• ‘The Journey’ - Show Garden for the BBC Gardener’s World Live 2014, at the NEC in Birmingham.

• To mark the poignant lows and triumphant highs of one’s journey through life

A wind-swept tree growing in the side of a mountain. You can see by the shape of it’s trunk and branch structure that it has been battered by the elements. And yet, it’s roots grow deep in the mountain.

What we see above ground is the resulting beauty of its trials.

Character ~ Perseverance ~ Change

Just as professional athletes focus on their goal, our journey of life is shaped by what or Who we fix our eyes on.

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• Sun-lit path appearing at certain times of the day.

• Laser-cut flash of lightning feature wall - the unpredictable brevity of life.

• Specially commissioned bonsai, shaped by members of the Japanese Garden Society.

• Ishigumi, the art of stone setting.

• 3.5 tonnes of monolithic boulders and the Hand of God

• Dry river - stones individually laid by hand, 16 man-days to complete

RHS Show Garden Silver Medal

Comments from the public

"The most visually stunning garden in the whole Show"


"We've been coming here for the past 15 years and have never seen anything like it!"


"Very thought-provoking. A few weeks ago I was told I have late-stage cancer. I went through a very hard time. Jason’s garden spoke to the depths of my soul and gave me hope.