Photography by Kendra Wilson.
Photography by Kendra Wilson.
The show gardens this year are more about rocks and trees than smooth limestone and immaculate turf. Despite tightened security at the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show, the gardens themselves feel more relaxed and creative.
The show gardens this year are more about rocks and trees than smooth limestone and immaculate turf. Despite tightened security at the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show, the gardens themselves feel more relaxed and creative.
Last year’s Best-in-Show winner Dan Pearson (at left) admires Cleve West’s garden for show sponsors M&G Investments.
Last year’s Best-in-Show winner Dan Pearson (at left) admires Cleve West’s garden for show sponsors M&G Investments.
Designer: Cleve West
Designer: Cleve West
Cleve West’s garden for M&G is rough and smooth, with quite a few bird baths. In fact they are rocks with natural indentations.
Cleve West’s garden for M&G is rough and smooth, with quite a few bird baths. In fact they are rocks with natural indentations.
Garden designer Andy Sturgeon uses very hard landscaping with assurance as always.
Garden designer Andy Sturgeon uses very hard landscaping with assurance as always.
Designer: Andy Sturgeon
Designer: Andy Sturgeon
Designer: Rosy Hardy
Designer: Rosy Hardy
Garden designer Rosy Hardy’s edging promises to be a visitor favorite.
Garden designer Rosy Hardy’s edging promises to be a visitor favorite.
Designer: James Basson
Designer: James Basson
James Basson is a British emigré in France (who happens to have a Huguenot name).
James Basson is a British emigré in France (who happens to have a Huguenot name).
The garden that made my heart stop (and admittedly he always wins best in show in the Artisan Garden category), was Kazuyuki Ishihara‘s Garage Garden.
The garden that made my heart stop (and admittedly he always wins best in show in the Artisan Garden category), was Kazuyuki Ishihara‘s Garage Garden.
Designer: Kazuyuki Ishihara
Designer: Kazuyuki Ishihara
It’s important to remember with Kazuyuki Ishihara that he doesn’t just design the front of the garden.
It’s important to remember with Kazuyuki Ishihara that he doesn’t just design the front of the garden.
Designer: Hugo Bugg
Designer: Hugo Bugg
Hugo Bugg talks through his show garden with actress Rosamund Pike.
Hugo Bugg talks through his show garden with actress Rosamund Pike.
Plant Palettes
Plant Palettes
Hugo Bugg’s pine trees seem to grow out of stone, in a landscape based on Mediterranean Jordan.
Hugo Bugg’s pine trees seem to grow out of stone, in a landscape based on Mediterranean Jordan.
Pale yellow Trollius x cultorum ‘Cheddar’ was on top form for Cleve West and also Chris Beardshaw, whose garden will be re-instated at Great Ormond Street Hospital in Bloomsbury. How does this year’s flower show compare to previous years at the Chelsea Flower Show?
Pale yellow Trollius x cultorum ‘Cheddar’ was on top form for Cleve West and also Chris Beardshaw, whose garden will be re-instated at Great Ormond Street Hospital in Bloomsbury. How does this year’s flower show compare to previous years at the Chelsea Flower Show?