Seen in many of the show gardens, flower meadows give gardens a soft, natural feel, along with an injection of summery colour. Flower meadows also encourage wildlife such as butterflies and insects.

 
The Homebase Room with a View garden

Ideal for small spaces, the window boxes featured along this wall panel show that plants can be grown in even the most limited of places.

Living on the Ceiling (no more room down there) garden

As the trend for ‘grow your own' gathers pace, planting foliage alongside the vegetable plot is an aesthetically pleasing way to create interest in the garden.

Holiday Inn Green Room garden

This elegant garden has a negative carbon footprint; almost all of the materials featured are recycled from the glass path and patio area to the hammock made of recycled seat belts.

Sustainability can be Sexy garden 

A simple yet effective way to add interest to your outdoor space, bold colours add individuality and enclose the space, focussing attention inwards.

Shades of Barragàn garden

The Porsche garden demonstrates how an environmentally conscious urban dweller could combine a contemporary front garden with off-street parking. When not in use, the car is hidden out of sight as the front section of the garden disappears underground.

This garden highlights the continuing disappearance of urban front gardens, so many of which are being paved over to provide off-road parking.

As our climate warms, creating shade becomes more vital. Here, shade is created above a seating area using a removable sail curtain.

The Sadolin Four Seasons garden