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To view our latest gardening article click the link below. With all this arctic weather on the way it’s all about ‘fleecing your favourites’. Don’t forget you can also catch up with our Chelsea progress in the ‘Chelsea Chat’ section at the bottom.
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Homes-and-Gardens/Gardening/Golden-Gardens/Fleece-your-favourites-protect-your-tender-plants-30012012.htm
Now, where’s my mittens!
We are delighted to announce that our Artisan Garden design has been accepted into the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show 2012. Next year’s design for Plankbridge Ltd, promises to be our best one yet. The design will feature a tranquil wildflower garden, inspired by the beautiful Dorset countryside immortalised by Thomas Hardy in his novel ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’. Central to the design is an authentic Dorset-style shepherd’s hut which sits on the banks of a stream in a water meadow.
The exhibitor and sponsor of the garden, Plankbridge Limited, are manufacturers of traditional, authentic shepherd’s huts. Based just outside Dorchester in Dorset, the Plankbridge team are dedicated and experienced craftsmen that create something really unique and special. To find out more go to www.plankbridge.com.
For more information on the Chelsea Flower Show go to www.rhs.org.uk
We’ll keep you posted with more details soon.
Adam shares his excitement about guest presenting on the Ideal World Shopping Television Channel. Working with Garden Bargains.com, Adam has started as a regular gardening guest presenter.
Adam says ‘ I am totally nuts on plants and working with Garden Bargains gives me the chance to share my passion with many thousands of people and the opportunity to bring people some fabulous plants and gardening products at incredible prices’.
Ideal World can be found on Channel 747 (Virgin Media), Channel 644 (Sky), Channel 22 (Freeview) and Channel 812 (Freesat). Alternatively, check out the website www.idealworld.tv. Garden Bargains can be found at www.gardenbargains.com
Tune into Adam and Jon on BBC Three Counties Radio on Sunday 27th November 2011 for some great gardening advive and some news on Chelsea 2012. As expert guests on the Ernie Almond Show from 3-4pm the duo are awaiting your questions so ring, text or email through the BBC Three Counties website www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12424116
For some top gardening tips don’t forget to check out our page on the Herts and Essex Observer website. This weeks article is entitled ‘Why bother with bulbs?’ If you click through you can also catch up on previous blogs. Just follow the link.
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Homes-and-Gardens/Gardening/Golden-Gardens/Why-bother-with-bulbs-26092011.htm
A date for your diary. Tune in to BBC 3 Counties Radio on Sunday 16th October 2011 to hear Jon and Adam giving live advice on the Gardening Phone-in Show with Ernie Almond from 3pm.
It’s Show time again. Come down to Bishop’s Stortford Country Show this Saturday at Coopers of Stortford in Bridge Street. As usual there will be lots going on for all the family including raffles, prizes for best victoria sponge, largest onion and longest runner bean and a farm animal treasure hunt. There’s even a prize winning dog show not to mention tea and cakes.
Jon and Adam are judging the horticultural exhibits, giving a talk on ‘Getting the most out of your garden’ and then being on hand to answer any gardening questions.
The fun starts at 1pm and runs until 4pm. If you want to enter any of the competitions it’s only £1 to enter and entry forms are available in store. It’s all in aid of The Isabel Hospice so come on down and support this fabulous charity.
WELL here we are at the fabulous RHS Tatton Park Flower Show up here in Cheshire. We must admit the weather has been particularly challenging over the last few days, we haven’t seen so much rain for a long time. Thankfully, its starting to dry out now and today we even saw the sun, all be it for only a few minutes. As usual there’s lots to see with some spectacular Show gardens. We particularly liked the well executed HMP Everthorpe Garden (Gold), entitled ‘Save a Life, Drop the Knife’, which had a great use of colour and the prehistoric ‘Dinosaurs at Large Garden’ (Gold medal – Back to Back Gardens) which kids will adore.
Save a Life, Drop the Knife (Gold)
'Dinosaurs at Large'
In our own category, The National Flower Bed Competition, we were pleased with our own Silver Gilt medal, particularly as it’s the first time that we have strayed into bedding displays, having previously concentrated on designing gardens. We had an amazing team of dedicated volunteers who all gave up their time for free and everything was individually planted and not brought in and slotted together. Our exhibit for Frinton in Bloom was entitled ‘Taking a Dip’ and featured a Victorian Seaside scene complete with bathing booth. Tune in to BBC2 on Thursday 21st July at 7.30pm to see it highlighted as part of the BBC Television coverage of Tatton Park. Adam and Jon preview the exhibit with a trip to Frinton on Sea and then chat to Monty Don about how it all went.
The flower beds are a must see for visitors at the Show as anything goes. You can see everything from wombles to minis and from the dambusters to trains, all lovingly planted with marigolds, lobelia and a vivid array of uplifting colours.
If you haven’t booked your tickets yet, do make sure you take a look. The RHS Tatton Park Flower Show is on until Sunday 24th July 2011
We took another trip up to Frinton-on-Sea today (24th June 2011) to take part in a BBC film about the background to our exhibit at the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show. Our exhibit is part of the National Flower Bed Competition and seeks to highlight the Victorian seaside heritage of Frinton with a beach scene created with different types of bedding plants.
It will be simple and striking and something a little bit different.
It was also great to catch up with the team at Frinton in Bloom and to see how well the bathing machine centre piece was progressing. The bathing machine has now been renamed ‘Betty the Booth’ and is looking fantastic, all that’s needed now is the green roof.
