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22.01.2024 - 12:53 / theenglishgarden.co.uk / Niamh Collins
The All About Plants category debuted in the Great Pavilion at RHS Chelsea 2022. This year, six gardens supported by Project Giving Back and designed in collaboration with a UK charity, will be on display. A grief garden, a skate park with a focus on edible planting, and a vibrant design that champions good gut health are just a snapshot of the gardens putting plants at the forefront of the design and keeping hard landscape at a minimum.
A vibrant colour palette of yellow, pink and blue will make up the composition of Chris Hull and Sid Hill’s Bowel Research UK Microbiome Garden. Camassia, Persicaria bistorta and Lupin luteus will flower in this community garden which takes inspiration of its health focus from human cultures that have tended thriving ecosystems for their nourishment. The aim of this wildflower design? To inspire people to rewild their diets, gardens and relationship with the land.
A beautiful cacophony of culinary and medicinal herbs and exotic and native species surround the sleek granite skate ramp at the heart of this garden. Designed for wheeled sports and encouraging physical activity within natural environments, Betongpark and Urban Organic are championing learning and play in this interactive space.
Katherine Holland has created a peaceful sanctuary in which a moment of quiet reflection can be found for those in the turmoil of grief. Plants and flowers have been selected especially for their sensory properties and year-round interest is promised from unusual specimen tree inclusions such as Heptacodium miconioides and Tilia henryana.
With joyous curves and bright and abundant planting of ferns, grasses, perennials and roses, Penelope Walker’s conceptual depictions are a symbol ofPanathlon, a charity
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This is a jelly fungus. Jelly fungi are usually found growing on dead or dying branches.
As 2024 home trends rise in popularity and take over our spaces, we are seeing everything from earthy color palettes splashing interior walls to thrifted decor being styled in charming ways.
Sunflowers look great in a vase but are heavy drinkers and need conditioning in a dark place overnight after cutting.
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If you’re looking for a low-maintenance groundcover that also flowers, look no further than creeping lilyturf. This tough perennial has thick, blade-like foliage and forms attractive clumps. In this article, I’ll share more details about creeping lilyturf, along with how easy it is to grow and care for.
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Happy 2024! We’re back and ready for another great year of growing fruit and veggies! We hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year.
Away from the Show Gardens on Main Avenue, the Sanctuary Gardens offer plenty of inspiration and often on a more achievable scale. A garden that honours 200 years of the National Gallery, a family space that can bounce back from heavy rainfall, and a sensory haven that supports the emotional wellbeing for children undergoing cancer treatment, feature in 2024’s line up.
Most of us can’t afford ‘grand design’ in our gardens, bringing in professionals for TV-style makeover. But we are always looking for hints, tips and ideas that will give our gardens a distinctive look. It can be as simple as where to place a deckchair or arranging a group plants. Here Ruth Chivers takes a look at what we can learn from the major summer Shows.
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