Jekka’s, home to the largest collection of culinary herbs in the UK, was at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show again, and it was quite a successful one for them. In addition to presenting themselves at their own stand, Jekka's supplied a number of award winning gardens at this year's show: three golds, a silver gilt and a silver medal.
Jekka's stand at the Chelsea Flower Show, showing off new illustrated seed packets, seed collections, mugs, herbal infusions and tea towels.
The Resilience Garden by Sarah Eberle - Gold
Celebrating the Forestry Commission’s centenary, the garden looks ahead to the challenges facing forests of the future. It explores how woodlands can be made resilient to a changing climate and the increasing threats of pests and diseases.
The Art of Viking Garden by Paul Harvey Brookes - Gold
A multi-layered wetland habitat - is reminiscent of a water meadow, open and inviting with multi-stem river birches and winding streams running through the space. Water is a key element of the design and a signature feature of Viking's RHS Show Gardens.
Kampo no Niwa by Kazuto Kashiwakura and Miki Sato - Gold
Designed for a practitioner of Kampo, a system of Japanese herbal medicine, this is a garden that celebrates the route to health and happiness through plants.
The Wedgwood Garden by Jo Thompson - Silver Gilt
A stone pavilion forms the main structural element, while a sunken garden displays artefacts reflecting the antiquities that inspired some of Wedgwood’s first designs.
IKEA and Tom Dixon: Gardening will save the world - Silver
Set over two levels, this stepped garden explored growing edibles in an urban setting, this is the view from the top.
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