Gardens-Guide.com - RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2003

Gardens-Guide.com filmed the top show gardens and others at Hampton Court Palace using our unique 360° panoramic camera to give the feeling of " you-are-there" to our website visitors.

Award: Gold - Best Small Garden
view Roger Platts Garden Design & Nurseries - Saloon Garden

Award: Silver (Show Gardens)
view Boardman, Gelly & Co - For Evergreen
view Enchanted Ltd - Gothic Folly, Spirit of Nature
view Richmond Adult & Community College - There's Life Outside the Office

Award: Silver (Water Gardens)
view World of Water - Harmony
view The Marney Hall Consultancy Ltd - A Touch of Glass

AWARD: Bronze (Show Gardens)
view House Beautiful Magazine - House Beautiful Mid-Summer Garden
view Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association (RUKBA) - A Gift for Life
view Geoffrey Whiten - The Leisure Garden
view Junior League of London - The Silent Witness Garden

Guildford Borough Council Department of Leisure Services The Lock Keeper's Cottage AWARD: *Silver-Gilt (Show Gardens)*
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The garden represents a traditional lock keeper’s cottage, cottage garden and vegetable patch, along with a section of canal and lock gates. It sits within a riverside setting of the natural flowers and plants that thrive in a riverside environment. [ top ]

Boardman, Gelly & Co For Evergreen AWARD: *Silver (Show Gardens)*
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For Evergreen is designed as a small London town garden for a professional couple with limited free time on their hands. The designer has used predominantly natural products such as railway sleepers for raised beds and Indian slate for the paved areas. [ top ]

Enchanted Ltd Gothic Folly, Spirit of Nature AWARD: *Silver (Show Gardens)*
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This grotto water garden is set against the backdrop of an abbey folly as if in the grounds of a late 18th Century country estate. A medieval tiled path leads the eye through the garden that contains two new aluminium, life-size sculptures symbolising the elements of water in both spirit and human form. [ top ]

Richmond Adult & Community College There's Life Outside the Office AWARD: *Silver (Show Gardens)*
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This is a home-office in the heart of an urban garden, showing how a contemporary workspace can fit into a naturalistic and bio-diverse garden. The garden office building itself reflects the subtlety of the whole design; beautifully curved in glass and sustainable timbers. [ top ]

World of Water Harmony AWARD: *Silver (Water Gardens)*
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This water garden demonstrates the harmonious use of wood, plants and water and shows how these simple elements can be bought together to create a very naturalistic and peaceful garden. Meadow grass and wildflowers surround three still ponds and a stream. [ top ]

The Marney Hall Consultancy Ltd A Touch of Glass AWARD: *Silver (Water Gardens)*
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This garden has been designed as a showcase for the glass sculptures of Iestyn Davies and Gill Hobson. The contemporary courtyard setting forms a simple, uncluttered backdrop for the intricate glasswork. [ top ]

House Beautiful Magazine House Beautiful Mid-Summer Garden AWARD: *Bronze (Show Gardens)*
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This is a classic mid-summer garden with a combination of sculptured borders, patio and lawn. Colour is achieved through various shades of blues and jades in the planting. Integrated among the plants and flowers are several subtle leaf-shaped water features. [ top ]

Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association (RUKBA) A Gift for Life AWARD: *Bronze (Show Gardens)*
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No one garden design could possibly suit the different and varied requirements of all older people so this garden reflects the evolving lifestyle of its owners. High maintenance elements have given way to a more relaxed planting style where flowers and vegetables mix and there is an emphasis on attracting wildlife. [ top ]

Geoffrey Whiten The Leisure Garden AWARD: *Bronze (Show Gardens)*
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The Leisure Garden shows how the essential ingredients for a stylish outdoor living, entertaining and relaxation environment can be successfully combined within a small plot. The main features of the garden are a covered outdoor eating area and a paved patio decorated with planted pots. [ top ]

Junior League of London The Silent Witness Garden AWARD: *Bronze (Show Gardens)*
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The Silent Witness Garden for the Junior League of London draws attention to female victims of domestic violence. The garden creates a theatrical and surreal scene including silent witness statues, driftwood sculptures and a dry riverbed with a carpet bedding scheme depicting water. [ top ]

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Alternate Solutions Private Entertainer AWARD: *Gold - Most Innovative and Original Show Garden*
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Private Entertainer is designed for a young professional couple with a sense of style, who need a garden to be able to relax, entertain and escape from their busy working life. The style is clean, simplistic, eye-catching and modern. [ top ]

Roger Platts Garden Design & Nurseries Saloon Garden AWARD: *Gold - Best Small Garden*
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The purpose of the design is to create a garden that brings together the social element of drinking in a relaxed environment, together with the leisure activity of gardening. These two passtimes are the inspiration behind the design and it is the intention that the garden is a celebration of these two pleasures. [ top ]