The wonderful dark pool of water is puntuated by two grass domes - one concave, the other convex - and surrounded by incredibly realistic slate-effect plastic pillars with soft, subtle and wispy planting in between.
Monday 4 July 2011
My favourite garden
The wonderful dark pool of water is puntuated by two grass domes - one concave, the other convex - and surrounded by incredibly realistic slate-effect plastic pillars with soft, subtle and wispy planting in between.
Food centre stage
Designed by Jon Wheatley and Anita Foy, it features a natural pond with geese, an apple orchard with cider press, wild plants for foraging, ornamental and edible vegetable patches, vines and a small olive grove, all decorated by colourful annual planting.
Sunday 3 July 2011
First timers
Nigel Jones, formerly of Google, has designed a garden that seeks to raise awareness of the ethical considerations of sharing personal information online, with a centrepeice of transparent box that contains personal information belonging to the designer, obscured from view by Mountain Ash trees and surrounded by soft foliage.
Anoushka Feiler’s first garden at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show features plants which can only truly be appreciated from underneath. With the aid of mirrors, the public will be able to view the structure from different angles.
Judy Cornford decided on a change of career after 35 years as an interior designer. Her garden focuses on the difficulties the older generation encounter when learning to use the internet.
Lazy Sunday
Talk about a lazy Sunday... Usually the Hampton Court Palace showground is a hive of frenetic activity as garden designers and landscapers put the finishing touches to their show gardens while growers are busy selecting the choice exhibits in the Floral marquee.
Not so. Whether the sweltering weather was affecting productivity or everyone was just ahead of the game for once, I don't know. But over in the rose marquee, one or two had yet to even arrive!
Not so. Whether the sweltering weather was affecting productivity or everyone was just ahead of the game for once, I don't know. But over in the rose marquee, one or two had yet to even arrive!
English Poets' Gardens
A range of gardens based on poems from some of Britain's best loved and highly esteemed poets - Keats, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Kipling and Carroll - have been designed and built for the show.
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