Monthly Archives: March 2011

A glimpse of the Australian desert in Surrey!

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

Hi folks, The latest from Mel at Landform: ‘These images show the fabricated metal boxes that Bill Bunce has made for the Show Garden.  The boxes will be used for the Mountain Gorge Water Feature.  When they arrived at the … Continue reading →

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The Smellycat story

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

Hi folks, “Who on earth is Smellycat??” I hear you ask…  Smellycat is the resident kitty at Kelways Nursery, which is where our native plants for the Show Garden have been cared for by Dave and Sonya Root. I think I’ll let Dave … Continue reading →

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NEW! Views of the Show Garden design

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

Hi folks, Jim has been hard at work creating more renders of the Show Garden design. These new images show some of the incredible detail of Jim’s design, such as the rusted steel gorge, the Livingstones garden furniture in the pavilion … Continue reading →

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Creating the Salt sculpture

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Hi folks, Our intrepid photographer/videographer Jay Watson has just sent through some rather spiffy images of the water jet cutting of Edwina Kearney and Mark Stoner‘s ‘Salt’ sculpture. This one-off sculpture has been created especially for our Show Garden, and … Continue reading →

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Update from Aguilas, Spain

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Feb 25 Medi Palm Nursery Aguilas, Spain After two long days of plant hunting and tagging, we have finally finished our last purchasing for Chelsea. Most of our plants were tagged in Feb 2010 in both Spain and Sicily and in … Continue reading →

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Postcard from Aguilas, Spain

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

The latest from Jim’s plant sourcing trip to Spain: Trees have proven a real difficulty for us. Sourcing good specimens for Chelsea that are of a good enough standard are the problem. Having Mark Straver from Crocus with us is great as … Continue reading →

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