Blooming good show for gardening teacher
A primary school teacher walked away with three awards from the BBC Gardeners' World Live event in Birmingham.
Leanne Wood, from Bugbrooke near Northampton, received a platinum award along with prizes for best beautiful border and best magazine subscriber.
Her show garden, measuring just three square metres, was called "Following in My Footsteps" and included a mud kitchen.
Ms Wood said collecting the awards was "amazing".
"Share my space" was the theme of this year's beautiful borders event, with judges looking for gardens where people could "come together, learn from one another and cultivate a shared green oasis".
Ms Wood had to work with a plot of just three square metres and said she was inspired by her grandparents' garden.
Her show plot included a cobbled area - a feature she remembered from her grandparents' house.
Ms Wood described the awards as "amazing" and added: "It’s been wonderful to listen to visitors reactions to the border.
"Many have picked out elements that they’d like to replicate at home and I’m so pleased it has inspired so many.
"The whole experience has been amazing and I’m totally blown away with the success that we have had."
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