HOT on the heels of winning a coveted medal at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2018, garden designer Olivia Kirk has been overseeing the relocation of the garden, into its permanent home at the Royal Porcelain Works in Worcester.

The Royal Porcelain Works officially opens at the end of June and will provide a vibrant new centre for the performing arts and modern craftsmanship.

The central garden will link a new cafe with the existing Museum of Royal Worcester and the adjacent Royal Porcelain Works, with the Henry Sandon Hall, which will be an arts centre run by Worcester Live.

Over the last week, Olivia, based at Bishops Frome near Ledbury, and her team have dismantled the show garden at Malvern and carefully loaded all the plants and trees onto a fleet of lorries to transport them to Worcester.

She said: "The garden was months in the planning and took over three weeks to build and plant for the show. We were absolutely delighted with how the garden was received by the thousands of visitors, so dismantling it all after all that hard work could have seemed very sad, but what was great was that we knew that all the beautiful plants and trees were going to live on in their new home, and visitors will be able to enjoy them for many years to come.”

Olivia is also introducing a selection of interesting herbs and edible flowers which the chefs at the Nest cafe will be able to pick straight from the garden for use in their food.

Chairman Colin Kinnear OBE said: “The Court Yard Garden is a wonderful addition to the redevelopment project as it will provide a beautiful outdoor space where people can sit, meet, eat and drink and enjoy some of the live outdoor events we have planned at the Royal Porcelain Works throughout the summer.”

The redevelopment is being funded by the Bransford Trust, a supporter of the arts, music, education and wellbeing of young people. It is opening to the public on Saturday, June 30.