Comments on: Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2008 https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/hampton-court-palace-flower-show-2008/ Gardenvisit.com Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:24:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: emma hobbs https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/hampton-court-palace-flower-show-2008/#comment-42 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:24:46 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=21#comment-42 i think this show was amazing, and i got to spend time with my family. but the metal flooring has to go, my nan tripped over it, and is bandly hurt, she has a black eye and broken wrist, it’s verry dangerous, but it was a verry nice day, and lovelly gardens.

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]]> By: Robert Holden https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/hampton-court-palace-flower-show-2008/#comment-40 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:02:47 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=21#comment-40 Credit to Ivan Tucker the HND Garden Design graduate who designed the Merrist Wood infinity garden (i.e. mirror garden) which was titled Forest2 (i.e. forest squared). The use of Betula utilis jacquemontii “Doorenbos” was masterly because not only was it enclosed on three sides by mirrors but they gave a light and approximate ceiling so the theatre of the space was extraordinarily convincing.

]]> By: RobertHolden https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/hampton-court-palace-flower-show-2008/#comment-39 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:50:51 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=21#comment-39 This year, I visited Hampton Court on the final Sunday and was disappointed. It was far more dominated by trade stands than in previous years and the last day was extremely busy so one could not easily see the show gardens. The Merrist Wood Infinity Garden was a remarkable exception to the general run of mediocracy. It was an object lesson in how to present a show garden, a simple idea (a small garden made big by mirrors) and extremely well carried out, by framing so that one shut out the surrounding world.

By the way I could not find a single stand for seeds. Now that would have been a trade stand I would have directly sought out. Currently I am on the search for sweet cultivated dandelion but suppose I will have to wait until my next trip to Truffaut’s in Paris.

]]> By: John https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/hampton-court-palace-flower-show-2008/#comment-38 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:59:58 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=21#comment-38 I agree. The garden designs at Hampton Court are getting better. The garden I liked best was the The Traveller’s Garden, by Amanda Patton for The Society of Garden Designers. Strange that it did not get a Gold Medal, though the theme (Walter de la Mare’s poem The Listeners – “Is there anybody there?”) is kind-of odd for a garden design.

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