Gardens-Guide.com - Chelsea Flower Show 2003

On Sunday and Tuesday this year, Gardens-Guide.com filmed the top show gardens
and others at Chelsea using its unique 360° panoramic camera to give the feeling of
" you-are-there " to our website visitors.

Award: Gold Medal Winner
view His Highness Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan - Garden from the Desert
view HMP Leyhill - No Time to Stand and Stare
view The Lladro Garden - Sensuality
view Yorkshire Alive with Opportunity, A Cameo of Yorkshire Countryside

Award: Silver-Gilt Flora
view The Bonterra Organic Wine Garden
view The Daily Telegraph / Dyson Ltd - The Wrong Garden
view The Help the Aged SoHo Garden
view Merrill Lynch - The Merrill Lynch Garden

Award: Silver Flora
view Barakura English Garden - The Lace and Tapestry Garden
view The Hasmead Octopus Garden
view The Motability Garden

AWARD: Bronze Flora
view Goldfish Bank Ltd - The Goldfish Garden
view Haddonstone - Oasis of Ruin
view McKelvey Wise Garden Design - The Walled Garden

Additional Gardens filmed
view Bradstone - Lovers' Retreat
view Cranborne Stone
view Marston & Langinger Ltd
view Whichford Pottery

Yorkshire Forward Yorkshire alive with opportunity AWARD: Gold Medal Winner
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Designed by Julian Dowle Sponsor: Yorkshire Forward Contractor: Peter Dowle Plants and Gardens The garden celebrates our Yorkshire heritage and conveys the quality of life and world-class landscape that Yorkshire has in abundance. The garden is set in the limestone country of the Yorkshire Dales on the edge of a small village. The landscape is enlivened by a spring filling the beck, the result of a heavy downpour the previous day, with underground caverns spilling into a surprise falls. [ top ]

Bonterra Vineyards Bonterra Organic Wine Garden AWARD: Silver-Gilt Flora
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Designed by Kate Frey Sponsor: Bonterra Vineyards Contractor: Hasmead plc This garden takes its inspiration from the Bonterra Vineyards of Mendocino County, California, where grapes are grown organically. The signature planting of the garden is the wildflower covercrops planted around rows of gnarled 25 year old vines, providing a habitat where flora and fauna can regulate themselves naturally. [ top ]

The Daily Telegraph / Dyson Ltd The Wrong Garden AWARD: Silver-Gilt Flora
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Designed by Jim Honey andJames Dyson Sponsor: Dyson Ltd, The Daily Telegraph Contractor: Terence O’Flaherty and Derek Phillips James Dyson wanted to create a garden that challenged preconceived ideas about garden design and form, and Jim Honey wanted to design a garden with the wrong colours - so together they have created The Wrong Garden. [ top ]

The Help the Aged SoHo Garden - Small Office Home Office AWARD: Silver-Gilt Flora
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Designed by Mark Gregory Sponsor: Help the Aged Contractor: Landmark Design & Build Ltd This year Help the Aged is taking a step into the future with a design to embrace change in working lifestyles. As the balance between young and old shifts, fewer young people will be joining the workforce and it will become more important to retain older staff. One way to achieve this is to offer home working. [ top ]

The Merrill Lynch Garden AWARD: Silver-Gilt Flora
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Designed by Xa Tollemache & Jon Kellett Sponsor: Merrill Lynch Contractor: Michael D. Chewter This garden aims to illustrate the Golden Section, a timeless formula (1 : 1.6183...) for proportion found within art and architecture from the ancient world through to the present. The same mathematical principle occurs in the living world in many natural forms, displaying harmony and balance. [ top ]

Barakura English Garden The Lace and Tapestry Garden AWARD: Silver Flora
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Designed by Miss Kay Yamada Sponsor: Barakura English Garden, ANA, Asahi Brewery, Matusaka City Contractor: Peter Dowle Plants & Gardens This garden, designed by Kay Yamada, a well-known Japanese fashion, fabric and garden designer, seeks to explore the relationship between her fabric designs and the inspiration provided by plants and flowers. [ top ]

Hasmead plc
The Hasmead Octopus Garden
AWARD: Silver Flora

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The Hasmead Octopus Garden is a unique design concept that translates the sub-acquascape into terrestrial forms, recreating the stunning beauty and fragility of tropical reefs. Three fragile marine environments are represented: a coral garden, a shallow reef and an eel garden. [ top ]

The Motability Garden AWARD: Silver Flora
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Designed by Paul Stone Sponsor: Motability Contractor: Squires Landscape Motability, the national charity which provides 150,000 cars each year for disabled people, is raising public awareness in its Silver Jubilee year. Open space, an open road, a free-flowing valley scene and a welcoming pathway are the key images, alongside a stunning rock and water feature portraying an idyllic countryside setting. [ top ]

Goldfish Bank Ltd The Goldfish Garden AWARD: Bronze Flora
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Designed by Geoffrey Whiten Sponsor: Goldfish Bank Ltd Contractor: Treetop Landscapes The Goldfish Garden draws its inspiration from across the Mediterranean, blending different cultural influences to convey a sense of adventure and stimulate the senses. The central living area of the garden can provide a backdrop to a sophisticated social gathering or intimate romantic supper. [ top ]

Haddonstone Oasis of Ruin AWARD: Bronze Flora
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Designed by Simon Scott Sponsor: Haddonstone Ltd Haddonstone Website Contractor: Michael D Chewter Landscapes For centuries ruins have been valued for their aesthetic, emotional and romantic qualities. By bringing these qualities to the company’s first show garden at Chelsea, Haddonstone aims to evoke both the senses and the imagination. Inspired by the fabulous works of Piranesi, Haddonstone has created a unique garden of sand and ruins. [ top ]

McKelvey Wise Garden Design The Walled Garden AWARD: Bronze Flora
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Designed by Juliet McKelvey and Judith Wise Sponsor: McKelvey Wise Garden Design, The Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Centre Contractor: Arun Landscapes The designers have created a walled garden which calls upon the courtyards of hot climes for its inspiration. A hot, exotic setting is portrayed by the white rendered walls, water and scent, marble hard landscaping and a vibrantly coloured planting scheme. [ top ]

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Laurent-Perrier Garden AWARD: Best Garden in Show
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Designed by Tom Stuart Smith Sponsor: Laurent-Perrier / Harpers & Queen Contractor: Waterers Landscapes The garden explores the contrast between architectural minimalism and natural diversity. The built form of the garden is based on a single sculptural element - a slate wall - which is then extended at right angles and flipped over on its side to form a terrace and pool. [ top ]

His Highness Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan Garden from the Desert AWARD: Gold Medal Winner
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Designed by Christopher Bradley Hole Sponsor: His Highness Contractor: Steven Swatton This modern garden is an abstract expression of Abu Dhabi and its desert origins. It is organised into spaces of pure proportions to show a distinction between the deset roots and the more developed areas where water is freely available. [ top ]

HMP Leyhill No time to stand and stare AWARD: Gold Medal Winner
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Designed by Jeff Goudrill & Penny Dummit Sponsor: Totworth Court & Four Pilliars Hotel Contractor: Ladd Landscapes Ltd "What is this life, if full of care. There is no time to stand and stare..." The garden interprets this poem by Henry Davies, showing how beautiful nature can be if we take the time to look at her. [ top ]

The Lladro Garden Sensuality AWARD: Gold Medal Winner
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Designed by Fiona Lawrenson Sponsor: Lladro Ltd Contractor: Landmark Design and Build Ltd This garden invites you into a sensual atmosphere, created not only by its opulent planting, but also by a richnness of texture throughout. At the same time the garden retains an aura of elegance, simplicity and style. [ top ]

Bradstone Lover's Retreat
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Designed by David Domoney Sponsor: Bradstone Contractor: Arun Landscapes A romantic garden meeting inspires many of the most memorable scenes from our greatest love stories. The designer has aimed to encapsulate the true essence of a classical romantic setting with a cascading garden, which demonstrates how to evoke a certain mood using plants, stone and water. [ top ]

Cranborne Stone
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Cranborne Stone West Orchard, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 0LG Tel: 01258-472685 Cast stone planters, urns, balustrades, steps and fountains. [ top ]

Marston & Langinger Ltd
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Marston & Langinger Ltd 192 Ebury Street, London SW1W 8UP Tel: 020-7881 5730 www.marston-and-langinger.com Bespoke hardwood conservatories. [ top ]

Whichford Pottery
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Whichford Pottery Whichford, Shipston-on-Stour, Warks. CV36 5PG Tel:01608-684416 www.whichfordpottery.com English handmade frostproof flower pots in traditional and contemporary designs. [ top ]

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