A Japanese-inspired forest garden designed for people suffering from muscle wastage has won the Best Show Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show. Visitors can immerse themselves in a secluded garden with the occasional burst of colour that follows the ancient Japanese principle of shinrin-yoku – which means forest-bathing. The garden, sponsored by Muscular Dystrophy UK, was designed by Ula Maria – a London-based landscape designer who grew up in Lithuania. She described the garden as a place of “solace and reflection” for those affected by muscular dystrophy – a hereditary condition that causes the muscles to gradually weaken. The garden will be relocated to a place that benefits those who suffer from the condition when the flower show ends on Saturday. The best construction award was won by London and Devon-based Matthew Childs Design – whose Terrence Higgins Trust Bridge to 2030 Garden is intended to resemble a rejuvenated quarry landscape. The garden features a slate stepping stone which acts as a bridge across a pool of water to demonstrate the charity’s aim of no new HIV cases by 2030. Its designers said the garden is inspired by the rejuvenation of redundant slate mines in North Wales by ecologists. The...