GOLD AT CHELSEA FLOWER
SHOW
More success at
Chelsea Flower Show by teams from The Hallingburys ..
The
Old Gate
Designers: Adam Woolcott (Principal Designer), Jonathan Smith
(Co-Designer)
Sponsors: Croudace Homes, Langthorns Plantery, Cox's
Architectural Salvage
Contractor: Conway Landscapes
The gold winning team set up their display of Chelsea Flower Show winner at Great and Little Hallingbury Flower Show..
This old farmyard garden was once
lovingly maintained, especially by the farmer’s wife,
who found the soft colours of the perennials a welcome change
from the open fields of uniform crops. Sadly, war has changed
all this, and the farm is growing food to fight a war and
boost the Dig for Victory campaign. Part of the garden has
now been turned over to vegetables, and the once-cherished
perennials seem frivolous and unworthy of such loving
attention. Nature has invaded the perennials, and wild
flowers and grasses grow among them, creating a dishevelled
but still beautiful mix of man-made and Mother Nature.
The Old Gate is a garden built to create a sense of nostalgia
by evoking memories of the past. It is a garden based on an
old farmyard from the 1930s to 1940s.
While looking back to the past, this garden also looks to the
future. It uses recycled and reclaimed materials, encourages
wild plants and therefore wildlife, and promotes heritage
fruit and vegetable cultivars in order to secure their
future.
This is Adam Woolcott’s second time at Chelsea; last
year his garden not only won an RHS Gold Medal, but also the
BBC/RHS People’s Award for best small garden in the
show.
BRONZE AT
CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW
Recreating the Chelsea Flower Show winning entry at Great and Little Hallingbury Flower Show ....
Little
Hallingbury Flower Club
Contact:
Mrs Jean Crane (Chairman)
01279 656385
Mrs Anne Butcher (Secretary)
01279 730693
Little Hallingbury
Photos taken at Gt and Lt Hallingbury Flower Show 21 July 2007 ..