One of the gardens I am looking forward to seeing is Tourism Thailand's rural, riverside idyll.
Designed by James Clarke at Elevations Exhibition Design and Management, the garden features a section of river that visitors cross to enter a lush garden and authentic Thai Sala (shelter).
Structural plants will include Musa, Areca, bamboo, Ficus and possibly Plumeria. Alocasia and smaller Musa will be combined with Heliconia, Canna, Codiaeum and various gingers as under-planting. The water plants will consist of Nelumbo (Lotus), Hydrocharis and Eichhornia with Curcuma (Siam Tulips), grasses and reeds lining the riverbank.
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Monday 7 June 2010
Layout changes to flower show
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is very much about the plants. So to emphasise this, the Royal Horticultural Society has changed the location of the Floral Marquee.
It will be sited on the north side of the showground and will feature a dramatic 225 metre-long display area, filled with more than 90 plant displays from some of the UK’s best nurseries and growers.
It will be sited on the north side of the showground and will feature a dramatic 225 metre-long display area, filled with more than 90 plant displays from some of the UK’s best nurseries and growers.
Thursday 3 June 2010
Shakespearean theme for 2010 show
To celebrate its 21st birthday, the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show takes on a Shakesperean theme and runs from Tuesday, July 6 to Sunday July 11.
The highlight will be six Shakespeare Gardens, created by designers such as Anthea Guthrie and Yvonne Matthews, which be based on the Bard’s comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, The Taming Of the Shrew and Twelfth Night.
Other attractions will be the Midsummer Rose Festival, in association with the The Royal Shakespeare Company, inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream and featuring a fabulous array of roses from top growers.
And schools across South-East England will be competing in a scarecrow competition based on one of Shakespeare’s comedies. The shortlisted scarecrows will be featured and open to a public vote at the show.
Tickets can be purchased (priced from £14-32) from the RHS or by calling 0844 338 7528.
The highlight will be six Shakespeare Gardens, created by designers such as Anthea Guthrie and Yvonne Matthews, which be based on the Bard’s comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, The Taming Of the Shrew and Twelfth Night.
Other attractions will be the Midsummer Rose Festival, in association with the The Royal Shakespeare Company, inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream and featuring a fabulous array of roses from top growers.
And schools across South-East England will be competing in a scarecrow competition based on one of Shakespeare’s comedies. The shortlisted scarecrows will be featured and open to a public vote at the show.
Tickets can be purchased (priced from £14-32) from the RHS or by calling 0844 338 7528.
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