Islanders are being asked to help a ‘tiny’ Island business reach the top of a national competition.
The Model Village at Godshill has been a Royal Horticultural Society Partner Garden since 2016 and describes itself as a ‘quirky addition’ to the scheme, sitting alongside larger scale RHS Partner Gardens such as Blenheim Palace and Ripley Castle who have more traditional planting schemes.
Now an online voting competition run by the RHS is looking for the best in the UK, and owners at the Model Village at Godshill are hoping Islanders will get behind the attraction and vote for it as the greatest!
The popular Island attraction, ranked by TripAdvisor reviewers as one of the top model village attractions in the UK, is renowned for is wide variety of over 3000 conifers as well as it’s playful renditions of life in Shanklin and Godshill in the 1930s on the Isle of Wight.
Penny Dyer, who runs the Model Village at Godshill with her husband Stuart, said:
"Our conifer collection began in the late 70’s on a bit of a whim, to add colour and texture to the small buildings in the Model Village.
"This has evolved into a huge collection of manicured conifers and shrubs.
"We know from the quantity and quality of feedback from our visitors that the horticultural aspect is as much appreciated as the models."
The RHS describes Partner Gardens as ‘offering inspiration to keen gardeners through high standards of design and/or planting, resulting in a stimulating mix of styles that visitors should find interesting throughout the gardening year.
The competition will feature a regional winner and an overall winner, and encourages us to vote for a nearby garden.
You can vote for the Model Village at Godshill online
Voting closes at 12pm on September 29 and the winners will be announced in November.