Best of Chelsea Flower Show 2012

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The Brewin Dolphin Garden designed by Cleve West has been awarded Gold medal and Best in Show.  The garden features beech hedging with yew topiary shapes contrasted against herbaceous plants arranged in a loose layered style.

The award for Best Fresh Garden went to The Easigrass Garden “Green with…” created by Tony Smith. The garden explores envy and desire through plant history, colour and form.  The main feature of the garden is a cage structure made from Perspex rods and poles.  The cage represents a prison which houses orchids, tulips and ferns which have all been desired and envied throughout periods of history.

Best Artisan Garden was won by Satoyama Life for The Ishihara Kazuyuki Design Laboratory Garden. The garden was designed by Kazuyuki Ishihara, and is inspired by the Satoyama which is the Japanese phrase for the area between the lowlands and mountains.  The garden emphasises the importance of existing in harmony with nature.  The main plants are acers and the garden features a thinning techniques used in Ikebana to highlight natural beauty.

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Thomson & Morgan were awarded Plant of the Year for foxglove Digitalis Illumination Pink.  The pink flower with a hint of peach was bred by Thomson and Morgan to produce an exotic looking flower.  The bee attracting plant flowers from June to November on multi-branching spikes.

The Product of the Year award went to Harrod International for their Harrod & Slot Lock Framework building system.  Their plant support consists of aluminium tubing which slots into locking connectors.

The special Diamond Jubilee award went to H.W. Hyde for their lily display.  The display was their first ever walk-through exhibit and featured hundreds of plants in three beds.  The award was presented by HM The Queen.

Sparsholt College gained the award for Best Exhibit in RHS Environment. Their exhibit promoted growing the maximum crop possible from the minimum space.

For a full list of all the RHS medals awarded at Chelsea 2012 visit www.rhs.org.uk

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