Chelsea Flower Show

designers focus on gardening and wellbeing

Ann-Marie Powell has created a colourful garden design with bright borders to lift the spirits, benches to relax and share a chat on, soothing water features, a bee friendly perennial meadow, edible plants in pots and a stylish kitchen garden.

“Gardens and gardening do more good to heart and soul than they are ever given credit for. It is important that my interpretation on a front garden theme is full of take home ideas. Too many people are paving over their front gardens but anybody can have a beautiful front garden.”

This garden is intended to build awareness of the positive healing effects that gardening can have on people’s health and happiness. Her ideas are designed to be incorporated in both private and community gardens.

Health, happiness and healing gardens

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Friedrich Froebel included a garden for children in the first Kindergarten