Sarah Price, a graduate of the Oxford School of Garden Design, won the recent competition to choose a design for the new main garden at the Thrive Battersea Garden Project in Battersea Park. Second place went to Vanessa Adorni from Capel Manor School of Design, and Alyson Hamilton from the English Gardening School came third.[summary]
The talented designers accepted their prizes on Thursday 30 October 2008 at a ceremony in the nearby headquarters of the competition sponsors, shopping channel QVC. Sarah’s first prize was £3,500. The second prize was £1,000 and the third prize, £500.
Sarah will now work with Thrive to develop her design for the Battersea Park site. The redevelopment will create a flagship for therapeutic horticulture in the capital and work is due to start in 2009/10.
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| Nicola Carruthers, Sarah Price and Steve Hoffman of QVC |
Nicola Carruthers, Chief Executive of Thrive commented:
“Sarah produced a truly imaginative design. All the judges felt that it showed a real understanding and acknowledgement of how disabled gardeners will work in the garden. Sarah also incorporated some very thoughtful use of natural materials and we felt that it related exceptionally well to the proposed new building, bringing the gardens and building together.”