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An aging display stand takes centre stage, pots overflowing with herbs and perennials. Climbers and trailing plants colonise the framework, showcasing scammony and nasturtiums. The surrounding planting reflects a wilder style, as if untouched for years, drought-tolerant and left to self-seed in the coarse grit substrate. A palette of greens and yellows from Salvia officinalis 'Icterina' is given height with Nepeta govaniana, offset with fine-textured bronze Panicum virgatum and fennel. The desire-line pathway is being gently encroached upon. A long-dry pond dips away from the path edge, with thymes, fennel and Spanish poppies flourishing; from santolina and yarrow emerge the remains of a tumbling fountain, formed from broken pots. A garden thriving and finding its own way, with little outside involvement. Award Recognition ------------- - ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bbc-gardeners-world-live-gold/icon.webp) Gold Award BBC Gardeners World Live The people behind it Designers ----------- - [ MC Mali Clements Designer ](https://gardensdb.com/people/mali-clements) - [ AC Alison Clements Designer ](https://gardensdb.com/people/alison-clements) Photography Gallery --------- ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/569953b7-d467-4637-8b5b-754b1714e547/conversions/PXL_20260617_141915592-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6ad150e7-1cc1-41cd-ae32-3cd76757d24d/conversions/PXL_20260617_141903408-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/13272d77-9a2a-46d5-9dfb-c03490c9269d/conversions/PXL_20260617_141855251.MP-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/c2a53ee3-1299-48f8-9335-370541f5567c/conversions/PXL_20260617_141907254-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6ba6bb59-bdc5-498b-b35c-7646e04c9372/conversions/PXL_20260617_141923120.MP-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/1a1315dd-5edd-4786-bf5d-bf6803a468a7/conversions/PXL_20260617_141928492-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/bea249f7-d3d7-4ab4-96ea-051308d7af1e/conversions/image-gallery.webp) ![]() / Photo: Brought to life by Organisations --------------- ![](/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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