Posts Tagged ‘Show Gardens’

This afternoon I want to share some pictures I took of three of the other main show gardens.  There were a lot of “rocket” plants this year ranging from foxgloves to Eremerus to Lupins.

The first set of images were taken of Jo Thompson’s The Chelsea Barracks garden for Qatari Diar.  Jo’s gardens normally include soft voluptuous planting and this year the scent of the roses was amazing.

Diarmuid Gavin was back this year which always brings a bit of fun to the gardens.  Really I needed a video recorder to feature his garden because although on the surface it’s an English cottage garden when the garden literally came to life, the topiary twirled, the planting around the tower spun around and the window boxes moved up and down.

Certainly lots of “blousy” plants in this garden!

And finally today here are some images of the Husqvarna garden designed by Charlie Albone.  A garden designed for relaxation and reflection…

Hope you’ve enjoyed my photographs of the show so far.  I’ll be back tomorrow with some more…

(Images: Lisa Cox)

Andy Sturgeon returned to Chelsea this year to design The Telegraph Garden. Read more

The mammoth build started last week for the RHS Chelsea flower show.  In fact they’re roughly half way through the main show gardens already. Read more

It might seem a bit early to be talking about the Chelsea Flower Show, but the designers and exhibitors will by now be counting down the weeks and making sure everything’s in place ready for the build up.  By the time the show opens on 20th May, each garden will have been in the making for well over a year. Read more

The RHS Hampton Court Flower Show opens next week.  For once the run up has been dry, but I have no doubt that the heat won’t be so welcome over the weekend because it will be a challenge to keep the plants looking fresh for Monday when the judges will be making their rounds. Read more

Last Friday I visited Cardiff Flower Show for the first time with my friend Rona Wheeldon of Flowerona. The first thing that struck us was how friendly everyone was there – it had a local show feel to it and as well as the show gardens, floral marquee and show exhibitors that you see at all the RHS shows, there was also a craft market. Read more