Pictured above: Pughs managing director Peter Forrest, with Jane Owen and Gilda Davis from Hope House

Pughs of Shrewsbury will be continuing a newly-established tradition at this year's Flower Show.

Design and planning work for their show garden is already well under way for the 2011 event in August, and the company, which is based in Longden Coleham, has big plans.

Managing director, Peter Forrest, said: "Last year we won a gold medal for our garden, and it seemed such a waste to just take the garden to pieces after the event.

"So we decided to donate the entire garden to the Severn Hospice in Shrewsbury, and it was painstakingly replanted on the hospice site at Bicton Heath.

"This year we wanted to continue our new tradition, and so our garden from the 2011 show will be donated to Hope House at Oswestry, once the event is over."

Peter said the 2010 garden was designed and planted with the help of Andi Way from Boningale Garden Creations, in Albrighton, and Pughs will once again use their services for the 2011 display.

Gilda Davis, from Hope House, said: "We're very grateful that Pughs have made such a generous offer. The garden will be in our courtyard which is an area of the hospice used for many play and fun activities."

As well as donating their gardens to the Severn Hospice and Hope House, Pughs also recreated one of their award-winning Flower Show gardens at their riverside offices in Shrewsbury.

Pughs of Shrewsbury was established by Jabez Pugh in 1890 and is now run by the fourth generation of the Pugh family.