{"id":1578,"date":"2009-05-20T14:10:43","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T14:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2009-05-20T14:10:43","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T14:10:43","slug":"judging-garden-design-at-the-chelsea-flower-show-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/judging-garden-design-at-the-chelsea-flower-show-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Judging garden design at the Chelsea Flower Show 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chelsea garden design judges 2009: can you guess who are the designers?<\/p><\/div>\n

Here are the judges, understandably grim-faced while looking at the recipient of our Worst in Show Award<\/a> for the 2009 Chelsea Show Gardens. Another problem is they are given the pottiest\u00a0 assessment criteria. The criteria are (1) has the designer met his\/her own brief? (2) is the garden as neat and tidy as it could possibly be? (3) does the garden have style? These criteria are better suited to a dog show\u00a0 than a garden design competition.<\/p>\n

The primary criterion should be: is the design of high quality? And to answer this question one must have a design theory. I urge the Chelsea organizers to read Vitruvius <\/a>and to appoint only judges with an undestanding of the subject. For the competition to make a useful contribution to the art of garden design, the judges should ask:<\/p>\n