Jamie's green garden takes gold at Chelsea Flower Show

The Braithwell-based garden designer dreamed up a display filled with previously-used items, including industrial fans, an old prison door and an old safe.

The end result was Winds of Change, a seven-by-five metre garden which won a Gold Award and was declared the Best in Show in the Urban Garden category at the prestigious horticultural show in London this week.

A delighted Jamie, who has previously won two Silver Awards, said that he was “overwhelmed” by his latest and greatest success.

Moments after learning the results, he posted a Twitter message reading: “This all seems so unreal. My brain is frazzled and I’ve almost lost my voice but I’m a very happy man.”

He added: “I am absolutely delighted to have won a coveted Gold Award, achieving one of my career ambitions.

“And then, to receive the Best in Show really made this garden and this year’s show a truly memorable experience.

“I also hope that I have inspired visitors to the show as to the creative use of hard landscaping materials, together with typical garden plants and features.

“Garden design is about exploring alternative ways of making outdoor spaces work and to have this ethos recognised by the most prestigious show in the world is amazing.”

Jamie’s garden, sponsored by Stockton Drilling, was designed with an industrial look, with reclaimed materials used to create a garden that included his home-engineered turbines—constructed from industrial cooling fans.

As well as the turbines, the garden features a steel-framed structure that acts as a shelter with a built-in fireplace, log store and green roof.

The boundaries were constructed from recycled timber, highlighting the garden’s industrial feel and creating a strong backdrop for the planting.

Robert Hillier, a gardening expert and the chairman of the judging panel, said: “This garden was just fantastic, with its messages of environmental sustainability.

“The fans on the garden deliver that message loud and clear.

“As it has an industrial background, I did not expect the high quality of the design.

“The use of materials, the attention to detail and the colour blending was just magnificent.

“The planting was great. It is innovative and it certainly deserves to win.”