A garden design competition for the formerly homeless is truly inspiring

The approach Manon Border Chavene took when coming up with a garden design for the annual Kilsaren Student Competion was to put herself into the mindset of someone who was homeless — but who had just received a a house.

When imagining how they must feel, she concentrated her garden plan on that sense of security: “I thought I might appreciate intimacy, having my own space in the garden, and the possibility to grow my own food, not just from an economic perspective but also to feel anchored somewhere and to benefit from the self-satisfaction that gardening gives you.”

The concept made her the winner of the Kilsaran Home Student Garden Competition 2017.