Gold medal winning garden with Dark Planet at the heart
The 26th Malvern Spring Gardening Show awarded a gold medal to a Warwickshire College student's garden with a David Harber Dark Planet as the centrepiece.
The Astrology Garden, designed by Warwickshire sudent Jake Polloni, was divided into three sections: the sun, the earth and the moon, with light and dark planting represent the different times of day. A large gravel area with cedar seating facing out onto the garden represented the sun.
The Dark Planet represented the earth, on a grassy island in the middle of a pool at the centre of the garden.
Angela Houghton, one of the degree students managing the show garden, said:
“The public were really taken by the Dark Planet.
“Almost everyone who came onto the stand had the incredible urge to want to touch it and then once they had done that they would stand back and just admire it and the rest of the garden too.
“It was also a brilliant talking point because everyone was curious as to how it was constructed.”
Emphasizing the astrological theme, the garden was surrounded by fencing with embedded Indian star signs.
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