Ollie Pike, MLA Landscape Architecture and Camellia Hayes, MA Landscape Architecture make up two of three three Young Designers at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park, while Melissa Gun, Elena Jarmalaviciute, Pinru Chen, Nea Weston, Helena Bills and Sarah Collings compete in the Long Border Competition.
The only RHS show held in the north of England, Tatton Park hosts around 80,000 visitors every year and acts as a springboard for young design talent.
MLA Landscape Architecture student Ollie Pike made his show garden debut with the Psalm 27 Garden, sponsored by the Bible Society.
Inspired by Psalm 27 and native grassland meadows often found in churchyards, it aims to evoke ideas of protection, reflection and guidance.
Ollie returned to the Department of Landscape Architecture in September 2022 to complete his final year, having spent two years in practice at Harris Bugg Studio, where he worked on the planting for the Gold Medal winning M&G Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021.
Camellia Hayes, who is in her second year of MA Landscape Architecture, won a Silver-Gilt medal at Tatton Park in 2022 for her long border design and returned in 2023 for a step up to the prestigious Young Designer category.
Her design Seeking Resilience, sponsored by Barratt Developments, represened a small, inner-city pocket park and is a place for both people and nature to come in and seek respite.
She was inspired by her mum’s strength during recent cancer treatment and wanted to create a space which nurtures resilient people and resilient planting.
