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Final Touches Before Judging
Check out the last video update just before judging at the Chelsea Flower Show 2011. The crew has finally completed the planting works and are doing the final touches to The Australian Garden. Plants are painstakingly being trimmed and everything … Continue reading
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And it’s…. GOLD!
Hi folks, Woohoo! We’ve just received word from Phil that the Australian Garden has been awarded a Gold Medal! Check out the RHS website for details: http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-Chelsea-Flower-Show/2011/Gardens/Awards/Gold More to come as we receive details and pics from the UK later tonight…
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7 Days to go till Judging! Jim’s latest from Chelsea
Jim and the crew are really starting to feel the time pressure as they get the major trees in perfect position and get cracking on the water features. The Pavilion looks fantastic and the splashes of floral colour are really starting to pull it all … Continue reading
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Update: Australian plants in the UK
Part 1 of Jim’s adventures in the UK 22 February It’s easy to forget the difficulties in housing Australian plants for Chelsea in the UK. The photo below shows a batch of Dianella which were wiped out by the cold snap and snow … Continue reading
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Tagged Chelsea, Chelsea Flower Show, Crocus, Dave Root, Dianella, Kelways, Mark Straver
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Chelsea Main Avenue allocation
Exciting news - the Royal Horticultural Society has just confirmed that we’ve been allocated Main Avenue site 17! This is the third garden along Main Avenue from the entrance most visitors use. It is also south-facing, which is perfect as it will ensure … Continue reading
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Jim at the Gardening World Cup
“Well-known Japanese designer Kazuyuki Ishihara invited 10 international landscape artists to take part in the first World Cup in his home town…” For viewers of the original Iron Chef, this scenario will sound very familiar! The Gardening World Cup aims to create … Continue reading
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Sourcing Australian plants for Chelsea
Early on, we knew our weakest point was plants as we are not able to ship any plants from Australia. It was Andy Sturgeon, a good friend of Jim’s who he had exhibited with at the 2008 Singapore Garden Festival … Continue reading
A Show Garden is born…
Hello! Welcome to The Australian Garden at Chelsea blog. Our road to Chelsea started in September 2009, when Jim Fogarty presented an inspiring talk at the annual “Director’s Dinner” event for members of the Director’s Circle and major benefactors and donors … Continue reading
