Emma Atkinson: Landscape Architect & Garden Designer

'A Border with a Buzz'   Belvoir Castle Flower & Show Garden  Last month I undertook my very first show border at Belvoir Castle Flower & Garden Show, where I was delighted to have received the 'Professional's Award' selected by David Domoney. The concept of the garden is centred around Bumblebees.  Having worked closely with the bumblebee conservation trust to design a space that would be solely focused on these little creatures, the garden aimed to raise awareness, provoke conversations and showcase key pollinators. The garden was designed to be replicated across homes across the UK, whether that's in pots, balconies or gardens.  A border with a 'buzz' was designed to raise awareness of the humble bumblebee, which remain in critical decline across the UK. Bumblebees, unlike Honey Bees perform 'buzz pollination' which support vital pollination of most of our fruit and vegetables. Shockingly, over 25,000 bumblebee colonies are imported fr