Garden design ideas for your garden

Hot colour campaign
- To help you create a specific look or mood for your garden

A quirky source of colour inspiration was launched by TV designer Naomi Cleaver (pictured left) at Hampton Court Flower Show this week. Fresh from her work on Channel 4's 'Other People's Houses, Britain's Best Home' Naomi has teamed up with PlantforLife in a 'Hot Colour' campaign to demonstrate how you can apply interior colour palettes to your outdoor rooms.

Each palette in the 'Hot Colour' collection has been matched to plants you can find in most garden centres and illustrates how clever use of colour can transform an outdoor space, introduce your personality or set a mood.

We loved the 'swatch' which has been produced to show you 10 inspirational colour combinations to create a specific look or mood and feel sure this will be a hit with gardeners.

You can download the swatch from the PlantforLife website at www.plantforlife.info

'Hot Colour' is part of the PlantforLife campaign, a UK garden industry and EU funded initiative designed to encourage people to enjoy the health and emotional benefits of proximity to plant life. Commenting on her involvement, Naomi said: "It's great to see my colour combinations brought to life at Hampton Court and I hope they will inspire and encourage novice and experienced gardeners alike to get creative and explore the use of indoor colour thinking in their outdoor space this summer."

(Picture above left - The Royal Horticultural Society, Hampton Court Flower Show 2005. TV designer Naomi Cleaver. Photo by Michael Walter/Troika.)

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