At the show
Post categories: Louise Danks
| 10:43 UK time, Friday, 4 July 2008
Tom and I went down to site yesterday to get our bearings, check out a few technical things and basically have a look around. The Hampton build up is well underway, as you'd expect. Through the sea of fluorescent vests there are some great planting combinations emerging and the hint of something beautiful where finished corners of the gardens are revealed.
I caught up with Nigel Boardman of Boardman Gelly and Co who are creating a show garden called Hope - The Way Forward. It's a highly symbolic garden inspired by the work of a charity called Combat Stress (The Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society). Every detail of this garden tells a story and earns its place.
Nigel said "It's coming together quite well now, it's nice to see it planted so early so that the plants have a chance to turn around and settle in. After so many years building show gardens, we try to use the last week of the build up for planting, you have more time to consider without stuffing, you get that chocolate box effect and everything is a little more polished."
I caught up with Nigel Boardman of Boardman Gelly and Co who are creating a show garden called Hope - The Way Forward. It's a highly symbolic garden inspired by the work of a charity called Combat Stress (The Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society). Every detail of this garden tells a story and earns its place.
Nigel said "It's coming together quite well now, it's nice to see it planted so early so that the plants have a chance to turn around and settle in. After so many years building show gardens, we try to use the last week of the build up for planting, you have more time to consider without stuffing, you get that chocolate box effect and everything is a little more polished."
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