Wild, Old and Cultivated - 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%2Fwild-old-and-cultivated) [ 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%2Fwild-old-and-cultivated) - [ 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 ](https://gardensdb.com/help) ![A vibrant, naturalistic garden in a timber raised bed features a gnarled deadwood branch, sunflowers, orange marigolds, white daisies, and purple flowers.](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/ee607f1e-d9c6-4860-a5cc-59aa7d0ca4ae/conversions/PXL_20260606_164304085.MP-gallery.webp) [Gardens](https://gardensdb.com/gardens) / [ Royal Windsor Flower Show 2026 ](https://gardensdb.com/shows/royal-windsor-flower-show-2026) Garden Makers Competition Wild, Old and Cultivated ========================== Designed by Peter Gadsdon At a glance Show Royal Windsor Flower Show Year 2026 Category Garden Makers Competition Border Photo: GardensDB About this garden The story ----------- This design seeks to playfully integrate the wild, old and cultivated, with food and habitat for all sorts. Anchored with 'standing deadwood', this is a nod to ancient habitats - living and being reworked - on the margins and midsts of fields, often reflecting bygone woodlands. It features a backbone of native wildflowers, once often seen in fallow fields or around the edges of crops such as barley - a marker human interaction. Not too neat, it leans towards non-hybridised, old fashioned edible cultivars and companion-planting, but doesn't mind collaborative 'non-natives'. It seeks to blur edges, celebrate working together, abundance and healthy, living resilient soil! The people behind it Designer ---------- - [ PG Peter Gadsdon Designer ](https://gardensdb.com/people/peter-gadsdon) Photography Gallery --------- ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/ee607f1e-d9c6-4860-a5cc-59aa7d0ca4ae/conversions/PXL_20260606_164304085.MP-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/7483cb9d-cd99-481f-bbf0-4e3fb612bdba/conversions/IMG_3913-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/cc6be231-abfa-41bf-afb2-1a1f679dd060/conversions/IMG_3915-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/b0a4ecd9-a7a9-4a96-8823-e62ce00b87ea/conversions/IMG_3914-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/6105c25d-b8ef-4d03-adef-0bc3b6fb43f1/conversions/IMG_3953-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/2e6aa97c-3237-4e59-9718-4355ae21dc37/conversions/IMG_3952-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/65288736-3ea3-4737-8482-45aa9640f25d/conversions/IMG_3954-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/c08f45c4-a28c-49e5-9b7f-118167593a2b/conversions/IMG_3955-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/95fa4641-bcfb-4b42-9f43-c50539932a21/conversions/IMG_3957-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/8ffed5a2-9665-457f-9b47-0c95b980ed37/conversions/IMG_3956-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3b91f429-7c81-41f3-a15b-2aa44468f35a/conversions/IMG_3959-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/3f248942-b36e-4292-9362-f9ad8c0d5dfa/conversions/IMG_3958-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/5e85d08e-aab8-4934-978f-e428088ea9b6/conversions/IMG_3912-gallery.webp) ![](https://cdn.gardensdb.com/media/374779ac-c41f-4d35-9512-e0b4462ae428/conversions/Peter-Gadson-(1)-gallery.webp) ![]() / Hero image Set as hero 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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