Posts Tagged ‘RHS Chelsea Flower Show’

RHS Chelsea 2016: A final trip down Main Avenue

0 Written by Lisa on 27th May 2016 in Inspiration

Forever Freefolk Garden RHS Chelsea 2016 Lisa Cox

This week has flown so fast and we’re now in the last days of the Chelsea Flower Show.  I wanted to share two more gardens on Main Avenue that caught my eye.

The first is The Brewin Dolphin Garden, designed by Rosy Hardy.

Brewin Dolphin Forever Freefolk Garden RHS Chelsea 2016 Lisa Cox

The garden explores the fragility and uniqueness of our rare and beautiful chalk streams which are threatened by pollution and climate change.  You may remember that I helped Fiona Stephenson to plan her WWF garden at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show a few years ago which was designed to give the same message.

Foxgloves in Brewin Dolphin Garden RHS Chelsea 2016

Rosy Hardy's planting Brewin Dolphin RHS Chelsea 2016 Lisa Cox

Just 200 chalk streams exist in the world, most of which are located in England.

Rosy Hardy's Brewin Dolphin Garden RHS Chelsea 2016 Lisa Cox

Brewin Dolphon Garden RHS Chelsea 2016 Lisa Cox

Brewin Dolphin garden Rosy Hardy 2016 Lisa Cox

Brewin Dolphin garden RHS Chelsea 2016 Lisa Cox

The last garden I’m going to feature this year is the Royal Bank of Canada garden which I didn’t warm to when I first saw it, but when I stood and pondered for a bit longer and started to take some pictures, I found that it was really photogenic.

Royal Bank of Canada Garden RHS Chelsea 2016 Lisa Cox

This garden celebrates water as an entity sacred to humankind.  Designed by Hugo Bugg, the design draws inspiration from the Mediterranean pine habitat of Jordan.

Royal Bank of Canada garden by Hugo Bugg 2016 Lisa Cox

The planting is designed to illustrate how arid landscapes can have beautiful flora that will thrive with minimal flora.

RHS Chelsea 2016 Royal Bank of Canada Garden Lisa Cox

I’m not sure exactly what I was most drawn to with this garden, but I think perhaps it was the planting, which again had a wild feel to it.

Planting in Royal Bank of Canada Garden

Hugo Bugg Royal Bank of Canada Garden RHS Chelsea 2016 Lisa Cox

So that’s for Main Avenue this year but I will be back tomorrow with one last snippet of the show…

 

(Images: Lisa Cox)

 

 

RHS Chelsea Flower Show: No Man’s Land

0 Written by Lisa on 2nd May 2014 in Inspiration

RHS Chelsea 2014 No Man's Land - ABF The Soldiers' Charity Garden to mark the centenary of WWI Charlotte Rowe

It’s official, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show buzz has started and the big build up has commenced.  Yesterday was a hideous day of torrential rain so I have no doubt that everyone’s wading up to their knees in mud now. Read more

Wire garden sculpture by Rupert Till

0 Written by Lisa on 9th Nov 2012 in Inspiration

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Beautiful Astrantia major

4 Written by Lisa on 21st Aug 2012 in Plants

I love everything about Astrantia, their shape and form and ability to work within a naturalistic or more formal planting scheme.  The only bad thing about them is that they prefer poor-draining soil and this means that I can’t plant any in my own garden! Read more

A visit to Orchard Dene Nursery

0 Written by Lisa on 17th Jul 2012 in From the drawing board

You may or may not be aware that I coordinate my local “Cluster Group” for the Society of Garden Designers (SGD).  It’s a peer network group for members of the SGD and each month we either invite a speaker, choose a topic to discuss or make a visit somewhere. Read more

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I specialise in helping families to turn their gardens into an extension of their home and into a space that can be used and enjoyed all year round.

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