‘Our Lives in Time’s Hands’ show garden was in the conceptual arena at the flower show.

Gardens in this range push the boundaries of design and allow the visitors time to think about the subject matter. Designers, Ivy and Whyte, based the garden on one of Shakespeare’s Sonnets (Sonnet 60), which deals with the passing of time, and as Shakespeare commented, ‘although you cannot stop time, you can harness time to leave a message for future generations’. Visitors entering the garden were invited to leave their own messages.

Rising to the challenge of building a ‘wave’, plus creating a coastal landscape, resulted in a beautiful garden which was inviting and calming.