We are immensely chuffed that our Cactus-Direct: 2101 garden won triple awards at RHS Tatton 2017 in Cheshire - including the much-coveted GOLD award.On Tuesday, July 18, we were awarded a Gold medal, as well as Best Construction in Show and Best Future Spaces garden, so it's fair to say we were very happy indeed.Anyone who's read our previous blog posts about the RHS Tatton - Announcing 2101 and Countdown to RHS Tatton knows how hard we've worked and how ambitious our garden concept was to execute.The judging process for RHS Shows is notoriously tough, and we worked extremely hard
Read MoreOur RHS Tatton show garden is going absolutely amazingly and we're being asked for our planting list by so many people already that we thought we'd make it available to everyone.Be sure to tag us @warnesmcgarr if you post a photo of our Cactus-direct: 2101 garden on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.Garden title: 2101Main sponsor: cactus-direct.co.ukGarden designer: Michael John McGarrContractor/ builder: Warnes McGarr & Co Ltd Planting listYucca FiliferaYucca RostrataYucca glorisoaTrithrinax campestrisNannorrhops ritchianaButia odorataVitis vinifera muscatEchinocactus grusonii (600mm wide specimen barrel cacti)Polaskia Chichipe (1500mm high specimen cacti)Pinus sylvestrisAlnus glutinosaBetula nigraSanguisorba "tanna"Iris germanicaSedum "purple emperor"Euphorbia characiasVerbena bonariensisCarex morrowiiPersicariaVeronicastrumPrimula vialiiHostaThalictrumGeraniumGeumHemerocallisLobelia hapsdens blueEupatorium baby JoeThymus
Read MoreWe’re all celebrating here at WM design Studio after winning a gold medal and the Best Construction award at the BBC Gardeners’ World Live Show in Birmingham, June 16-19. Our garden was called Eat and Shelter, which featured the amazing Alfa outdoor wood-burning pizza oven we supply, as well as a fire/ ice table and a very contemporary corten steel pergola.This garden utterly represents everything we do here at Warnes McGarr & Co. The outdoor kitchen has fast become our signature design, because it represents a new trend in how people use their gardens. In addition to this, it represents
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