Top 5 gardens from Chelsea Flower Show
The Chelsea Flower Show is held for five days during May by the Royal Horticultural Society in the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea. Here are five spectacular gardens from this year’s show.
5. Greening Grey Britain Garden
Designed by: Professor Nigel Dunnett
This garden was designed by Professor Nigel Dunnett whose work includes the Olympic Park meadows and the Barbican roof garden. This garden expresses the challenges of climate change and rapid urban development.
4. Morgan Stanley Garden
Designed by: Chris Beardshaw
“I have often thought that the orchestration of a garden must share similarities with the orchestration of music,” said Chris Beardshaw. His garden is inspired by music legends as the coloured perennials remind him of Mozart and the lush green woodland reminds him of Bach. Chris grew many of the 3000 herbaceous plants in the show garden himself.
3. Silk Road Garden
Designed by: Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins
This garden features many flower favourites that come from Chine including the peony, laburnum, primula and buddleia. The duo only received funding for their Chinese garden in February but pulled off a spectacular show which depicted the Silk Road trade route and red mountain range.
2. 500 years of Covent Garden
Designed by: Lee Bestall
The theme of this garden is Covent Garden’s floral heritage. The patio area in the garden is symbolic of Covent Garden Piazza and the metal arches are similar to those in the original market garden.
1. The M&G Garden
Designed by: James Basson
This garden which included slabs of limestone and evergreens, perennials and ground cover, won best in show this year. Garden designer James Basson designed the garden to reveal the interaction between humans and nature and the balance that needs to be maintained. The garden also received the best construction award.
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