Show Gardens
Our show gardens are one of our most popular show attractions. 94% of visitors make a bee-line to them to pick up inspiration, ideas and find professionals to help them improve their own gardens at home.
Show patron Sir Roddy Llewellyn is not surprised at the show gardens’ popularity. “There’s such a generosity of spirit at Southport Flower Show. You can often see the designers and landscapers in their show gardens chatting away to visitors, letting them in on a few trade secrets and explaining the benefits of employing a professional.”
The best Garden Designers and Landscapers are usually inundated with enquiries at the first signs of spring. So if you're thinking of having your garden done it's a well kept trade secret that Autumn is the perfect time. It’s the best time to lay turf or sow seed, perfect for planting and the cheapest time to buy many trees as bare-roots.
And for good Landscapers and Garden Designers, August is a great time to do a show garden. Demand is not as frantic as spring time, and with up to 70,000 visitors coming to the show it gives you the perfect opportunity to showcase your work to prospective clients - and say hello to previous clients.
Our 2012 Show Garden application form is now available,
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2011 Show Gardeners
Class 1: Grand Gardens 9 x 12m
Paul Richards Garden Design - 1930’s Modernism is Alive & Well
Large Gold Winner
Brockhouse Trophy Winner (Best in Show)
Pontins Trophy Winner (Best Outside Garden)
Southport Corporation Trophy (Best Grand Outside Garden)
Inspired by the Modernist movement of the 1930s, this garden fully embraces the themes of modernist architecture and shows that 1930’s Modernism is very much alive and well in the twenty-first century.
Designer: Paul Richards MSGD
Tel: 01704 840868
www.paulrichardsgardendesign.co.uk
Landscaper: Greenbelt Landscapes
Tel: 015242 41494
www.greenbeltlandscapes.co.uk
Muddy Boots for the North West Air Ambulance - On Moonlight Bay
People's Choice Winner - 2011
On Moonlight Bay has been designed for the North West Air Ambulance Charity. Its formal, compact layout gives it a 1950‘s contemporary feel, whilst the borders of hot colours and striking foliage shapes and textures soften the straight lines and heighten the garden’s truly Mediterranean style.
Sponsored by: Brett Landscaping Ltd, Jewson Ltd, Summerfield Plants. Unique Graphics, Astro Lighting, Broomfield Aquatics, J H Meyers & Sons, Steven McGregor, William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd.
Landscaper: Muddy Boots
www.muddy-boots.biz
Designers: Claire Skidmore & Clare Edwards
Tel: 01704 510665 or Mobile: 07701 039305
R. F. Showering Garden Design & Landscaping - Glam Rock
My first memory of Southport Flower Show was as a young boy in the 1970’s standing and staring in amazement at the row of beautiful rock and water gardens. So this year’s Vintage theme is a great opportunity to build such a garden.
Sponsored by: Massams Supplies Ltd. & Billinge Garden Centre
Garden Design & Landscaping: Rob Showering
Tel: 01704 841963
mobile: 07889 902301
Class 2: Large Gardens 6 x 8m
Alan Francis - Vintage Victorian
This garden interprets vintage as old and of good quality as represented in Victorian style. The garden is formal in style with a traditional hand-built gazebo made using reclaimed materials.
The planting is a mixture popular with Victorians including roses, shrubs, soft herbaceous plants and tender bedding such as dahlias and chrysanthemums.
Designer & Landscaper: Alan Francis
Tel: 01704 214982
Mob: 0771 511 8982
www.alanfrancislandscapes.co.uk
Email: info@alanfrancislandscapes.co.uk
Mook Garden Design
Tel: 01704 551144
Mob: 07831 793074
www.mookgardens@sky.com
Sound Garden Design & Rhododendrons - The Lost Garden
This garden is a small section of a larger garden in Cornwall that Tim is currently restoring. It represents a lost Himalayan informal woodland garden and reflects a naturalist theme. The plants used were originally discovered by many of the great Victorian plant hunters from Joseph Hooker to George Forrest.
Garden Design & Landscaping: Tim Atkinson
Tel: 01925 229100
Mobile: 07931 340836
Turfland - Ban the Bomb
The CND symbol (campaign for nuclear disarmament) and its slogan “Ban the Bomb” became icons and part of the youth culture during the sixties. This garden sponsored by Turfland is based on this logo.
Designer: Angie McKay & John Kearsley
Tel: 01704 888333
Email: angela.mackay@turfland.co.uk
Landscaper: John Kearsley
01978 846 692
Chris Ashcroft Landscapes - Vintage Rosé
People's Choice Winner - 2011
Easy on the eye with a delicate nose, this striking vintage combines classic elements to produce an image that lingers in the memory.
Sponsored by: Massams Supplies Ltd. & Billinge Garden Centre
Garden Design & Landscaping: Chris Ashcroft
Tel: 01704 509257
Email: chrisashcroft@sky.com
mobile: 07793 710350
www.chrisashcroftlandscapes.co.uk
Ian Collins Garden Landscapes
Landscaper: Ian Collins
Tel: 01704 562121
mobile: 07836 696891
Peter Tinsley Landscaping - Just William (Robinson)
Landscaper: Peter Tinsley
Tel:01704 841063
Mobile: 07754 665754
Sponsored by: L & T Stone
Class 3: Medium Gardens 6 x 6m
Garden Works & Design - Vintage Power
This garden illustrates a wildlife habitat and a place of relaxation for a man who works hard in a saw mill. Its wild flowers & native trees encourage wildlife. The vintage traditional waterwheel pumps water round the garden.
Sponsored by: Wiltshire Farm Foods
Designer: Adriano Patisso
Tel: 01253 826844
Mobile: 07711 995184
Garden Creations - “In memory of Sue"
This garden is an informal mix intended to provide an intimate space where Sue loved to relax and unwind with a glass of wine.
Unfortunately Sue lost her battle with cancer earlier in the year so this garden is dedicated to her memory.
Landscaper: David Gibson
Tel: 01772 314221
Mobile: 07890524942
B&G Fencing - Future Vintage
This is a future vintage garden and everything is very eco friendly. A lot of people will be growing their own vegetables and with global warming we think you’d rather be out enjoying the sun more than being stuck in watching Corrie.
Contact: Pauline Bamber
Tel: 01772 900100
www.bgfencing.co.uk
Email: bgfencingltd@aol.com
mobile: 07980 580 597
B. Caunce Paving - War Time Garden 
This garden is based on WWII gardens with an Anderson Shelter, an outside toilet building, cobbled paths to flower and vegetable beds and a grassed area.
Sponsored by: Assured Care (North West) Ltd & Mere Brow Smithy
Designer & Landscaper: Brian Caunce
Tel: 01704 514362
Email: brian.caunce@btinternet.com
Mobile: 07970 808754
Crosby Landscapes - Flower Power
This garden is inspired by 1960’s ‘Flower Power’.
"The cry of 'Flower Power' echoes through the land. We shall not wilt. Let a thousand flowers bloom."
Abbie Hoffman, May 1967
Tel: 0151 931 1539
www.crosby-landscapes.com
Email: crosbylandscapes@btinternet.com
mobile: 07504 361715
Class 4: Small Gardens 4 x 4m
Myerscough College - Recyclable Vintage
Myerscough College's work based department are first timers at this year's show.
Work based apprentices constructed the garden to complete their L2 Horticulture Diploma course.
Their garden (re)uses over 250 used wine/beer bottles along with grey stone paving and crushed shells from Fleetwood. The water feature incorporates a vintage champagne bottle to add a touch of class to the garden. Special thank you to Sue Edwards for drawing the plan.
Special thanks to:
Hospitality Inn Bamber Bridge, Preston for wine bottles.
Bannister Hall Landscape supplies, Preston.
