Gargrave landscape gardener Chris Myers is only days away from discovering whether he has been awarded a coveted gold medal at this year's Royal Horticultural Society garden show at Tatton Park in Cheshire.

The show takes place from July 20 to 24 at Knutsford and it will be the second time Chris has entered a garden at a big event.

Last year he was awarded a gold medal and best in show with his canal-themed garden at the Gardeners' World live event at the NEC, Birmingham.

Chris had entered as a member of the Gargrave Germination Group.

Chris has named his Tatton Park design "At a Dale's Pace" and has taken ideas from Strid Wood, at Bolton Abbey, where he used to work as assistant head gardener.

His design will incorporate a stone shelter amid woodland trees, a stream, dry stone walls and underplanting with woodland plants such as butterbur, red campion and oxeye daisy. There is also a wildflower and hay meadow.

The whole garden measures 12 metres by eight metres and has been sponsored mostly by Yorkshire Forward through its Growing Routes project, which helps young people under 30 set up in business.

Chris became a self-employed garden designer and creator in February.

Chris' partner, Moira Smith, said so far everything was going well in the building of the garden, despite appalling weather last week and searing heat this week.

"A lot of time is spent watering and protecting the plants from the sun and all the moss on the walls has had to be covered with sheets to prevent the sun from bleaching it," she explained.

All exhibitors of show gardens are given two weeks to build their design on a bare patch of allocated space.

In that time they have to transport all the materials to the site and tend the plants while the team gets to work building the hard landscaped areas, stone walls and any buildings.

The focal point of his design is based on Lady Harriet's Seat which is situated in woodland above the Strid. Chris has transported local stone to the site to create an authentic Yorkshire scene.

"The garden is inspired by my Craven home and the way man manages the countryside without tarnishing, but enhancing its appearance, as does managed woodland," he told the Herald.

The results of Chris' efforts will be announced on Wednesday.