Horticulture Highlights in The Great Pavilion: Chelsea Flower Show 2011: Thai flower arranging to clematis, roses, perennials, bulbs, U ebulliently colorful exhibits!
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Cleve West’s elegant design for The Telegraph demonstrated a lyrical combination of gracefully harmonious plantings and a hardscape tableau that grabbed the attention of the botanically inclined and influential garden insiders. Featuring contemporary concrete sculptural elements created by Serge Bottagisio and Agnes Decoux, West’s garden reflected memories of ancient Roman ruins encountered at Ptolemais, Libya. The sunken design, set off by a bright burnt gold wall and water rill, results in an enchantingly serene space, inviting contemplation. Cleve West’s design garnered the Best Show Garden award at Chelsea 2011, making it 3 years in a row that The Daily Telegraph has won Gold. Continue reading Chelsea 2011 – The Telegraph Garden: Cleve West Design 4 comments - (Comments are closed) England, Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, London Chelsea Flower Show, Cleve West, England, Garden Design, Landscape Architecture, London 
Chelsea Flower Show 2011: Having returned late yesterday from traveling in England – a trip that revolved around attendance at the Chelsea Flower Show’s Press Day, I lead off my first report, not with a controversial show garden, but rather, by offering a rare example of a heart-stopping moment: Certain to shine brightly in the constellation of countless garden sojourns. Perhaps it goes without saying: Moments of pure magic are few and far between. Certainly I was totally unprepared for the experience, which took place while roaming The Great Pavilion, hallowed site of much oohing and aahing over horticultural displays put together with impressive finesse in tandem with a keen, even lustful appreciation for plants from every corner of the garden realm. And so, walking along past the Kevock Garden Plants display I stopped in my tracks at the sight of Meconopsis punicea, an alpine species grown in Scotland by Stella and David Rankin. Continue reading Chelsea Flower Show 2011: Kevock Garden Plants One comment - (Comments are closed) England, Horticulture Chelsea Flower Show, England, Horticulture, Kevock Garden Plants, Scotland |
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