"During the early 1900s, redundant Victorian railway carriages were installed as holiday homes at Winchelsea Beach, near Hastings in East Sussex.

"The backdrop of Shinglesea is a replica of the side of one of these carriages, with a corrugated iron roofed veranda. I've used drought-resistant plants such as Crambe maritima, Armeria maritima, Euphorbia characias and santolina with impact provided by rich red poppies growing through tall grasses. Pebbles will cover the ground and a pine tree and tamarisk as well as an old wooden dinghy will establish the location, all viewed through a rustic chestnut fence."