2006 Garden Shows & Events

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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2006

Pre-event build up

The Road to Chelsea - Unmissable!

Join us as we follow Marcus Barnett, Philip Nixon, Andy Sturgeon, Dean Herald and Andrew McIndoe, as they prepare for the 2006 RHS event. Final entries before the show opens to the public!

Latest RHS Chelsea News

• Renowned sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld will be exhibiting at Chelsea with a limited edition range to be shown in Crystal Clear Material and also a new range of Blumenfeld Sculptures in marble

• Earthworms key to Chelsea Flower Show Success - The humble earthworm is playing a vital role in a garden at this year's Show and helping designer and TV presenter Chris Beardshaw to launch a new educational initiative.

• Saga Insurance is the new sponsor of the Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show.

• GardenAfrica prepares for dryer conditions at Chelsea - Whilst other show gardens are faced with the logistical nightmare of the hosepipe ban, GardenAfrica is in a unique position of exhibiting a garden perfectly equipped for dryer conditions.
  

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Show Garden Reports     (also see "The Road to Chelsea")

The Ravine Garden - The Lake Forest Gardening Club
Show garden

For the first time ever, a US garden club is sponsoring an entry at Chelsea .....

A Highland Retreat - Sue Bradbury and Catherine Jago
Courtyard show garden

Designers Sue Bradbury and Catherine Jago have sought inspiration from the Scottish Highlands for their Courtyard Garden - 'A Highland Retreat'.

Caged - Alistair Kirt Bayford
Chic show garden

Caged‚ aims to challenge how we take in and consider aspects of a garden and our environment and is a Chelsea first for young designer Alistair Kirt Bayford.

Seeing the Whole Picture - Mencap / Cater Allen Bank
City show garden

Designed by Ruth Marshall, this city garden should bloom into life, as Mencap, the UK learning disability charity, celebrates its 60th year.

Saveurs de France
Courtyard show garden

Jane Dickins brings us the essence of a French town with her design for this Courtyard show garden, 'Saveurs de France'.

The Daily Telegraph Garden
Show garden

Designed by Tom Stuart-Smith & built by Crocus.co.uk. It contrasts a minimal asymmetric plan with materials, surfaces & planting of rich patina and texture.

The 4Head Garden - The Garden of Dreams
Show garden

Designed as a natural haven of peace, inviting visitors to journey from the stressful, conscious world, to an altogether more alluring destination idealised in dreams .....

The Halifax Garden
Show garden

Uncompromisingly modern garden for first time sponsors Halifax - designed by Derbyshire based garden designer Stuart Perry.

GardenAfrica – Sowing the seeds of change

Show garden

GardenAfrica, a UK registered charity, is replicating its groundbreaking work in Africa at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.

The Root to Gold - Laurent-Perrier Garden
Show garden

Laurent-Perrier has looked back to its roots in the chalky landscape of Champagne to create a 'French' Show Garden for Chelsea 06.....

Leeds City Council will be exhibiting a bold and imaginative initiative garden to highlight the success of the city......

Saga Insurance, sponsors of the 2006 Chelsea Flower Show, have announced their show garden plans for the Show.....

Exhibition News

Jekka McVicar discusses her latest exhibition for Chelsea, themed 'Herbs are our past and our future.' Read more .....

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Weather

What will the weather will be like at RHS Chelsea?

Archive material - RHS Chelsea 2005

24 -28 May 2005

(Picture above RHS Chelsea 2005 - The Merrill Lynch Garden, designed by Andy Sturgeon)

• Archive show report & gallery of gardens
• The Road to Chelsea - ** CONGRATULATIONS TO Marcus Barnett & Philip Nixon (The Gallery Outside), Tom Stuart-Smith (The Laurent-Perrier Garden), Lizzie Taylor and Dawn Issac (Microsoft SoGo Garden), Jane Hudson & Erik De Maeijer (Cancer Research UK Garden) - ALL MEDAL WINNERS!
  See how our designers planned over the year, to produce their fantastic gardens .......

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