Press & Media
Cotswold Living A feature on Megan Dodd Studio’s Silver Gilt–winning Living Beauty garden at the inaugural RHS Badminton Flower Show, highlighting a creative collaboration with Tetbury fashion boutique Constantine Rex and Amanda Thompson Couture. The article explores how couture and horticulture were brought together through a bespoke gown inspired by Verbascum ‘Helen Johnson’, a rare vintage Hardy Amies piece, and the shared principles of craftsmanship, heritage and nature-led design. The Duchess of Beaufort visited the garden during the show, where the collaboration sparked warm conversations and wide interest.
Press mentions
Cotswold Life 30th July 2026 Feature on Silver Gilt award for the Living Beauty Pocket Planting border at RHS Badminton
The Local Answer 27th July 2026 A feature on how plants from the Living Beauty garden at RHS Badminton were replanted to create a new sensory garden at Leighterton Primary School.
Gardeners World 2026 Episode 9 A segment featuring Megan Dodd Studio’s Finding Balance border at RHS Malvern, with Rachel de Thame discussing its painterly, calm planting.
Cotswold Life 3rd April 2026 A feature introducing Megan Dodd’s Finding the Balance border for RHS Malvern, exploring its sculptural form, painterly planting and nature‑led design.
Society of Garden Designers Journal — March & June 2026 Professional mentions featuring Megan Dodd Studio’s Finding the Balance border at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival, where it was awarded a Silver Medal
Shows
Our show gardens explore painterly planting, ecological depth and thoughtful design. Each project is shaped by place, movement and seasonal atmosphere.
RHS Badminton Flower Show 2026
Ornamental elegance and biodiversity seamlessly coexist in this soft, painterly border. A luminous tapestry of grasses and long‑flowering perennials creates an uplifting atmosphere. A meandering path, sculptural dead wood and a stone water bowl quietly support insects, birds and soil life
Reflecting a commitment to creating spaces that feel generous and achievable for gardeners of all levels, Living Beauty was relocated to a local primary school
With thanks to Constantine RexThe Generous Gardener and Bodkin House Hotel
RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2026
Finding Balance is a sensory‑led border for the RHS Malvern Spring Show, exploring resilience, adaptation, and our search for equilibrium, both within ourselves and in nature.
The design is shaped by themes of imbalance and adjustment, expressed through an asymmetrical layout and gently curving path that subtly evoke disorientation while keeping the space calm, grounded, and accessible.
Planting is naturalistic and painterly, built around resilient species chosen for movement, texture, and sensory depth. A soft palette of whites, blues, apricots, and bronzes creates a restorative atmosphere, with grasses and aromatic plants encouraging visitors to slow down and engage through multiple senses.
Finding Balance considers how gardens can communicate complex experiences, offering a space that feels reflective and quietly restorative, and highlighting the quiet power of plants to support wellbeing.
After the festival, the garden will be relocated to Calcot Manor & Spa in the Cotswolds, where it will continue to grow and be enjoyed.
With thanks to Calcot Spa & Manor,Aromatherapy Associates, and BANA for their support.