corsican mint and lots more.
It also has many environmental features, including a windmill to power the garden's weepy-hose watering system, a fully functioning wormery for processed foods, a compost bin for kitchen and garden waste, rainwater collection and a green roof for the outdoor classroom area.