I was introduced to Ella Fielding at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show this year as she had created the wonderful timber sculptures for the Plant Heritage stand.  My friend and fellow garden designer, Selina Botham, designed the stand and she worked with Ella to bring her initial ideas to life.  The judges awarded them a Silver-Gilt Flora medal.

Ella discovered chainsaw carving when she was at college, studying for a degree in Sculpture.  She is based in Surrey, but creates wooden sculptures all over the UK.  As well as working on her own commissions, she is also part of a collective called ‘The Tree Pirates’ who produce work for festivals, schools, local authorities and private clients.

Some of her work is amazing.  I love what she’s done with these old tree trunks…

As well as working with old rooted trees, Ella also creates sculptures from wood that she either supplies or are already on site.  The chairs below I think are fabulous – art and seating all in one.

There are lots more examples of Ella’s work on her website so do pop over and have a look if you’re interested to learn more.  I will certainly be keeping her in mind for future projects.

(Images: Ella Fielding, Lisa Cox)

I’ve shared pictures of my Sutton project a few times, but I was there yesterday morning and I think it’s looking really fabulous. Read more

This is my final post about my visit to Loseley Park last week.  If you missed my earlier posts about The White Garden, Flower Garden and long water pond, you will find these at the bottom of this one. Read more

I hope you enjoyed my earlier bog post about The White Garden at Loseley Park.  I’m now going to share the images I took of The Flower Garden and long water pond which are my favourite parts of the garden. Read more

You may remember my blog series a couple of years ago about Loseley Park when I visited once a month and took photographs of the garden as it changed throughout the season.  I love it there, not only for it’s setting and intimate feel, but also because it’s not a manicured garden…the plants are allowed to be a little be wild. Read more

It’s been really hot in the UK now for almost three weeks and we’ve all been very glad to be in shorts and sitting out in the garden at every given opportunity.  I haven’t much envied the commuters to London – I know what it’s like to travel home in a train without air conditioning! Read more

It’s been a while since I blogged about some of my projects.  I’ve been busy planting over the past couple of months and because of the challenges that the growers have had to face this year, I’ve had to plant in phases as and when the plants have become available. Read more

Hampton Court Flower Show is now over for this year and the hard work that went into the set up is being dismantled as we speak.  I suspect there are some tired people out there, especially with the high temperatures we’ve been having – shows are tiring at the best of times! Read more

So far I’ve featured the show gardens that inspired me this year, but today I wanted to mention the exhibitors who make up a large portion of the show.  Hampton Court Flower Show has a different vibe to Chelsea and there’s lots you can buy and take away with you, especially from the Country Living Marquee which is full of gorgeous things from art to clothes to jewellery and handmade cosmetics. Read more

The next garden I’m going to feature is The Garden Pad which was designed by Dan Bowyer and built by London Gardens and Streetscape.  I know Dan and I also work with London Gardens so I was even more interested to see the garden they had created! Read more