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Award-winning gardens ![A beautiful border garden with a rustic metal trellis, bird sculptures, a bistro set, a stone path, and blue, purple, and white flowering plants.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/075e0a95-2dce-489a-9263-b023a593c9d6/conversions/PXL_20260617_180411475-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/a-message-in-bloom) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2026 A Message in Bloom Sarah Elsley ![A tranquil border garden features a wooden bench centered on grey flagstone paving and white gravel, surrounded by lush green shrubs, purple lobelia, and white cosmos flowers.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/b4aad68f-bd65-4561-8dcf-05096fd83233/conversions/PXL_20260617_161618787.MP-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/a-moment-to-breathe) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2026 A Moment to Breathe Chris Kelleher ![A vibrant garden border features a rustic driftwood sculpture and a woven sphere amidst colourful flowers and foliage.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/2a24ee06-ec7f-4662-aa04-dca35e107eee/conversions/PXL_20260503_122357807-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/bobs-full-circle-a-border-of-hope-love-and-community) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair 2026 Bob's Full Circle – a border of hope, love and community. Claire Booth ![A contemporary garden border with a carved wood sculpture, a rusty water bowl set in gravel, and colourful naturalistic planting.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/37cf7865-5660-4b88-8b3a-0f15c7be0ba7/conversions/PXL_20260617_164050741-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/from-chaos-to-calm) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2026 From Chaos to Calm Jeremy Price ![A beautiful border garden features a winding stepping stone path, naturalistic green and purple planting, timber raised beds, and rusty metal arch trellises.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3b0d7085-158c-48e9-afbd-69ae5e95bbc9/conversions/PXL_20260617_162532970-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/natures-journey-home) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2026 Nature's Journey Home Peter Etherington ![A rustic border features a weathered picket fence, a wooden raised bed with mixed vegetables, strawberries, and colourful flowers.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/a1b44d8c-9c37-4b74-bbf6-3bc07ef59090/conversions/PXL_20260617_164406517-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/returning-to-my-roots) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2026 Returning To My Roots Steve Walton ![A beautiful border garden features a light wood picnic table on red brick paving, surrounded by a timber raised bed abundant with green plants and white, purple, and pink flowers.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/b08ad623-0155-47ce-be55-d63a321dccc5/conversions/IMG_4420-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-growing-creativity-garden) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2026 The Growing Creativity Garden Alex Purdon ![A modern tropical show garden featuring striking red rectangular frames, a white curved sculpture, a black pergola over a sofa, and lush green foliage with pink and orange flowers, set around a light grey paved path.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/5e63b437-4d10-4bc9-89a0-581f1d28d682/conversions/PXL_20260617_144944641-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-heart-of-the-jungle) Show Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award 360° tour 360° tour available BBC Gardeners' World Live 2026 The Heart of the Jungle Jonathan Dakic, Briony Dakic ![A rustic garden with a rusted metal arch framing a gravel path, circling a central raised edible bed with a fruit tree.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/e6981088-c80b-433b-91df-44ea33a53428/conversions/PXL_20260617_170421557-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-mill-ruins) APL Avenue ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award 360° tour 360° tour available BBC Gardeners' World Live 2026 The Mill Ruins David G (3DG) ![A vibrant contemporary show garden with a hot pink archway, colourful architectural rooms, upside-down umbrellas, and mixed herbaceous planting with grasses.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/97adff74-3869-48e1-8b7b-5dc087e6739f/conversions/IMG_4571-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/umbrellas) APL Avenue ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award 360° tour 360° tour available BBC Gardeners' World Live 2026 Umbrellas Dave Hodson ![A rustic raised garden border features a mini greenhouse, iron arch, stone bird bath, and wooden beds filled with mixed colourful flowers.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/ca2960e1-c5df-4694-bea6-fd8bdaef1410/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/gardens-apart) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2025 Gardens Apart Jade Dinwiddy ![A colourful garden features black walls with colourful LEGO blocks, a red metal bench, and a dense planting of vibrant perennial flowers and tall grasses.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7a446671-cee7-4d0c-a8f6-772c52521b3d/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/lego-gardeners-of-tomorrow-project) Showcase Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2025 LEGO Gardeners of Tomorrow Project Callum Corrie ![A naturalistic border features ferns, wild plants, and a soil path with two hiking boots, framed by a timber-raised bed and a mossy birch log.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/1331c7dd-7446-4ba5-a36c-4fd1db34aaea/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/living-connections) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2025 Living Connections Danielle Telfer ![A naturalistic show garden featuring large red sandstone boulders, creating raised beds filled with mixed herbaceous planting including purple spires, orange poppies, and ornamental grasses, beside a loose red gravel path.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/44f426f3-cc68-41f2-87df-f28de9b16fdd/conversions/1000025772-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/midlands-air-ambulance-charity-medicinal-garden) Show Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2025 Midlands Air Ambulance Charity Medicinal Garden Lucy Chapman, Helen Swan ![A pyramid bug hotel with drilled logs is on a gravel path, bordered by naturalistic planting, white birch trees, and a wooden birdhouse.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/869c7771-e992-45de-b78b-eabbe91ea53d/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-ecotalk-rooted-in-nature-garden) Show Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2025 The Ecotalk Rooted in Nature Garden Emma O'Neil ![A raised timber border features naturalistic planting, including tall purple verbena, white flowers, ferns, and ornamental grasses, with a decorative pebble area.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6fcec274-a989-41d2-b771-fbd4e56e0dd9/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-inner-child) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Autum Fair 2025 The Inner Child Adele Glaser ![A colourful raised border features a metal figure, bistro table with wooden chairs on gravel, and vibrant red, yellow, pink, and blue flowers.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/b9dfbcad-670f-4c5e-a2d0-6727f4c37413/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-islands-from-rain-to-sun) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Autum Fair 2025 The Islands - From Rain to Sun Rebecca Sheppard ![The Nectary showcase garden features a hexagonal wooden archway topped with a giant woven bee sculpture, leading to a vibrant bed of purple, blue, and yellow flowers with a small black greenhouse in the background.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/36d40988-32a4-494f-9b81-8c4181d31f04/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-nectary) Showcase Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2025 The Nectary Kate Patrick ![A tranquil meditation garden with a Buddha statue, lush green plants, pink astilbe, ferns, a rocky water feature, and a wooden bridge.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/15c1c02b-6256-49c7-8de3-6670a70bf626/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/vihara-meditation-garden) Show Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2025 Vihara Meditation Garden Sarah Coe ![A beautiful border garden features a white gravel path with wooden stepping stones, a woven willow clock sculpture, and informal pink, purple, and white perennial planting surrounding a wrought iron bench.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/ebf0a328-7935-40e3-88c0-5764dc03f19d/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/willow-moments-and-memories) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2025 Willow moments and memories Jan O'Brien ![A colourful wildlife garden featuring a prominent bug hotel at the rear, a winding yellow path, and lush borders filled with purple, pink, orange, and red flowers.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/ef8a13de-0ec3-4d89-81d5-f84513a4d4f2/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/a-haven-for-all) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2024 A Haven For All Jemma Elcock ![A beautiful border garden features a curved wooden archway, a winding path, and two bistro tables nestled among diverse green, dark purple, and red plantings.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/c53f503a-7039-49df-bf64-ecfc88556b17/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/a-problem-shared-is-a-problem-halved) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2024 A Problem Shared is a Problem Halved Samantha Theakstone ![A woodland garden with a conical timber shelter, a raised fire pit with seating, and a winding path through lush green and purple plants.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/117876a4-6c36-47a4-9047-c3cc9bf1354b/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/natures-embrace) Showcase Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2024 Nature's Embrace Becky Sibley ![A tranquil informal garden features a winding light path, a circular reflective pool with 'REFLECT' text, and an oval mirror archway with a small bistro set.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3a0612c0-3ce3-438b-be73-183505c4e40d/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/stop-and-smell-the-flowers) Showcase Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2024 Stop and Smell the Flowers Julie Haylock ![A vibrant beautiful border garden featuring tall purple foxgloves framing a winding gravel path, surrounded by lush green shrubs and white flowers.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/bef83dc3-917d-442d-9aca-ccaf413c05b2/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/tete-a-tete) Beautiful Borders ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2024 Tête-a-Tête Nerys Vizard ![A contemporary garden with railway tracks, dark sleepers, white gravel path, uprooted tree stump, red STOP sign, and tall grasses.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/fd2c9d4c-6b49-4c82-8f50-720805504e10/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/path-of-renewal) APL Avenue ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2023 Path of Renewal David Negus ![A contemporary garden features a black studio with a green roof, a rusty Corten steel planter, a silver birch, and lush planting.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/32a841f0-5f27-463c-820a-6884959068f8/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/subaqua) APL Avenue ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2023 SubAqua Joshua Fenton ![An elevated black timber cabin with a pointed wooden shingle roof is surrounded by lush green foliage, vibrant pink and purple flowering plants, and a grey outdoor sofa.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/92bd914d-c266-4ca2-9c8d-42d42678dbf2/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/the-fontana-garden) Show Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2023 The Fontana Garden Kim Parish ![A naturalistic garden features a gravel path with grass stripes, a small pond, and a wooden chair and table among lush green and purple planting.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/93366c43-993b-49bc-aa48-0e6055d24846/conversions/primary_image-gallery.webp) [](https://gardensdb.com/gardens/urban-oasis) Showcase Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-silver-merit/icon.webp) Silver Merit Award BBC Gardeners' World Live 2023 Urban Oasis Vicky Lincoln ![](/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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