Chelsea Gold: Award-Winning Gardens from the Chelsea Flower Show

by John Moreland

Daring or down-to-earth, Chelsea Flower Show gardens are designed to impress, amuse, educate and, above all, inspire. Some feature herbaceous borders bursting with colour and life; others are classically serene, with minimal planting - all have the sense of drama that defines a Chelsea Gold garden. These gardens are created over a period of two to three weeks, are on show for five days and then destroyed - this is the first lavishly illustrated record of more than 30 of these gardens chosen for their originality, practicability, overall design and quality of planting. John Moreland also interviews each of the designers revealing their thoughts on the design and how it might be adapted to a domestic situation.

160 pages, Paperback

Published December 31, 2001

Reviews

[Ashley Lambert-Maberly]

Ugh, so beautiful. You would turn each page and think "yup, my garden's never ever going to look like that." But if only! Such splendid inspiration. As a relatively impoverished Canadian, I'm unlikely to ever make it to the actual Chelsea Flower Show. Even if I can swing a trip to the somewhat expensive UK, the thought of trying to obtain tickets and queueing amongst a mob and barely being able to see what I came for ... no, best to read the book, dream, and make tiny adjustments to one's own garden and hope for the best.

Read more of my ramblings at my blog The Wunsapon.

[Note: 5 star = loved it | 4 star = liked it lots | 3 star = it was fine | 2 star = disappointing | 1 star = hated it]