Tag Archives: water

Jim explains the design concept

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Hi folks, Check out Jim explaining how each element of the Australian Garden plays a role in the metaphorical ‘journey of water’…

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Pics from days 15 – 18 of construction

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

Hi folks, The latest images from Jay show just how far the Show Garden has come over the weekend. With just three days to go til judging, it’s all hands on deck as we complete the planting and add the finishing … Continue reading →

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Planting begins with 6 days til judging

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

Day 14 of construction: Planting Begins Here’s the latest video from Jay Watson and as you can see, it’s all starting to come together beautifully – from the almost-finished hand-laid pebble path to the trimmed Livistona palms all ready for planting and … Continue reading →

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Plant pics from Kelways

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

Hi folks, We’ve just received some ace pics from Mel and Catherine at Landform, who visited Kelways Nursery last week with Jim, Dave Root and Mark Britton to check on our plants. It’s very heartening to see just how well the plants … Continue reading →

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Getting the The Gorge water feature up and running

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

Hi folks, A quick update from Landform on the construction of the gorge water feature: “Mark Britton has been out working on the water feature assembly/testing today with James Scott from Martin Kelley’s office (Fairwater), also he’s collected the small … Continue reading →

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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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