Chelsea Flower Show Feels The Crunch
February 27, 2009 by John · Leave a Comment
This May’s Chelsea Flower Show is due to feature just 13 show gardens, down from last years record of 22 and lower than the five-year average of 19. It is suggested that several award-winning gardeners have been unable to raise sufficient funds to enter designs after companies including Marks & Spencer and Neal’s Yard decided [...]
Lloyds TSB To Sponsor Chelsea Flower Show
Despite the turmoil in our banking system and huge amounts of losses being reported almost every week, Lloyds TSB is still sponsoring the Chelsea Flower Show. Risking probable public criticism the bank is sponsoring the flower show’s preview gala night in a six-figure deal.
Capability Brown Design A Potential Garden
February 23, 2009 by John · Leave a Comment
A forgotten garden design by one of Englands greatest garden designers could be brought to fruition some 250 years after being drawn. A sketch by Capability Brown, believed to be his first garden plan, has lay hidden in a desk drawer until Mr John Anderson discovered it in 1980. Mr Anderson is the current owener [...]