Of all the exhibits at Chelsea I always find the courtyard gardens the
most appealing and the most relevant to actual gardening.

However that category has been replaced for 2011 and in its place is
something called
The Artisan Garden category

this new scheme apparently wants or rather "asks designers to use
natural, sustainably resourced materials in an artistic manner."

"The established Urban Gardens category looks for clever solutions for
small outdoor spaces"

SIGH ....................

What's wrong with original Horticultural ideas?
This all seems more Diermaund Garvin than Gertrude Jekyll!!

The gardens described individually have things such as "a grown up
paddling pool" sound suspiciously "off the wall" with their plans.
Details at:

http://www.hortweek.com/news/bulleti...in/article/104
7441/?DCMP=EMC-CONParksGardensNews

..
Janet

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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk