A phone call on a chilly January morning with Ian McBain, the principal deisigner at Tythorne Garden Design, led to an exciting collaboration and a whole new arena for some of our recycled sails!

Ian’s design idea for his show garden at RHS Malvern Spring Festival featured a huge four poster bed and he was looking for a sponsor to make curtains from sustainable repurposed or recycled fabric to fit with the garden’s remit…and we were delighted to be involved!

Here’s an excerpt from Tythorne Garden Design’s website and there are many more amazing photos on Instagram @tythornegardendesign, as well as coverage on BBC Gardener’s World (Iplayer)

Introducing the Sleep in Beauty show garden at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2025

Designed by: Ian McBain MSGD MAPL

Landscaping contractor: Pickwell Paving

Awarded SILVER GILT by the RHS judges

The Sleep in Beauty Garden at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival is Tythorne Garden Design’s second show garden, and follows on from our debut at RHS Malvern in 2024. This is a garden for relaxation, featuring a king-sized bed which serves as a luxurious day bed or the perfect spot to spend the night outside in comfort.

Celebrating sustainable choices

The garden celebrates sustainable choices, with reclaimed, recycled and repurposed materials taking centre stage. The structure over the bed is made from end-of-life scaffolding boards, as is the majority of the boundary screen. Reclaimed industrial stillages have been repurposed as raised beds and to create a simple water feature. Strips of natural stone (cut from damaged and waste stone) provide a beautiful and functional path to link the various areas of the garden. The same stone has been used to create two decorative wall panels and a bespoke bench seat. Any remaining offcuts of the stone have been crushed to form an attractive (and permeable) gravel surface. Sustainability is also apparent with the recycled acrylic ‘star gazing’ panels above the bed, and the weather-resistant curtains hanging on three sides of the overhead structure which have been produced from recycled boat sails.