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on May 31, 2013 in: Design
With his show garden for The Telegraph at RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year, Christopher Bradley-Hole has successfully refined, and somewhat redefined, the notion of minimal. Whilst the orthodox view of minimalism involves pared back uncluttered...
on May 20, 2013 in: Design
Gardens are not the most immediate place one would look for technological innovation, but a show garden in the Fresh category at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year is taking a unique interactive approach to mixing social media with horticulture. T...
on May 15, 2013 in: UK
Far From the madding crowd's ignoble strifeTheir sober wishes never learn'd to stray;Along the cool sequester'd vale of lifeThey kept the noiseless tenor of their way.Thomas Gray's poem 'Elegy written in a country Churchyard' (1751), from which autho...
"Is it possible we could rename it Chelsea Plant Show? it would help me out tremendously. Everyone likes green don't they?"Andy Sturgeon's comment on twitter reflected the stress garden designers at Chelsea Flower Show were feeling after the dramatic...
The past few months have been something of a hectic whirl for Brighton based garden designer Andy Sturgeon. Amidst flitting forays to Ireland, Russia and The Netherlands, he has managed to create a sculpture for The Faberge Big Egg Hunt, design a sho...
