The children from 20 of the Busy Bees group of nurseries across the north of England were awarded 'highly commended' by judges for their garden based on storybooks Planting a Rainbow and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
The garden featured 50 potted plants, grown by each nursery to represent the colours of the rainbow, models of mini-beasts and vegetables, bee-friendly flowers and a beehive to support the British Beekeepers Association's Save the Bees campaign, a project the nurseries have been involved in.
Busy Bees applied to the RHS to create a garden after visiting the show last year and finding there were no entries from nurseries.
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