Hampton Court Flower Show 2011 – In Pictures
A select few images from yesterday:
Enduring Freedom? - conceptual garden to provoke thought on the 'dilemma of diversity' based on the conflict in Afghanistan
The 'war zone'
The World Vision Garden - The protruding dome represents the 'haves' of prosperous nations whilst the inverted dome represents the 'have nots'
The World Vision Garden - the world seen as a whole through reflection in the water
The World Vision Garden
Picturesque - conceptual garden, replicating an art gallery, evoking the work of specific artists through planting - here Kandinsky
Landscape Obscured - conceptual garden with steel periscopes that allowed you to peer below ground under a tilted turf panel
Landscape Obscured - and spied through the periscopes, below the ground, there were...mushrooms!
Excuse me while I kiss the sky - conceptual upside-down garden. I didn't think I would but I rather loved this. The silvery reflective panels, mirror sphere and circular planting of agapanthus around the hanging structure worked well and looked fab
Excuse me while I kiss the sky
Garden by Night - blink and you'll miss it - the unassuming entrance to a night garden
Something a bit different for a flower show - a garden in a darkened tent, lit as a garden might be at night time
Garden By Night
WWF's 50th anniversary garden - designed to reflect the beauty of a chalk stream (inspired by the River Itchen in Hampshire in particular) and WWF's water conservation work
A Potential Feast - lots of edibles at Hampton as usual. Here a contemporary design for a working couple with a small garden, showing how a garden can be ornamental and productive
The Hop Shop at Castle Farm (Kent) - hanging hops and lavender - smelt wonderful! There are a few lavender farms dotted about the UK - visit now before all the lavender is harvested!
The RHS Edible Garden - what, you mean your veg bed is not looking like this? Tut tut.
Lovely to have these images, as I cannot make a visit – Kadinsky looking good!
Blink and you miss it? I find that comment hard to believe how can you miss a 20 meter tent with a 12ft red pot on the entrance path, a path with chevron pattern pointing to the entrance. Im one of the contractors involved in the project i thought we border line over did the entrance in my opinion. Great pictures
Hi Chris. I would say it was just me being unobservant but I know I wasn’t alone in nearly missing it! In fact I walked right past it and only went back to find it after Sue Biggs mentioned it in her short address to the gathered press. Oh well, I’m glad I caught it – I thought it was good. Glad you enjoyed the pictures.
Thank you
Wish it was being judged i think it would of done well the amount of interest in the run up to the show start was unreal some contractors would pop there head in on a daily basis on there way home just to see whats going on, next year the night garden wont be a uniqe design everyone will jump on the band wagon ooo well.
Love the photo’s from the RHS Hampton Court, very beautiful!