Stockton Drillings As Nature Intended Garden
Site MA7
www.stocktondrilling.com
The Stockton Drillings As Nature Intended Garden has been designed to promote the use of
natural materials and traditional crafts. Central to Jamie Dunstan’s design is an organic structure
which combines woven willow and yew hedging to form a wall, and frame a stone sculpture beyond. Leading to and from the building is a stone path surrounded by barley. Within this are woven willow sculptures reflecting the angular shape of the stone sculpture. To create definition, a tapering dry stone wall separates the planting from the Carpinus hedging which surrounds the garden. The rear corner of the garden features coppiced hazel, under-
planted with woodland plants such as ferns and digitalis. All planting featured has uses that mankind has exploited and become reliant upon. The main planting areas are to be filled with a crop of winter barley, under-planted with clover to provide a source of nitrogen. Barley is used within the brewing industry. The area behind the building and surrounding the sculpture will be planted with coppiced Corylus, repre senting coppiced woodland under-planted with perennials. Taxus has been chosen because of its medicinal use as a source of paclitaxel(or Taxol) used in the treatment of cancer. Carpinus, planted to form the boundary of the garden, is chosen because its hard- wood qualities means it can be used to make tool handles, piano actions
and gear pegs in traditional windmills. Jamie has become a regular at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show over recent years and in 2011 won a coveted Gold medal and the title of Best Urban Garden.