It took half a dozen volunteers, over three weeks to build the garden and Teresa was quick to praise their efforts. She said: “Personally I’m very proud of the garden, I had a really good team work on this project, we had lots of fun and the end result and judges comments were very rewarding.”
The garden, part of Malvern’s celebrations marking 100 years of the Tour de France, was praised by the judges for both its design and clever use of planting, which reflected the garden’s theme.
Entitled ‘Single Track Mind’, Teresa’s design represents the mental strength that these top athletes need, not only to complete one of the tour’s stages but also to last the distance and complete the whole three-week race, which covers some 3300 kilometres.
The exciting scheme has three distinct planting zones to represent different stages of the race and a number of local firms either sponsored or loaned materials and plants to make it happen.
Teresa who has been a professional garden designer for the last four years has exhibited at Malvern before and was part of the winning show garden team at the Shrewsbury Flower show two years ago.
She is currently working with the team at Telford Town Park to help transform one of the former Chelsea Gardens into a new sensory space and has also worked with RJAH Orthopedic Hospital and Whittingham Castle on their external spaces as well as a number of private individuals helping them transform their gardens.
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