Rooted in Resilience - 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%2Frooted-in-resilience) [ 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%2Frooted-in-resilience) - [ 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/41271706-3877-4e6c-a7f8-d62aacc4fbc9/conversions/Rooted-in-Resilience---1-gallery.webp) [Gardens](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) / [ Bord Bia Bloom 2026 ](https://gardensdb.com/shows/bord-bia-bloom-2026) Medium Show Garden ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bord-bia-bloom-gold-medal/icon.webp) Gold Medal Rooted in Resilience ====================== Designed by David Negus At a glance Show Bord Bia Bloom Year 2026 Category Medium Show Garden Large Show Garden Photo: Bord Bia Bloom About this garden The story ----------- Rooted in Resilience is a symbolic garden inspired by the emotional and physical journey of people living with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable blood cancer. The design guides visitors through contrasting spaces reflecting diagnosis, treatment, recovery and ongoing resilience, while allowing freedom of choice in how the journey is experienced. Visitors begin in a narrow, hospital-inspired corridor that opens into a 'waiting room' space. From there, they may enter a welcoming social garden celebrating connection and support or continue through a woodland setting toward a sculptural 'blood-drop pod', or into a remission garden leading to a quiet reflection pool. Subtle shifts in planting, materials and light guide movement, with woodland giving way to resilient gravel planting. Together these transitions create a hopeful landscape that honours courage, connection, and the quiet resilience of those living with myeloma. Award Recognition ------------- - ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/awards/bord-bia-bloom-gold-medal/icon.webp) Gold Medal Bord Bia Bloom The people behind it Designer ---------- - [ ![David Negus](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/people/david-negus/profile_photo.webp) David Negus Designer ](https://gardensdb.com/people/david-negus) Photography Gallery --------- ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/41271706-3877-4e6c-a7f8-d62aacc4fbc9/conversions/Rooted-in-Resilience---1-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7c6aea02-7336-4841-8ee2-13e2b71064b1/conversions/Rooted-in-Resilience---3-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/2f385410-8de4-4fea-90c5-4a2ba66aee7a/conversions/Rooted-in-Resilience---2-gallery.webp) ![]() / Photo: ![](/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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