Creativity in Bloom

Congratulations to Vicky Cucknell, who is currently on a sabbatical from teaching Art at Truro School, for winning a Silver-Gilt Award for her Pocket Planting garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival earlier in July.

Vicky is currently studying Garden and Landscape Design HNC at the Cornwall College University Centre, based at the Eden Project.

Her winning garden, the ‘Wild Child Cornwall’ features a trail of balanced wood blocks leading to a series of growing willow sculptures that act as small play spaces and areas to sit, observe and study plants and wildlife.

It has been designed for families and young children, to encourage the development of resilient, plant-curious, climate and bio-diversity-aware children.

The garden will return to Cornwall and live on as a community garden in Perranporth.

Huge congratulations to Vicky on this superb achievement, we look forward to welcoming her back to the Truro School Art Department in September.