Gardening World Cup: Malaysia wins best in show British designer James Basson, who was representing France, where he lives, said he felt "great relief" at his gold medal and the Peace and Flowers Award for his design, "Dulce at Decorum est," which drew on the poem by the Latin poet Horace and was used, arguably more famously, by the British poet Wilfred Owen in World War I. The phrase - which literally means "How sweet and fitting" - is marked on the three layers of concrete slab walls that have been pierced by a missile, a concept taken from an apartment in Gaza. "It's an image of three rooms that have been blasted through and is symbolic of the idea that in this damaged space, nature can return and make something beautiful, beautiful enough for people to come back to," he said. Gold medals were also awarded to Xanthe White, the New Zealand designer, for her work "Regenerating through water, a garden for world Peace"; Kazuyuki Ishihara - who took the Best in Show for Artisan Gardens at Chelsea this year - for "An Alcove Garden" and Hiroshi Terashita. Bob Sweet, who helped to judge the first Gardening World Cup two years ago, said the event has made huge strides in a very short space of time. I'm absolutely delighted at the improvement in the standards this year," he told The Telegraph. They have moved on massively in two years. "As with any event, it takes time for these things to settle, but between 2010 and 2012 they have definitely reached the top end of the gardens we have at the gold medal standard," he said. These gardens would certainly compete for gold medals at Chelsea or anywhere else. Gardening World Cup results Show Gardens: Best In Show - Lim in Chong (Malaysia) Best Design - Xanthe White (New Zealand) Peace and Flowers Award - James Basson (France) Gold Medal - Lim in Chong, James Basson, Xanthe White, Kazuyuki Ishihara (Japan), Hiroshi Terashita (Japan) Silver Medal - Jo Thompson (France), Gabino Carballo (Spain), Karen Stefonick (USA), David Davidson and Leon Kluge (South Africa) Bronze Medal - Richard Miers (England), Jihae Hwang (South Korea), Haruko Seki (Japan)