APL Avenue 2023

Exclusive Show Garden Competition 2023

 APL Designers and Landscaper members are invited to participate in an exclusive competition to build a Show Garden at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2023.

The winning of a BBC Gardeners’ World Live medal provides valuable accreditation to your company/practice, this year we are opening the competition to both APL designers and design and build landscaping companies. For the seventh year running, the organisers of BBC Gardeners’ World Live, River Street Events, are offering a £15,000 contribution to each of the four designers/D & B companies selected to design and build gardens at the show. In addition, there will be generous sponsorship of materials and supporting benefits including PR, hospitality opportunities and show tickets.

Competition Brief

Brief

The theme of 2023 APL Avenue Show Garden is “Take Me Home”. This theme encourages you to produce a space that inspires others to take home elements from your design and try it for themselves, keeping budget in mind. Obviously there are many other elements you could conjure up from this theme too.

The gardens should be inspirational and aspirational, but with a real focus on realistic budgets. Designs should incorporate achievable elements that reflect a market threatened with the current cost of living crisis so that it is relatable to individuals at the show.

Size

The garden should cover an area of between 60 and 80m2. Please make sure you specify in your design which side you would like the garden to be viewed from if built, and please note the garden should be viewable from at least two sides.

Product Usage – Marshalls, Hedges Direct, Rolawn

Marshall's products used in your scheme will be provided free of cost by Marshall's, however this is restricted to their domestic range only. There is no requirement to use any particular or different types of product, but you must indicate your choices on your plan. You are also welcomed to use products from other providers.

Hedges Direct will also hire product from their range, simply head to their website and select the products you require. If product is not available, the team will suggest a suitable alternative.

Rolawn topsoil and turf is also at your discretion to use, please let the team know the quantities required as early as possible.

Drawing and Submission Requirements

With your submission please also include the following:

• Black and white plan view of garden
• Three dimensional perspectives of the garden showing the views that visitors will see
• Planting plan and schedule with a mood board of proposed plants
• Construction layout plan with key dimensions annotated excavations and elevations
• Costing (please see below)
• Funding statement (please see below) – applicants should indicate how the funding for the garden will be made up, with a maximum spend of £35,000. A £15,000 grant from River Street will be given to each garden excluding any Marshall’s products used.

For an application form email phil.tremayne@hta.org.uk