Previously at Chelsea, Nigel won a 2009 Silver-gilt for the Future Nature garden which he made with Adrian Hallam and Chris Arrowsmith. these things can be done by virtually anybody." And doing it in a designed garden, in a way which I hope is exciting and looks fantastic, I think is just about the best way you can communicate it. On sale will be a wide selection of perennials hand-picked by garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith and Peter Clay, co-founder of the renowned online nursery Crocus for our show garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show. He writes books, academic papers and articles for newspapers, and says ".doing a garden at Chelsea is, I think, a great way of showing how all these ideas really work. Join us at Chilworth Manor, Surrey for our very special National Garden Scheme, Chelsea Plant Sale. Nigel Dunnett is Reader in Urban Horticulture and Director of the Green Roof Centre, University of Sheffield. List of plants planned to feature in the garden The garden is inspired by the two big themes from gardening over the last 100 years, Wild Gardening and the Arts & Crafts movement, such as Sissinghurst and Hidcote. ![]() RBC New Wild Garden Inspiration / influences For this garden Nigel Dunnett has used perennial planting and modern recycled and reclaimed materials throughout the garden in the dry stone wall, the office building and bug hotel. Sustainability is the main function of this garden, but in the spirit of the Arts & Crafts movement, the form of something must follow from its function, so whilst this garden is recycling water, it must also be attractive.Ī visionary advocate of sustainable gardening, Robinson popularised the use of perennials and nature conservation. This reduces the amount of run-off and therefore flash- flooding that might occur especially in urban areas. ![]() Rain is captured on buildings (in this case a converted shipping container with a green roof) and then flows through garden beds before being allowed to drain away into the soil. Rain gardens are popular ways to make the most of water in the United States, but they are not so well known in the UK. The final game of the 2002/03 season saw us up against Liverpool in a shoot out for the fourth Champions League position, a game that was worth a potential £20million for the winner. Nigel Dunnett indulged his twin loves of the work of Victorian horticulturalist, William Robinson, and for the Arts & Crafts movement, to create this contemporary, sustainable rain garden. Rarely has a single Chelsea game had as much financial significance as it had sporting. Silver-Gilt Flora Video tour of garden Description of garden
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