Meet the Garden Designers at the Best of Kent Garden Event.
Celebrity TV gardener Joe Swift officially launched the opening of four dramatic designer show gardens at Jacksons’ Fencing headquarters in Stowting, near Ashford, Kent in May 2010.
The gardens were the result of a national design challenge set by Jacksons earlier this year, when the company invited garden designers from all over the country to demonstrate their creative flair by developing a garden that is environmentally friendly and sustainable.
Joe Swift was complimentary: “Each of the designers has done a superb job in creating a show garden which exudes designer flair combined with practical functionality,” he said. “Jacksons have given a great opportunity to the designers, I like the way they are putting themselves out there. Most of the public won’t go to a flower show, so this will give them ideas they can take away.”
See how the show gardens have matured since their opening in May and grab a chance to meet with the professional designers behind these inspirational exhibits, to discuss your own garden issues /dilemmas on:
Sat. 16th October from 10am to 4pm
To find out more about the finest Kent companies attending this event and the culinary delights in store click through to the show gardens update page
All stalls and stands will be under cover, so don't be put off if the weather is bad!
See more and read about the opening event of the show gardens with Joe Swift back in May...
Welcome warmth and sunshine heralded the official opening of the show gardens project at Jacksons Fencing at their Stowting Head Office in Kent on Friday 21st May. After months of planning, culminating in the hard work on the building, planting and tweaking over the last three weeks, the gardens had reached flower show perfection.
Read and see more about how this inspirational project came to be....
It’s been dubbed a “mini Chelsea Flower Show” in the heart of Kent…
In Nov/Dec 2009 the following ran in Garden Design Journal and was emailed out
via the Society of Garden Designers:
Calling Garden Designers -
Could you create an Inspirational Show Garden in the Garden of
England?
In early 2010 Jacksons are refurbishing the Jakstore
display area at their Kent Head Quarters near Ashford. The intention is to
create four or five inspirational show gardens that will last for the year.
Garden designers are invited to register
their interest in applying to design a
garden on an original theme incorporating not only Jacksons products/materials,
but also other partner suppliers products, all of which will fit within the
highest quality niche that Jacksons occupies in the fencing market.
Show Garden Overview and Development
Designer Update:
News on Heather Appleton's recent show success at BBC Gardener's World Live, Her garden "Room for Nest Eggs" got a Gold medal and Best in Show.
Well done Heather!
Philippa O'Brien news....
As well a being a celebrated medal winning garden designer, Philippa is a tutor at Capel Manor College, where she teaches garden design. This year she has been working closely with and mentoring her students who have produced a fantastic garden at Hampton Court Flower show. Philippa emailed to say how delighted she was that her students had not only got a Gold medal for their Shakespeare garden, themed on the Merchant of Venice, but they had got an award for the best Shakespeare garden as well. Well done all! Click here to see more on the students
medal winning garden.
About the designers
The Show Gardens
The Suppliers
