Institute of Garden Design

22/07/2008 - Institute of Garden Design graduate, Mark Walker, wins a bronze medal at the Hampton Court Flower Show 2008.

Well done to Mark Walker who has won a bronze medal for his latest design - Distraction - A Hospice garden.

Distraction was partly built at Mark’s yard in Weston-Super-Mare, then loaded on to a lorry and taken to Hampton Court where it was put together like a flat pack kit and planted up a few days before the show.


Mark Walker in his bronze medal winning garden with Gardeners
World presenter Rachel de Thame.

22/05/2008 - Institute of Garden Design graduate, Mark Walker, is featured on the BBC Somerset website.

The BBC are following Mark at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show with his Distraction- A Hospice garden. You can read more about it on the BBC site by clicking here.

14/05/07 - Institute of Garden Design graduate, Mark Walker, wins a Silver medal for his Childrens Hospice garden at the 2007 Malvern Spring show.

Well done to Mark Walker who has won a silver medal for his Childrens Hospice garden 'The Sunken Retreat' at the 2007 Malvern Spring show (see image below). He is a successful graduate of our Diploma in Garden Design course.

The garden will now be re-erected at the new Childrens Hospice at Wraxall, Nr Bristol.

26/06/06 - Institute of Garden Design tutor,Tracy Foster, wins a Gold medal for her show garden at the BBC Gardeners' World Live 2006

Congratulations to Tracy Foster who won a Gold medal for her show garden at the BBC Gardeners' World Live 2006 in June 2006. Tracy Foster was a student with the Institute of Garden Design and is now an Institute tutor.

Tracy's design was called 'See Hear' (see image below). The RHS accepted Tracy’s design straightaway as they thought it was strong, simple and memorable and likely to attract a lot of attention. It has a coastal theme and contains some unusual plants as well as an original trompe l'oeil painting specially painted by Yorkshire artist Julie Cope." Tracy was interviewed and congratulated by Monty Don of BBC Gardeners World.