Gold Medal garden by Andy Sturgeon. This is a modern garden for a healthy lifestyle. The garden design is based around three key pillars of the initiative: Eat Healthily, Stay in Shape and Be SunSmart. These messages are at the core of Andy's ambitious and breathtaking design.
Garden description
The garden is centred on a turquoise blue,
infinity-edged swimming pool complete with Jacuzzi and shaded
pavilion, which is a first for the Chelsea Flower Show. The overall
feel will exude an exotic quality although the planting will use
species associated with the UK climate.
The pavilion is framed by tree trunks at the rear of the garden,
which form the backdrop and will be under-planted in a modern
woodland style, using large drifts of
Polystichum (Polystichum setiferum and
Polystichum
polyblepharum), Lamium orvala and
Libertia grandiflora. The
front of the garden will
use bold blocks of planting integrated with large square tables of
neatly clipped yew from Germany
and edible plants including large flowering blueberries from Devon,
noteworthy for their antioxidant
qualities and acknowledged as an excellent source of vitamin C.
Herbs such as rosemary,
oregano and chives will also add to the
edible plant theme.
A simple 'loop style' coffee
table has served as Andy's inspiration for the loop bench and the
pavilion. The bench is made from concrete and the pavilion will be
a similar shape but with a funky slatted screen to cast shade and
protect those using it from the sun's damaging rays. The finish
will be of polished plaster.
Plant list: (click on any of the green links to read more about the plant and to add to your own 'Plants I want' list)
Acanthus spinosus
Achillea 'Terracotta'
Allium sativum var.
ophioscorodom
Allium schoenoprasum
Angelica archangelica
Aquilegia 'Blue
Barlow'
Astelia chathamica
Astrantia major 'Claret'
Carex testacea
Deshampsia
cespitosa
Dipsacus fullonum
Eremurus 'Cleopatra'; 'Moneymaker'; 'Pinokkio'; 'Sahara'
Eryngium giganteum
Euphorbia cyparissias 'Fens
Ruby'
Euphorbia x martini
Euphorbia palustris
Geranium psilostemon
Helleborus Ashdown
Hybrids
Helleborus foetidus
Westerflisk Group or H. x
sternii pewter
Iris 'Superstition'
Knautia macedonica 'Mars Midget'
Kniphofia 'Jenny
Bloom'
Lamium orvala
Lavandula
dentata
Libertia grandiflora
Lysimachia atropurpurea
'Beaujolais'
Nandina domestica
Narcissus poeticus var.
recurvus
Onopordon acanthium
Origanum vulgare 'Aureum'
Paeonia 'Black
Panther'
Papaver somniferum 'Black
Paeony'
Phlomis russeliana
Pilosella aurantiaca
Polystichum
polyblepharum
Polystichum setiferum
Rosmarinus
officinalis
Rudbeckia maxima
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens'
Salvia x sylvestris 'Mainacht' or 'Viola
Klose'
Stipa arundinacea
Stipa tenuifolia
Tulipa acuminata
Tulipa 'Ballerina'
Tulipa sprengeri
Vaccinum
corymbosum
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