Worthing business wins award for 'ethereal' garden design at BBC Gardeners' World Autumn Fair

Saachi Parasrampuria, Marko Yau and James Miller from Amaranth Collaborative, a landscape and garden design practice, won a Platinum award for their Childhood Rediscovered Border at the BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair.

The event was held at Audley End House and Gardens in Saffron Walden from Friday, September 11 to Sunday, September 13.

A spokesperson for the BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair described the ‘relaxed, wildlife-friendly’ show garden as ‘a celebration of curiosity, creativity and connection with nature’.

Head judge, gardening editor, horticulturalist and journalist, Ian Hodgson, said: “The planting in this garden was ethereal and beautiful, and shone in the sunlight. The attention to detail was meticulous and the children the garden has been created for are going to love it.”

Speaking about designing the garden, Saachi from Amaranth Collaborative said: “It’s been a really fun, enjoyable and creative process.

"We’re so delighted to have won this award and want to inspire people about what can be achieved on a budget in their own gardens.”

The garden will now be relocated to Hertfordshire charity St. Elizabeth’s which supports children, young people and adults with complex needs.

A spokesperson for St. Elizabeth’s said the charity ‘can’t wait’ to welcome the garden.

St. Elizabeth’s said: “It has been a wonderful collaboration and we want to say a huge thank you to James, Marko and Saachi for choosing us to house your beautiful garden at St Elizabeth’s for everyone to enjoy.”

The garden also won the designers an award for Best Interpretation of the Theme.

Beautiful Borders are compact show gardens packed with ideas for smaller-scale garden spaces. There’s a new creative theme every year, and this year it was ‘Once Upon a Time’, a ‘perfect introduction to fascinating stories told through plants’.

Applications for next year’s Beautiful Borders competition opened on September 15, 2026, and close on May 7, 2027. 15 bursaries of £300 are available to applicants for plants and props.

For more information, visit: www.bbcgardenersworldfair.com.