insideKENT Magazine Issue 28 - July 2014 | Page 133

OUTDOORLIVING ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE Jacksons Fencing NEWS, TOPICAL TREATS AND MORE... JACKSONS SHOW GARDENS UPDATE Mediterranean Memories by Sally Perigo – all the raised beds were constructed from ungrooved Jakwall As you might expect when I was thinking about writing July’s pages for this and other local magazines, it would be pretty difficult for me not to mention this year’s Jacksons Show Gardens Design competition. In fact you’d probably think it was odd if I didn’t give you some sort of update, as at the time of writing this it is the week the gardens have been completed and we’ve had the two separate launches. One at our HQ in Kent for the two winning 2014 show garden designs opening, and then another launch a week later, for the rather unusual additional part of the competition, which is the show garden that opened at the Ashford Designer Outlet, celebrating a summer of sport and especially the World Cup. Apologies if you are not local to us in Kent, but some of you may well travel around and decide to drop in to see our lovely gardens if you are in the vicinity. And for those of you who won’t get a chance to see them in the flesh, I can at least show you some pictures of the completed gardens now. This year’s winners are Sally Perigo, with Mediterranean Memories, Annie Berriman with the Tropical Garden, and Amy Roberts with Jacksons FC. Win Jacksons Jakwall worth £250 If you are an avid reader of my monthly pages (said tongue in cheek of course!) you may well remember our recent product spotlight and free prize draw to win £250 worth of Jakwall. Well there’s a link here; the ungrooved version of Jakwall was used extensively in the build of the Mediterranean Memories garden. It looks fantastic, I’m sure you will agree; many visitors were impressed, as was the landscaper who built the garden. Ian Day said it was so much better than using sleepers, it was lighter and had very nice chamfered edges. Well that’s a definite Lush and