Monday, May 23, 2016

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016 - The Fresh Gardens

Conceptual and modern take on what a garden is, the Fresh Gardens...

The AkzoNobel Honeysuckle Blue(s) Garden



The World Vision Garden



The Imperial Garden - Revive



The Sir Simon Milton Foundation Urban Connections Garden



The Garden of Potential




The Marble and Granite Centre - Antithesis of Sarcophagi



Modern Slavery Garden


Up next, a few highlights outside and inside the Floral Marquee.

Mark :-)

8 comments :

  1. Maybe I'm just in a surly mood, but these all annoyed me. There were one or two elements that I liked, but each garden did something that rubbed me the wrong way. Sorry!

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    1. Fresh gardens....never fails to get strong and polarising reactions :)

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  2. Bother, I didn't bump into you yesterday. Would have been nice to say hallo. The only garden that really annoyed me out of this lot was the cube.

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    1. That's a shame, would have been nice to catch up with you!

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  3. I had the same reaction as Alan!

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  4. The Garden of Potential makes me nervous. I'm not a fan of rocks suspended in the air. Stacked in strange ways, yes but their connection to the earth is important. Loved the lily pads in The Imperial Garden - Revive on the water but not so much in the tree. They'd be okay if they made a tree by themselves but they're battling with the living tree which is never a good idea.

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  5. "Modern slavery garden"?!? I like the really lush, plant-crammed examples. The minimal ones somehow don't seem to agree with your climate--though the turf grass is eye-popping. It just doesn't grow like that here. Ever.

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  6. These are always interesting but I couldn't get excited about any of them this year. In general, I liked the Garden of Potential best but that boulder on top of the arbor gave me the creeps. I'm sure it was explained by the brief but I still don't like it...

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