Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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When take this flower, i just curious in the middle of this flower, it's take couple days to figure out what to name this photo, finally name of "swirl" comes out... flower with combination of white and red, somehow it may like the flying bird.



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It's really busy but I'm trying to make time to have a look at the other gardens and see what the other designers are up to. Today is my last chance to have a walk around before all show closes.

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This is my first ever show garden and I'm really excited that we have been accepted at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. I'm designing a show garden called 'A Beekeeper's Garden' with my colleague Jonathan Denby.

Mike Vickers and Richard Stamp from J.A.Jones are my main contractors. I know they will deliver the goods. They both have previous show experience and are used to interpreting my garden and landscape designs and planting plans. This design will be no exception.

Jonathan has found us an inspirational sketch of the most beautiful Victorian apiary and we are pulling all the stops out to really do it justice. His joiner, another Richard, has risen to the task and so we have our team!

There will be some nail biting moments in the next few weeks, particularly when I visit the nursery to see which perennial flowers have the potential to look stunning for the week of the show. I'll need to think on my feet to substitute any that don't get through.

I know the garden will take on a life of its own when the plants are in, nothing can control nature and that's what makes my job so exciting. I might design a scheme but nature will have its own input and create its own beauty.


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There are always so many good ideas to be gleaned at Chelsea, here are some of the things that have most struck me.

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There's always a debate at Chelsea: should the show be an aspirational cat-walk, or is its purpose to show people what they can copy at home?

This week I attended a very interesting debate at The Garden Museum, part of the VISTA lecture series, chaired by critic Tim Richardson and writer Noel Kingsbury. The participants included Swedish designer, Eva Gustavsson and design legend John Brookes.

When posed with the same question it was interesting that John Brookes was firmly in the camp of those who think flower shows should be there to guide people through the design and planting process. In fact, when asked what sort of show garden he would build today if he were taking part, he said he would construct a garden with a very large plan attached to the side of it so that people could see exactly how it was put together. (It's not just what you put in a garden he says, - the spaces between what you put in are just as important)

This was Eva's first time at Chelsea and her observation was how 'male' the designers and indeed the gardens themselves were. Did you like the winning 'best in show' Daily Telegraph Garden by Ulf Nordfjell? It wasn't my personal favourite (though I would say that when I saw it at night, it was sensational), but Eva pointed out that perhaps it was a garden that appealed less to women because we tend to garden in a different style and have different concerns. I think there may be something in what she says.

For me, the answer is that you need a bit of both approaches at Chelsea. The big show gardens add a sense of drama and wonder to the show, (and in a difficult economic climate, escapism is all the more important...). But, as a gardener whose fingernails are permanently muddy, I'm rather glad that there are always ideas that I can recreate at home.

* The Vista podcast of this debate will appear shortly on the web-site of Gardens Illustrated magazine.


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