Birmingham City Council winning garden - l-r Mike Hinton, parks development manager, Andrew Hodson (Royal British Legion) and Darren Share, head of parks
It won a Gold Medal and the RHS President's Award - and is now being re-built at the NEC for BBC Gardener's World Live (June 12-15).]
The garden was designed by a team led by Birmingham City Council, which said it was a tribute to the men from the city who died in the war.
A replica trench with sandbags, floral airplanes, a floral Red Cross train and copper poppy water feature made this a stunning exhibit - admired by the Queen during her visit.
The garden, in Chelsea's Great Pavilion, took 12 months to create and 10 days to build at the show with a team of 20 Birmingham parks staff - including horticultural apprentices.
Gardeners from the Royal British Legion and horticulture charity 'Thrive' worked with the team from the council.
Thrive is funded by the Legion and uses gardening to help military veterans recover from wounds and stress.
The winning garden included floral representations of goods made in Birmingham to help the war effort including the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) folding bike.
Council head of parks Darren Share said: "These awards are a tribute to the council parks and gardens staff who made it possible.
"We grow millions of plants every year for the city and this garden tells the story of Birmingham's role in the First World War
"As well as about 200 parks and gardens staff we employ quite a number of apprentices to bring young people into horticulture."
Darren said it was a real honour for the garden to receive a visit from the Queen.
After Gardener's World Live, the award-winning garden will form part of Birmingham's 'Britain in Bloom' entry, which will be judged in July.
