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Some plants that Arne has used in his garden
Tuesday, May 22nd, 20121 CommentHere are some pics of our 2 Gold medal winning gardens
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012No CommentsThe Daily Telegraph garden by Sarah Price
The Laurent-Perrier garden by Arne Maynard
Below images are from the RHS website
Arne’s garden for Laurent-Perrier
Sarah’s garden for Daily Telegraph
2 Golds!
Tuesday, May 22nd, 20123 CommentsThere were lots of celebration around both gardens this morning as we heard that we won Gold for both the Laurent-Perrier garden and the Telegraph garden. They both richly deserved their medals and it was great to see big smiles on the faces of Arne Maynard and Sarah Price. The Best in Show award went to Cleve West.
The finishing touches on the Laurent-Perrier garden
Sunday, May 20th, 2012No CommentsI’m sure you don’t find any reference to it in any of the horticultural books but occassionally we end up having to saw some of the plants! In this case we were adjusting the camomile lawn that is going around the base of the Alison Crowther oak bench. The garden is looking spectacular even though some of the copper beech trees are still fighting to come into leaf.
The Runners and Riders…
Friday, May 18th, 20121 CommentAmazingly, you can bet on who is going to win Best in Show at Chelsea. William Hill are offering odds as follows (not sure I agree with them though!)
Odds 3/1 Furzey Garden designed by Chris Beardshaw. The Bookies favourite. It doesn’t get my vote but maybe I am missing something.
Odds 7/2. The Daily Telegraph garden designed by Sarah Price. As this is a Crocus garden I am biased. It’s certainly generating a lot of interest.
Odds 4/1 Brewin Dolphin Garden by Cleve West. A serious contender. The beech hedge needs to come into leaf fully but a lovely garden.
Odds 4/1. The Laurent-Perrier Garden designed by Arne Maynard. Beautiful, stylish, elegant. Definitely in the running. A Crocus garden.
Odds 9/2. DMZ by Jihae Hwang. I really like this garden. Worth a bet.
Odds 11/2. The Homebase Garden designed by Jo Swift.It strikes me that they have a long way to go to finish this garden. Not sure.
Odds 7/1. The M&G Garden designed by Andy Sturgeon.Long odds for a designer who previously has won Best in Show.
Odds 9/1. The Ripple Effect Garden designed by Flemons Warland.
Odds 14/1. Celebration of Caravanning designed by Jo Thomson.
Odds 14/1. The Pyramid Garden designed by Diarmuid Gavin. Certainly the most contentious garden at the Show. I havn’t been inside so I can’t really comment on this one. I thought it was going to be fantastic but I’m not sure.
Odds 20/1. The Arthritis Garden designed by Tom Hoblyn. There are some really nice elements to this garden – a lot will depend on what happens tomorrow.
Odds 25/1 The Trailfinders Garden. They still have a lot to do.
I spoke too soon….
Friday, May 18th, 20122 CommentsThe other day I said that I thought the copper beech were coming into leaf and that we can stop worrying about them. I was right about most of them but three are proving really obstinate. We have even got to the stage of trying to create a micro-climate around them to force them on. We have some spare at the nursery but it’s a major upheavel to try and replant them now. The rest of the garden is looking magnificent.
The copper beech comes into leaf
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012No CommentsWe have all been looking at the pleached copper beech and willing them to come into leaf. Clearly our powers of mental persuasion are top notch because the trees have responded magnificently. There are still three that look a bit thin but the rest have really moved on dramatically over the last few days. So with a fair wind the avenue of pleached trees will look great on the day. 5 days until the judges come round!
THREE MEN WENT TO MOW: CHELSEA 2012-THE PREVIEW
Tuesday, May 15th, 20121 CommentJames visits the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to see how the build-up is going. We hear about how Joe and Cleve’s show gardens are coming together. We also learn how gardens are such tranquil places: peaceful oases to relax amidst the busy modern world.
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