The Olympic Park, London

A nursery's plants will be in full view at the start of the Olympic Games on Friday.

Palmstead Nurseries in Wye provided many of the plants in the Olympic World Garden, which will be officially opened by the Queen.

More than 60,000 plants, grasses, herbs and flowers from across the globe were grown at Palmstead for the project.

These included the white shasta daisy in the European section, the red prairie bush mallow in the North American part and the South African thistle in the Southern Hemisphere section.

Nick Coslett, Palmstead marketing manager, said: “We are very proud to have contributed the plants to the Olympic Park.

“We are a contributor in a very large professional team who have produced an exemplary public park.”

Plants provided by the Palmstead Nursery in Wye for the Olympic Park

Palmstead has been a vigorous supporter of the UK Olympic Project and the work on the designers behind it, Professor James Hitchmough, Nigel Dunnet and Sarah Price.

Mr Hitchmough and Ms Price appeared as key speakers in the last two Palmstead annual workshops.

Mr Coslett added: “As the park bursts into colour for this superb event I sincerely hope it will be a stimulus, which will shape and colour many of our public parks for years to come.”

The London Olympic Park was designed as a celebration of contemporary horticulture and plating design, comprising half a mile of planting.

Olympic Park plants will also be in display at Palmstead Nurseries’ soft landscape workshop on September 27 at the Ashford International Hotel.

To register for the event visit www.palmstead.co.uk.