Hampton Court Flower Show
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» JaneHollis - An English Designer in France
<img src="/files/topics/3450/files/Dyer1.JPG" align=left>Left: Hostas and Iris sibirica.This is one of my favourite show gardens - although it just missed out on a gold medal and was awarded a silver-gilt instead. It features a French-style terrace under a rustic oak pergola hung with fabric screens. This is surrounded by a natural pool and stream furnished with lush, beautiful planting, mainly in shades of blue and white.
The garden was constructed by The Very Interesting Water Features & Landscape Company and designed by Paul Dyer. Website: http://www.internetgardens.com
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» JaneHollis - A Swimming Pond
<img src="/files/topics/3450/files/swimpond.JPG" align=left> This novel garden was based on a new concept - the high proportion of water plants are meant to filter and oxygenate the water to keep it clear without using chemicals. The swimming zone is walled and is surrounded by shallow areas that reach out to water planting around the perimeter. The vertical sculptures are made of driftwood.The garden was sponsored and constructed by the Anglo Aquarium Plant Company and designed by Daniel Lloyd-Morgan.
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» JaneHollis - Tranquillity
<img src="/files/topics/3450/files/tranquil.JPG" align=left> This garden was created by World of Water and Oase and was designed by Mark Davis.In one corner a thatched structure provides shelter from rain or sun, whilst the adjoining terrace provides a place to read, eat or drink. Access to the area is via a wood and rope bridge across a large pool full of waterlilies.
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» JaneHollis - The Daily Mail Summer Cottage Garden
<img src="/files/topics/3450/files/DailMail.JPG" align=left> The centrepiece of the Daily Mail pavilion was this cottage replica, surrounded by different areas of garden to represent the four seasons. The area shown here is the summer garden.The garden was designed by Rosy Hardy and the plants were supplied by Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants. The plants include traditional herbaceous perennials, old-fashioned annuals, vegetables and fruit.
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» JaneHollis - The Freedom Garden
<img src="/files/topics/3450/files/freedom.JPG" align=left> This garden was designed by Sarah Brodie & Faith Dewhurst and constructed by Beyond Eden.It was created around the theme of captivity, hope and release. You enter the garden in the captivity area, signified by darkness, thick rusted chains and a few weeds, move through hope and finally to release, where you are greeted with the beautiful planting shown here.
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» JaneHollis - Unusual Plants
<img src="/files/topics/3450/files/AlliHair.JPG" align=left>Here is a selection of unusual plants that caught my attention at Hampton Court Flower Show. First is this very unusual bulb - Allium 'Hair' - I think the name and the photo say it all!
It is available from the Dutch suppliers W S Warmenhoven - mailto:riviera@hetnet.nl .
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I also liked this lovely little flower - Campanula 'Samantha' - from Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants.
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This striking looking plant is Morina longifolia (also known as the whorlflower). It is a hardy evergreen perennial which grows to 90cm or more. The flowers start off white then turn pink, then red, after fertilization. Likes full sun and good drainage (may need protection from winter wet).
Exhibited by the Botanic Nursery.
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» JaneHollis - Re: Re: A Swimming Pond
In response to message posted by Ixia:Hello Bill - Glad you liked the photos. Water features are a speciality of Hampton Court Flower Show. They usually group the water gardens around the canal of Hampton Court. This year there was a moorhen raising a brood of chicks on a nest just yards from all the crowds!
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» JaneHollis - Re: Re: Re: A Swimming Pond
In response to message posted by Gay_Klok:Hi Gay, Have you recovered from your trip yet? Everybody raves about Chelsea Flower Show (quite deservedly) but the Hampton Court Show is really just as inspiring. It also has the advantage as it is not as crowded as Chelsea (being a more spacious venue) and you can buy plants there. (At Chelsea you can only buy plants on Friday afternoon when they auction off the exhibits - Chelsea is so spacially restricted that there really is not room for everyone to exhibit *and* sell plants!)
The other nice thing about Hampton Court is that often you are able to walk *through* the gardens, rather than just looking in over the boundary.
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