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Watch our Chelsea Show Garden grow...
Haddonstone has been exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show since 1972 and last year won a medal for its first ever Show Garden. In 2004, the Company created an atmospheric Knot Garden.
A 360° panorama view of the completed garden will load below:
Work on the design started in June 2003 with work on-site commencing on Friday 7 May. The show opened to the public on Tuesday 25 May.
Click here for full design and planting details.
June 2003 ~ The design takes shape
July 2003 ~ The artists impression
December 2003 ~ Wooden troughs in the precise shape of the knot garden
February 2004 ~ Herbaceous planting destined for the show garden
March 2004 ~ Box hedging growing
in the wooden troughs
April 2004 ~ Four weeks to go and the herbaceous planting is beginning to come into bloom...
Late April: The leaves on the lime
trees are unfurling...
Late April: Work continues on the
trimming of the box hedging.
Day 1 (7 May) The site when we
arrive. . .
Day 1 (7 May) Work commences.
Day 2 (8 May) Foundation for Pan's Grotto
Day 4 (10 May) The boundary walls under construction
Day 6 (12 May) The rear wall nearing completion.
Day 6 (12 May)The rockery stone arrives.
Day 8 (14 May) The Grotto Structure nears completion.
Day 11 (17 May) The Grotto stone during installation.
Day 11 (17 May) The Corredo Jardiniere
being removed from
Haddonstone's Northamptonshire Show Garden.
Day 13 (19 May) The Corredo Jardiniere
is in position
and the structural planting is well underway.
Day 13 (19 May) The herbaceous
planting starts to take shape.
Day 14 (20 May)
Work continues on the roped edging around the central knot garden.
Day 14 (20 May) Starting to look like a Show Garden!
Day 15 (21 May) Ready for final planting and paths.
Day 16 (22 May) The crushed limestone paths go in.
Day 16 (22 May) Members of the
design and construction team smile for the cameras!
Day 17(23 May) Ready for the judges. . .
Day 18 (24 May) The judges cast
their votes. . . we are awarded a Bronze medal.
Day 19 (25 May) Ready to open to
the public. . .
Day 19 (25 May) A close up view of Pan's Grotto
Celebrity spotting ~ Sir Roy Strong,
Joe Swift, Charlie Dimmock, Jenny Bond,
Andy Sturgeon.
Also at Chelsea ~ our Haddonstone Group exhibit in Eastern Avenue (EA77).
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