7th July to 12th July 2009: Like Chelsea 2009, the Hampton Court Flower Show showed signs of recession-damage in 2009. There were fewer designed gardens and too many looked as though they were designed on the cheap and, on the whole, it was more like a Gardener's market than a Flower Show.
But good things come from belt-tightening and it was a pleasure to see designers' increasing emphasis on sustainability and on vegetable growing. And, as last year, the conceptual gardens were interesting.
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The Garden Energy feature was designed by Sarah Eberle and explores the use of green technology in garden design. |
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Concreation, by Flemons Warland Design |
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Monstruosa by Metagardens (left) and Its Hard to See (by Rebecca Butterworth, Victoria Pustygina and Ludovica Ginanneschi (right) |
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I Promise was designed by students from Year 6 at St John The Divine Church of England Primary School. The garden is about sustainability and is built with reused and recycled materials. |
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A fabulous hanging basket of cherry tomatoes and a cabbage in The Growing Tastes Allotment Garden. The allotment garden won Best in Show, making it the first allotment design to win this award at an RHS show. |
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Urbanise, designed by Ian Rochead. The garden was designed with a young couple in mind. It is functional with attractive low maintenance planting. |
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