A very belated post about the wonderful 2010 Chelsea Flower Show. There were some amazing gardens at this year's show. My absolute favourite was the Eden Project 'Places of Change' garden. The biggest ever show garden seen at Chelsea was created by 500 people supported by 43 homelessness agencies and 50 from eight different prisons, who teamed up with gardeners from the Eden Project in Cornwall.
The colourful garden was designed by Paul Stone and I enjoyed it because it was a very 'real' garden that felt like it could be achieved by all, and on a budget. It incorporated flowers and vegetables, and I was especially intrigued by the greenhouse made from recycling plastic drinks bottles. Such a sustainable and cheap alternative to a glass house - I'm saving up my Evian bottles already!
I also loved L'Occitane's garden designed by James Towillis, who has managed to successfully bottle a piece of Provence. The best bit were the ancient olive trees, which I was told were saved from Northern Italy from certain death and were thought to be dated between 100 and 400 years old. Amazing!
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