The garden's design has been inspired by the landscape found at Loch Craignish. Rocky outcrops will emerge from a saltwater pool and pebble beach at the front of the garden allowing for varying planting zones ranging from a bog to elevated, slightly freer draining and deeper soils to support trees and larger shrubs. The garden will also include rare and unusual native plants, bringing one of the core objectives of Seawilding’s work to the garden: our quest to restore lost biodiversity.

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A stone path leads to an informal seating area within the garden where a seagrass sculpture made from recycled materials connects the land-based garden with the saltwater pool. This saltwater pool will be planted with Seagrass; our only native flowering plant in the ocean. Emerging from the rocky outcrops at the front of the garden, a viewing window will offer a glimpse into the underwater world at Loch Craignish, of seagrass and native oysters, demonstrating the vital work the charity carries out and hopefully inspiring new conversations around marine restoration.

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By highlighting the restoration of seagrass meadows as well as native oysters – 95% of which have disappeared around the UK coastline – we will draw attention to the importance of these keystone species to restoring marine biodiversity and ocean health. Beyond the garden, we are telling a bigger story about how small, community-driven projects can have global significance. The project will be relocated to the community at Loch Craignish following the show.