Olympics minister Tessa Jowell has announced the winners of a public vote to help draw up designs for a new 0.25-acre (0.1-hectare) garden on the site of the London 2012 Olympic Park.

A competition run in partnership between the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) invited people across the UK to submit ideas for a garden to illustrate the qualities of a domestic British garden. Hannah Clegg and Rachel Read were selected from the young people's and adult categories respectively to work alongside professional designers as part of the new garden project, following the RHS Olympic Park Great British Garden Competition.

Jowell said: "Hannah and Rachel's designs reflect the best of British with an Olympic twist so it is easy to see why they captured the imagination of the public. "The chance for them to work with professional designers and bring their ideas to life on the Olympic Park is one they will never forget. Our green fingers are known the world over and this garden is a celebration of that talent that will live on long after the Games are over."

Image: ODA - Rachel Read (left) and Hannah Clegg (right) with Olympics minister Tessa Jowell and Jonathan Edwards