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The Landscape AgencyT: 01904 [email protected]

The New Wild Garden Chelsea Flower Show 2011

28.09.10 Revision A

Nigel Dunnet at The Landscape Agency

The RBC New Wild Garden RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011Nigel Dunnet at The Landscape Agency

DESIGN STRATEGY

A century and a half ago the concept of ‘The Wild Garden’ was born in William Robinson’s book of the same title. Robinson was a gardening revolutionary, passionate about the beauty of nature, who popularised naturalistic gardening; virtually invented the herbaceous border, and was a pioneering conservationist. In the best ‘Arts and Crafts’ manner, he championed local materials and sense of place, but worked in a rustic, rural style. How can his ideas be interpreted in a contemporary context?

The ‘New Wild Garden’ revisits his ideas and looks again at how appropriate and fitting they are to today’s gardens, parks and public greenspace. The garden celebrates beautiful, colourful and romantic naturalistic plantings that are simple to maintain and which encourage wildlife, combined with innovative ‘crafted’ use of modern or recycled materials, and a strong sense of water capture and conservation. The setting is part of a larger garden, and provides a restful, contemplative and playful space: a re-interpretation of the Arts and Crafts garden into a modern and contemporary setting, combined with a clear environmental and conservation message.


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KEYHARD LANDSCAPE

PLANTING/ TREES

CIRCULAR SEATING AREA Paving detail of reclaimed bricks/ small unit paving laid in arts and crafts style

TREES Refer to planting plan and specification

HABITAT WALLS Size: 450mm depth x varying lengths x varying heights. Reclaimed sandstone walling with steel base and supports. Recylced ‘habitat compartment’ inserts

PLANTING Refer to planting plan and specification

SPOT HEIGHTSIndicating stepped raised levels and approximate heights of subtle landforming

RECLAImED GRANITE PAvING Size: 250-350mm x random lengths x 75mm depth. Laid on a rigid bed with 10mm joints

HARDWOOD DECK Size: 140 x35mm hardwood deck. Allow for hardwood trim 35mm secured to structural framework

CIRCULAR STEEL WATER TROUGHS Size: 1no. 1000mm radius, 1no. 2450mm radius. 10mm thick steel containers, 30mm depth. Prefabricated, manufacturer TBC

BESPOKE CURvED BENCH Hand crafted timber bench constructed by Piet Hein Eek

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PLANTING STRATEGY

The planting in the garden is naturalistic. The planting plan shows the locations of the main trees and shrubs in the garden, but the herbaceous layer will be implemented as a number of planting mixes that will fill three different planting zones. The plant mixes in these zones have been carefully worked out according to colour of both flower and foliage, heights and textures of the plants, but there is no detailed planting plan showing the precise location of each plant: the intention is that the planting is set out randomly within the mix, with the majority of plants being placed in groups of 3-5 of the same species or cultivar within the zones.

‘Wet meadow’ - a purple primula meadow with a scattering of blue and white wildflowers and grasses

‘Dry meadow’ - intense pink and blue, with grey shimmering grasses

‘Perennial Planting’ - glowing orange and purple, with lime green

‘Woodland Carpet’ - sheets of shady tulips, amidst blue and white flowers, and ferns

Carpinus Betulus - 2-2.5m high hornbeam hedge

Betula pendula ‘Dalecarlica’ - C70, 12-14m. Source, Hilliers Nurseries

malus hupehensis - C70, 8-10m. Source, Hilliers Nurseries

Rosa glauca

Phyllostachys nigra ‘Hale’


The New Wild GardenPlanting Specification

Perennial Planting (15m2)Orange, lime green, purple, with a touch of whiteFinal Numbers required Name Size Source

50 Clematis recta 'Purpurea' 2L Palmstead Nurseries50 Euphorbia grifithii 'Fireglow' 2L Palmstead Nurseries

100 Euphorbia schillingii 2L Orchard Dene3 Ferula communis 'Dixter Form' 2L Great Dixter

200 Geum 'Princess Juliana' 2L Orchard Dene150 Verbascum phoeniceum 'Violetta' 2L Orchard Dene553

Dry Meadow Planting. intense pink and blue, with grey shimmering grasses (8m2)Final Numbers required Name Size Source

50 Armeria maritima 2L Manor Farm50 Erodium manascavii 9cm Orchard Dene50 Festuca amethystina 9cm Orchard Dene25 Lychnis coronaria 'Alba' 2L Orchard Dene25 Oenothera odorata superba 2L Orchard Dene

100 Salvia nemorosa 2L Orchard Dene100 Sesleria caerulea 2L Manor Farm

Wet Meadow Planting. Purple and orange primulas with predominantly white and blue flowering plants (10m2)

Final Numbers required Name Size Source

25 Deschampsia cespitosa 2L Palmstead Nurseries5 Euphorbia palustris 2L Palmstead Nurseries

50 Geranium sylvaticum 2L Palmstead Nurseries50 Geranium sylvaticum 'Album' 2L Palmstead Nurseries10 Iris sibirica 'Tropic Night' 2L Palmstead Nurseries75 Lychnis flos‐cuculi 'Alba' 9cm Palmstead Nurseries3 Osmunda regalis 5L+ Palmstead Nurseries

75 Primula pulverulenta 2L Palmstead Nurseries30 Primula florindae 2L Palmstead Nurseries30 Primula florindae 'Ray's Ruby' 2L Palmstead Nurseries

Trees and Shrubs


75 Carpinus Betulus C10 Hilliers(Hornbeam hedge planted 3 per linear metre)

15 Betula pendula 'Dalecarlica' C70 Hilliers8 Malus hupenhensis C70 Hilliers 9 Rosa glauca C10 Hilliers5 Phyllostachys nigra 'Hale' C10 UK bamboos

15 Rubus odoratus C10 Palmstead Nurseries

Wall and Paving Planting


200 Aceana inermis ‘Purpurea’ 9cm Orchard Dene100 Scabiosa columbaria ‘Nana’ 9cm Orchard Dene200 Sedum spp 9cm Orchard Dene200 Sempervivum spp 9cm Orchard Dene200 Thymus spp 9cm Orchard Dene300 Festuca mairei 9cm Orchard Dene

100 Viola cornuta ‘Alba’ 2L Palmstead Nurseries

Woodland Planting ‐ perennial planting


150 Ajuga ‘Catlins Giant’ 2L Palmstead Nurseries100 Dicentra eximia ‘Alba’ 2L Palmstead Nurseries25 Dryopteris filix‐mas 2L Palmstead Nurseries

100 Epimedium ‘Frohnleiten’ 2L Palmstead Nurseries30 Lunaria rediviva 2L Palmstead Nurseries

100 Luzula nivea 2L Palmstead Nurseries50 Matteuccia struthiopteris 2L Palmstead Nurseries30 Myrhhis odorata 2L Palmstead Nurseries

100 Omphaloides cappadocica ‘Alba’ 2L Palmstead Nurseries20 Polystichium setiferum 2L Palmstead Nurseries

250 Tulipa sprengerii 2L Personal Supply

PLANTING SPECIFICATION


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