Where Nature Navigates - GardensDB Browse [ ![](/images/leaf_icon.svg) Gardens**DB** ](https://gardensdb.com) [ Gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) [ Shows ](https://gardensdb.com/shows) [ Studios ](https://gardensdb.com/studios) [ People ](https://gardensdb.com/people) [ Search gardens, designers, shows… ](https://gardensdb.com/search) [ Login ](https://gardensdb.com/login?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgardensdb.com%2Fgardens%2Fwhere-nature-navigates) [ Register ](https://gardensdb.com/register) [ ](https://gardensdb.com/search) Discover - [ Home ](https://gardensdb.com) - [ Gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) - [ Shows ](https://gardensdb.com/shows) - [ Events ](https://gardensdb.com/events) - [ 360° tours ](https://gardensdb.com/360-tours) - [ Trails ](https://gardensdb.com/trails) People & studios - [ People ](https://gardensdb.com/people) - [ Studios ](https://gardensdb.com/studios) - [ Books ](https://gardensdb.com/books) - [ Jobs ](https://gardensdb.com/jobs) Organisations - [ Sponsors ](https://gardensdb.com/sponsors) - [ Charity & non-profits ](https://gardensdb.com/charities) - [ Collectives ](https://gardensdb.com/collectives) - [ Companies ](https://gardensdb.com/companies) - [ Education ](https://gardensdb.com/education-institutions) - [ Nurseries ](https://gardensdb.com/nurseries) Account - [ Login ](https://gardensdb.com/login?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgardensdb.com%2Fgardens%2Fwhere-nature-navigates) - [ Register ](https://gardensdb.com/register) Discover - [ Home Today's highlights ](https://gardensdb.com) - [ Gardens Show gardens, catalogued ](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) - [ Shows Horticultural shows ](https://gardensdb.com/shows) - [ Events Festivals, courses & open days ](https://gardensdb.com/events) - [ 360° tours Step inside, long after the show packs up ](https://gardensdb.com/360-tours) - [ Trails Curated routes through the gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/trails) People & studios - [ People Designers, judges, growers ](https://gardensdb.com/people) - [ Studios Design practices ](https://gardensdb.com/studios) - [ Books Recommended reading ](https://gardensdb.com/books) - [ Jobs Roles in the industry ](https://gardensdb.com/jobs) Organisations - [ Sponsors Organisations that back the gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/sponsors) - [ Charity & non-profits Causes behind the gardens ](https://gardensdb.com/charities) - [ Collectives Groups & community projects ](https://gardensdb.com/collectives) - [ Companies Suppliers & contractors ](https://gardensdb.com/companies) - [ Education Schools, colleges & universities ](https://gardensdb.com/education-institutions) - [ Nurseries Plant suppliers & growers ](https://gardensdb.com/nurseries) [ Submit a garden ](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/submit) [ About GardensDB ](/help) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/20798bc0-5d7d-4eca-88cf-5601896f3947/conversions/where-nature-navigates-gallery.webp) [Gardens](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) / [ RHS Badminton Flower Show 2026 ](https://gardensdb.com/shows/rhs-badminton-flower-show-2026) Pocket Planting Where Nature Navigates ======================== Designed by Alison Johnston At a glance Show RHS Badminton Flower Show Year 2026 Category Pocket Planting Plant List About this garden The story ----------- More than just a route, a canal is a corridor of connection between industrialised towns and waterside habitats. This thriving ecosystem is represented here through a towpath inspired by the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, a 20-mile waterway in northern England. Using self-seeded plants salvaged from both the designer's and sponsor's properties, the garden demonstrates that a landscape doesn't need to be manicured to be magnificent. Instead, it celebrates the low-maintenance, wilder verges of *Digitalis* and *Urtica dioica*, as well as resilient trees such as *Crategus monogyna*. The border pays tribute to the Canal & River Trust, the UK's largest canal charity, whose volunteers carefully nurture and protect these environments. Visitors are invited to leave with a sense of the gentle, unforced beauty found at the water's edge and to appreciate the canal as a vital green artery where human care and wild wonder meet. The people behind it Designer ---------- - [ ![Alison Johnston](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/alison-johnston/profile_photo.webp?v=0beea861-0bb9-4b2a-8191-0247ad034f73) Alison Johnston Designer ](https://gardensdb.com/people/alison-johnston) Photography Gallery --------- ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/20798bc0-5d7d-4eca-88cf-5601896f3947/conversions/where-nature-navigates-gallery.webp) ![]() / Photo: Planting Plant list ------------ Click on a plant to enlarge or purchase. ### Key Plants 5 ![Anthriscus sylvestris](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3563b50b-e41e-4b26-9c09-291c12de926b/conversions/anthriscus-sylvestris-thumbnail.webp) Anthriscus sylvestris ![Crataegus monogyna](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/95011114-299c-4d3a-81ed-5e553468a189/conversions/crataegus-monogyna-thumbnail.webp) Crataegus monogyna ![Digitalis purpurea](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/b1f8657c-2051-4592-a732-c5fbef7de61e/conversions/digitalis-thumbnail.webp) Digitalis purpurea ![Mentha aquatica](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3034dab0-d74e-46c7-8b3a-7fbabd381bdd/conversions/mentha-aquatica-thumbnail.webp) Mentha aquatica ![Urtica dioica](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3acb9f5b-39c9-462c-8140-7150084f39d0/conversions/nettle-thumbnail.webp) Urtica dioica ![]() Buy this plant → ![](/images/leaf_icon.svg) Gardens**DB** The world's largest collection of show gardens online, kept free, kept current, and shaped by the community that uses it. 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