Page 66 • The HERALD • 20th November 2025 v THE HERALD - Proud to be part of your community v SPADEWORK Family Landscaping & Fencing Team ] Decking & Natural Sandstone Paving ] Patios ] Driveways ] Block Paving ] Turfing ] All Types of Domestic & Commercial Fencing ] Security Fencing Supplied & Fitted Tel: (023) 8089 4909 Mobile: 07703 566814 u Free Estimates u Fully Insured All Aspects of Garden Work Undertaken • Driveways • Paving • Artificial Grass • Turfing • Decking • Fencing • Hedge Cutting • Landscaping Hythe Garden Contractors Family company established 1977 For a free quotation please call 023 8084 3556 or 023 8084 0378 For all your Landscaping needs Patios, Decking, Turfing, Artificial grass and so much more. 07979 107630 Rogersrenovations2023@gmail.com DOWN THE GARDEN PATH Bring a Beautiful Border to life at the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair Got a great idea for a gorgeous garden? Why not bring your design to life at next year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair at Beaulieu in the New Forest (1st – 3rd May). Applications for the 2026 Beautiful Borders competition are now open! Whether you’re an experienced garden designer or amateur gardener, a student or school gardening club, or a charity or community group, BBC Gardeners’ World events want to hear from you. e Beautiful Borders are an exciting opportunity to share your talents and skills, imagination and love of plants with tens of thousands of gardening fans. Measuring just 9m2, the Beautiful Borders are miniature wonders, brimming with fresh inspiration for small gardens. e creative theme for the 2026 Beautiful Borders competition is ‘Once Upon a Time’, inviting entrants to show how even the smallest garden space can become a storybook. Visitors will be transported into a world where imagination blooms and every detail tells a tale. Whether inspired by a special memory, a journey towards health and wellbeing, a personal achievement, dream or meaningful moment, creating a Beautiful Border is a great opportunity to tell a story through plants, colour and design. It’s personal stories and lived experiences that the BBC Gardeners’ World events team are looking for rather than lm or book interpretations. Limited bursaries of £250 are available for plants and props. BBC Gardeners’ World events’ friendly, experienced horticultural team supports entrants every step of the way, from application through the build and to nal reveal. Borders are assessed on site by expert assessment panels, with medals, awards and constructive feedback for every entrant. e top awards are Best Beautiful Border, Best Interpretation of the eme, and Best BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Subscriber Border, with a People’s Choice award for visitors’ favourite design. Lucy Tremlett, Event Director at Immediate Live, organisers of BBC Gardeners’ World events, said: “The Beautiful Borders are a hugely popular feature at our events, with visitors spoilt for choice for brilliant ideas for their own gardens. The designers put so much effort, planning and creativity into their Borders, many of them drawing on personal stories and lived experiences for inspiration. Gardens are great places for storytelling, and we can’t wait to see how this year’s entrants bring the Once Upon a Time theme to life.” Winners of the ‘best in show’ Beautiful Border and Platinum award at this year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair were Arundel-based Briony and Jonathan Dakic for e 160th Unbirthday of Alice in Wonderland (pictured with Adam Frost). e pair’s oral take on the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party was a colourful celebration of 160 years of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale. Entries are now open at: www.bbcgardenersworldfair.com, closing on 23rd January 2026. Tickets for the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair are on sale now at: www. bbcgardenersworldfair.com Event highlights include inspiring Beautiful Borders and show gardens, spectacular floral displays, plant and garden shopping, theatres and stages, and BBC Gardeners’ World TV presenters, Magazine edtors and plant experts. ere are garden tours and talks, workshops and demonstrations, and great food, drink and live entertainment. Adam Frost with Briony and Jonathan Dakic winners of Best Beautiful Border 2024 Hythe Flower Club are holding a Wreath Making Workshop on Saturday 29th November. Open to all, whatever your ability as tuition will be given. Morning session 10am-12noon. A ernoon session 1pm-3pm. is workshop is being held at Marchwood Scout and Guide Hall, Main Road, Marchwood. e cost is £30 to include all components and tea/co ee and cake will be served. Booking is essential and a £10 non-refundable deposit is required by 22nd November please. Contact HytheFlowerClub@outlook.com or Maggie Fulker (Chairman) 023 8066 8177. ey look forward to seeing you at this festive event. Wreath Making Workshop
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