I visited the Olympic park in Stratford on Monday and was keen to look at the landscaping but was even more excited to see cycling in the velodrome. Jason Kenny got a gold medal for his efforts on wheels but I reckon if the gardens were in the olympics..... 

• Bronze medal would go to the South African style planting with torch like red hot pokers and agapanthus mixed with grasses.
• Silver medal I would award to the American prairie style planting with bands of Echinacea and Rudbeckia.
• G...

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