CHALLENGE PLOT

Does your garden have a story behind it? When people visit, do you feel compelled to tell them about the obstacles you’ve overcome or what it was like before? If so, then we want to know about it. Send us photos of your garden now, and don’t forget to include pics of your garden before you transformed it. For this category, we’re looking for gardens of any size – from pocket-sized patches to expansive spaces – that have been created against the odds. These challenges could include: An overshadowed plot, where you’re restricted to plants that will thrive in shade

A garden with soil that’s full of rocks or rubble, or heavy and prone to waterlogging

A sloping site that requires clever use of steps and retaining walls

A location that is battered by sea air or on a windswept hill

A garden you have transformed from an overgrown mess or a neglected wasteland, or that is besieged by weeds from neighbouring plots