Graduate Gardeners struck gold at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival at Three Counties Showground in Malvern, Worcestershire.
RHS Malvern celebrated with an RHS Gold Medals this year, for Mark Draper from Graduate Gardeners Ltd in Bisley, for The Cotswold Garden, created to celebrate Graduate Gardeners’ 50th anniversary in 2024 and reflecting their work in the Cotswolds using sympathetic materials.

Mark said: “We’re absolutely delighted to get the gold medal, which is what we were aiming for, and we’ve got Best in Show and the Construction Award so we’ve got the hattrick, it’s fantastic! Getting the Construction Award, particularly for the lads involved in building the garden, is a real tribute to the hard work they’ve put into the build, so overall we are absolutely delighted.”