RHS Hampton Court 2023 is short for The RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. But that sounds far too grand.
It is the Chelsea Flower Show’s much loved younger sibling – more relatable, less crowded, not as tainted with the whiff of ‘being fashionable.’
Because we gardeners often declare that we’re not keen on ‘following fashion’. It is viewed with deep suspicion and firm denials.
But when you see a good idea, why not copy it? A new plant variety? Yes, please! A better tool? I’ll try it. And so on.
Fashion is often about innovation and invention. It can get people talking and thinking differently. So this is what I think we can take away from Hampton Court for our own gardens.
Rocks as natural sculpture, seating and more
Several show gardens at RHS Hampton Court 2023 featured rocks as water features, sculpture, seating and more.
Gabions for raised beds, wildlife habitats and seating
Gabions are large metal baskets, filled with rocks or stones. They were used for sea defences, but are now being used widely in garden design. The gaps between the rocks and stones are a good wildlife habitat. When Jane Beedle re-designed her small contemporary town garden, she re-used the paving that was originally in the garden by breaking it up and putting it in gabions. It doubles up as seating and wildlife habitat. It saved her money because she didn’t have to pay to have it taken away.
Raised beds for renters and to raise plantings in small spaces
Raised beds used to be for growing vegetables. Now you can find them in different materials and colours. They’re perfect for renters because they can be moved when you move.
And raised beds show off the planting by raising it up. You can grow plants that don’t suit your soil by using specialist
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I need your help, in the form of a short survey (link at the bottom of this story), to decide if it’s a good idea, and what format it might take. The survey probably won’t take you more than 5 minutes to complete.Background: For more than 20 years, I’ve lectured to garden audiences, and also hosted Garden Conservancy Open Days at my own garden in the Hudson Valley of New York (as I will again).In 2016, in response to visitors’ requests requesting more time to chat and ask questions than is possible at the big tours, I added smaller, more personal half-day
Create this hanging feeder for squirrels, using pine cones, peanut butter, and other important supplies. You’ll get the detailed How-to at Keaton The Foodie.
Set in the grounds of the historic Hampton Court palace, 15 beautiful Show and Get Started gardens will be on display for visitors, along with talks, demos, and workshops from horticultural experts who are on hand to offer expert advice and help you translate the inspiration into your green space. Particular highlights include a feature garden by this year’s Iconic Horticultural Hero Carol Klein, whose design boasts six different habitats, and Jo Thompson will be creating a wildlife garden which showcases ‘accidental’ landscapes that can be utilised to create green corridors in our urban spaces.
Set in the grounds of the historic Hampton Court palace, 15 beautiful Show and Get Started gardens will be on display for visitors, along with talks, demos, and workshops from horticultural experts who are on hand to offer expert advice and help you translate the inspiration into your green space. Particular highlights include a feature garden by this year’s Iconic Horticultural Hero Carol Klein, whose design boasts six different habitats, and Jo Thompson will be creating a wildlife garden which showcases ‘accidental’ landscapes that can be utilised to create green corridors in our urban spaces.
Just before Christmas, Clare Matterson, director general of the RHS, wrote to ask if I would be RHS Hampton Court’s Iconic Horticultural Hero for 2023, which was both shocking and flattering in equal measure! Because of that, I was able to design a garden for the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival.
A garden or yard of the house is always incomplete without a fence; anyone would agree with that fact. But building a commercial fence is extremely expensive and could probably affect your budget, especially if you are looking to build it in a particular way, theme or even as a complement to the design of the house.
Spending time outdoors is an essential crucial part of a healthy lifestyle, one that eases the mind and delights the senses. And when it comes to your own backyard, the entire idea of a floating deck comes as a solution to how you can organize a small corner outside that will complete your backyard design whilst serving as an entertaining, relaxing space, the ideal vision for a summer night spent with friends and family. The simple structure of a floating deck confers an airy fresh vibe to your yard and offers all the necessary space you desire to organize an outdoors dinning area or a pallet lounge zone with little trouble. You can even take the idea further and build the deck around a majestic tree without it being connected to your actual house or terrace or, why not, around a round pool or Jacuzzi with the sole purpose of ultimate relaxation.
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