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2010 RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW

FLORAL EXHIBITORS Please note: information in this document is subject to change

GENERATION GARDENS Class Gardens “The Sun Golden Wedding Garden” Designers: Val Christman (Class Gardens) Sponsor: The Sun Newspaper Contractor: Class Gardens Site Number: E13 Tel: 01707 874 793 Email: [email protected] Address: 2 Home Farm Cottages, Ponsbourne Park, Newsgate Street Village, Hertfordshire SG13 8QT This front garden celebrates a Golden Wedding anniversary and the years that the couple have spent together. The colour scheme is gold, yellow and green, with touches of blue (for their son), pink (for their daughter) and dark areas representing those darker days experienced during fifty years of happy marriage. The timber in the garden has been aged by a process used by Victorian hop growers to preserve wood and then lime washed. The garden hosts an array of pots and features dating from the Victorian era and from the past fifty years. The window box has been traditionally handcrafted in a local Hertfordshire forge. The Sexton family has built many gardens at Chelsea over the past 28 years, all for other designers. This year three generations of the family have come together to create their own garden and celebrate a forebear (James Pulham) who won a gold medal at one of the earliest Chelsea Flower Shows.

Geoffrey Whiten & Associates “A City Roof Garden” Designers: Geoff & Kas Whiten 5 May 2010

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Sponsors: Digby Stone Ltd, Folia (Europe) Ltd, BG Building Contractors, The Sun Newspaper Contractor: Brad Green (BG Building Contractors) Site Number: E12 Contact: G Whiten Tel: 01843 590 301 Email: [email protected] Address: 4 Eldon Grove, Ramsgate, Kent CT11 9LW Roof gardens, terraces and balconies are fast becoming popular places for outdoor living and entertaining. With more and more people migrating to towns and major cities and the ever-increasing cost of urban real estate, property developers are now concentrating on building upwards, creating huge potential for roof-style gardens and unusual, well-designed balcony spaces. This design is a small scale, modified version of a recently developed city roof space that provided the owner with outstanding and commanding views over London as well as a private and secluded outdoor living area. The main features are an area of natural stone paving, boxstyle seating, ornamental gravels with drifts of ground cover planting, groups of ornamental pots and containers, and beds featuring a selection of shrubs, roses, grasses and colourful annuals around the perimeter of the garden.

John Woods Nuseries & Capel Manor College “The Upwardly Mobile Garden” Designers: Chris Deakin, Jason Lock Sponsors: John Woods Nurseries, Capel Manor College, The Sun Newspaper, Urbis Design, Marshalls Contractors: John Woods Nurseries, Capel Manor College Site Number: E10 Contact: J Wood Tel: 01728 745 158 Email: [email protected] Address: Main Road, Pettistree, Suffolk IP13 0HH Website: www.johnwoodsnurseries.co.uk This garden belongs to a young professional couple who have bought their first home together and who have invested in their garden to improve the value of their property. The planting is easy to maintain and creates interest throughout the seasons. The couple’s enthusiasm for plants is reflected in the planting scheme, which includes 5 May 2010

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new introductions from The Endless Summer collection of hydrangeas, First Editions plants and Mattocks roses. A beautiful Cornus Venus (‘Kn30 8’) provides a focal point, offering welcome shade in summer. The hard landscaping reflects the location of the property, drawing on the coastline of East Anglia and local agricultural buildings for inspiration, whilst maintaining the couple’s desire for clean, contemporary lines and textural contrast.

WM Morrison Supermarket PLC “Morrisons Let’s Grow to Chelsea Garden” Designers: The Garden Design Centre, The Sun Newspaper Sponsors: Morrisons, The Sun Newspaper Contractors: Class Gardens, The Garden Design Centre Site Number: E11 Tel: 0845 611 5000 Email: [email protected] Address: Hillmore House, Gain Lane, Bradford BD3 7DL Website: www.morrison.co.uk/letsgrow Over the past two years, the Morrisons Let’s Grow programme has helped children across the UK learn about how food is grown and has also encouraged them to eat more fruit and vegetables. During that time, 22,500 schools have collected more than one million items of gardening equipment, allowing teachers to take learning about food and nutrition out of the classroom and helping pupils to literally get their hands dirty whilst growing fresh produce of their own. Using wooden containers on a pallet base allows schools with no access to open ground (and therefore no soil) to get gardening. Starting out with weed, pest and disease-free potting compost helps first time gardeners to grow and harvest healthy salads and vegetables anywhere they can find a square metre of space.

FLORAL MARQUEE Ainsworth Displays Site number: GPJ7 Contact: Mr W Ainsworth Tel: 023 9225 5057 5 May 2010

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Address: 5 Kentidge Road, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO7 5NH Palm trees for all conditions

Aldo Airplants Site number: GPH10 Contact: Mr A Ciampittiello Tel: 0032 4864 06703 Email: [email protected] Website: www.aldo-airplant.com Address: Diepestraat 49, 2400, MOL BELGIUM Airplants

Avon Bulbs Ltd Site number: GPG7 Contact: Ms C Kimberley Tel: 01460 242177 Email: [email protected] Website: www.avonbulbs.co.uk Address: Burnt House Farm, Mid Lambrook, South Petherton, Somerset TA13 5HE Flowering bulbs & associated plants

Barbados Horticultural Society Site number: GPF18 Contact: Keith Miller Tel: 001 246 421 6700 Email: [email protected] Website: www.horticulturebarbados.com Address: Balls Plantation, Christ Church, W.I., BB17074 BARBADOS Tropical foliage and flowers The Barbados Horticultural Society display will show the ruins of a sugar factory, which have been reclaimed by nature.

Birmingham City Council Site number: GPE8 Contact: Mr M Hinton Tel: 0121 444 2848 5 May 2010

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Email: [email protected] Website: www.birmingham.gov.uk/parks Address: School of Horticulture, Kings Heath Park, Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7TQ The Help for Heroes garden, sponsored by The Sun Newspaper and B & Q, supports the Help for Heroes Charity which helps soldiers wounded in conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The focal point is a Chinook Helicopter which stands over 5m in the centre of the display. The helicopter returns the wounded soldiers to the field hospitals. Many wounded soldiers arrive at Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham. Tribute is paid to the specialist hospital with a peace garden which contains trees, shrubs, medical aromatic plants and herbs and a water feature. Raised beds allow people in wheelchairs to touch the plants, many which exude aromatic scents and create a feeling of peace and tranquillity with the sound of water in the background. Opposite is a modern house with a sustainable garden which includes raised beds, heritage glasshouse, compost heap, water butt, beehive and wildflowers to encourage beneficial insects and vegetables/fruit for healthy living. The atmosphere created allows for family bonding, which aids the recovery, together with getting the whole family involved in gardening, especially the children who will develop life time skills.

Blackmore & Langdon Ltd Site number: GPJ1 Contact: Mrs R Langdon Tel: 01275 332300 Email: [email protected] Website: www.blackmore-langdon.com Address: Stanton Nursery, Pensford, Bristol BS39 4JL Begonias & delphiniums

Bloms Bulbs Site number: GPE21 Contact: Mr C J C Blom Tel: 01234 709099 Email: [email protected] Website: www.blomsbulbs.com 5 May 2010

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Address: Primrose Nurseries, Melchbourne, Bedford, MK44 1ZZ Cut flower Tulips

Borneo Exotics Site number: GPB8 Contact: Mr R Cantley Tel: 0094 1143 07287 Email: [email protected] Website: www.borneoexotics.com Address: PO Box 2, Thallawathugoda, SRI LANKA Tropical pitcher plants in a natural setting The exhibit will showcase a wide range of Nepenthes, commonly known as ‘Tropical Pitcher Plants’ which are a genus of carnivorous plant found across South East Asia. The exhibit will illustrate the enormous diversity in size and form found within the genus, from the delicately small to the monstrously huge Nepenthes truncata which sometimes dines on rats, as well as showing some extremely rare varieties that are nearing extinction and even one now believed to be extinct in the wild. The Nepenthes ‘Bill Bailey’, created by Diana Williams and Robert Cantley at Borneo Exotics, is a cross between carefully selected specimens of Nepenthes sibuyanensis and Nepenthes ventricosa. We decided to name this new hybrid after the talented comedian, actor and musician, Bill Bailey. Why did we pick this particular hybrid? We have also bred others which are elegant, dainty and pretty, however for some reason, none of these adjectives really spring to mind in conjunction with Bill. Nepenthes ‘Bill Bailey’ is vigorous, colourful, charismatic, and has bags of personality. All the plants on the exhibit were produced from a sustainable artificial propagation and breeding programme stretching back over 25 years.

Bowden Hostas Site number: GPE6 Contact: Mr T Penrose Tel: 01837 849989 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bowdenhostas.com Address: Office at the Rear of Cleave House, Sticklepath, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2NL

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Brian & Pearl Sulman Site number: GPJ11 Contact: Mr B Sulman Tel: 01638 712297 Email: [email protected] Website: www.sulmanspelargoniums.co.uk Address: 54 Kingsway, Mildenhall, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 7HJ The exhibit will be a massed bank of many varieties of unusual Pelargoniums, there will be about 20 varieties of miniature zonals and stellars at the front only about 5” high with another 20 slightly taller dwarf varieties behind them. The centre part of the exhibit will consist of about 15 varieties of angel Pelargoniums. The back of the exhibit will feature about 20 varieties of the taller regal varieties.

Broadleigh Gardens Site number: GPG11 Contact: Lady C Skelmersdale Tel: 01823 286231 Email: [email protected] Website: www.broadleighbulbs.co.uk Address: Bishops Hull, Taunton, Somerset TA4 1AE Spring and summer flowering bulbs with Pacific Coast Iris. Revisit spring with our display of spring flowering bulbs – dwarf daffodils, colourful species tulips, anemones and grape hyacinths etc in a garden setting. We will also have a wide range of early summer bulbs such as dramatic drumstick Alliums and our own Pacific Coast iris hybrids, which are often called ‘orchid iris’. New plants will include Camassia ‘Broadleigh Belle’ – a range of camassias in shades of pink, purple, ice blue and pure white with blue anthers that we have raised here. They are more vigorous than the usual species standing nearly 1m high. Suitable for any good garden soil. Useful to fill the May ‘gap’ in the garden when the tulips have finished and there is little else is in flower.

Burncoose Nurseries Site number: GPF11 Contact: Mr A Mills Tel: 01209 860316 Email: [email protected] Website: www.burncoose.co.uk 5 May 2010

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Address: Burncoose Nurseries, Gwennap, Redruth, Cornwall TR16 6BJ A display of a wide range of trees, shrubs and perennials. The Voyages of Discovery Garden will showcase plant hunting and its strong links to Cornwall through local shipping agents and families that funded plant hunting missions. The influence of the plant hunting expeditions on Cornish gardens will be illustrated, and the sub tropical plants that thrive in Cornwall will be linked back to the locations they were found, the plant hunters and plant hunting expedition funders, who were from Cornwall. The garden will include examples of plants that are now under threat in the wild, yet are seen to be common garden plants, and will include a strong focus on conservation and managing the environment. Voyages of Discovery will follow a route through the garden with a pathway linking different areas from which the plants originated.

Bushukan Bonsai Site number: GPB7 Contact: Mrs C Leigh-Walker Tel: 01702 201029 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bushukan-bonsai.com Address: Ricbra, Lower Road, Hockley, Essex SS5 5NL

Carnivorous Plant Society Site number: GPE19 Contact: Mr P McKeown Tel: 01923 677377 Email: [email protected] Website: www.thecps.org.uk Address: 26 Fourth Avenue, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 9QQ Carnivorous plants

Cayeux Iris Site number: GPD10 Contact: Ms A Williams Tel: 0033 608 280 361 5 May 2010

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Email: [email protected] Website: www.iris-cayeux.com Address: Le Rial, Vaour, 81140 FRANCE Tall Bearded Iris & Siberica Iris

Chrysanthemums Direct Site number: GPD6 Contact: Mr M Flint Tel: 0800 046 7443 Email: [email protected] Website: www.chrysanthemumsdirect.co.uk Address: Holmes Chapel Road, Over Peover, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 9RA The display from Chrysanthemums Direct will consist of cut flower chrysanthemums. This year a circular space will be used to create a spectacular feature within the Grand Pavilion. A wide variety of late spray varieties will be exhibited, many not seen before in the UK. These will complement an exclusive Misty series of incurved blooms, including a new colour selection for 2010, Primrose. A main feature at Chelsea will be Chrysanthemum Green Mist, which has not been widely available to buy as young plants until now. Chrysanthemums Direct won a gold medal last year at Chelsea.

Churchtown Nurseries Site number: GPF14 Contact: Mr C Osborne Tel: 01736 362626 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kelnanplants.com Address: Little Kenegie, Gulval, Penzance, Cornwall TR20 8YN Restios

Claire Austin Hardy Plants Ltd Site number: GPG6 Contact: Claire Austin Tel: 01939 251173 Email: [email protected] Website: www.claireaustin-hardyplants.co.uk 5 May 2010

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Address: Edgebolton, Shawbury, Shropshire SY4 4EL Bearded irises set in a formal garden, edging a gravel path. Claire Austin Hardy Plants has exhibited many times over the last 25 years.

Coldharbour Nursery Site number: GPB5 Contact: Mrs C Bonanni Tel: 01929 553926 Email: [email protected] Website: www.coldharbournursery.co.uk Address: 148 Northmoor Way, Wareham, Dorset BH20 4EU Hostas

Craig House Cacti Site number: GPJ5 Contact: Mr S Griffin Tel: 07788 753215 Email: [email protected] Website: www.craighousecacti.co.uk Address: 17 Durham Drive, West Bromwich, West Midlands B71 1HT Cacti & other succulents. The display will comprise of a very wide and varied selection of cacti and other succulent plants, many of which will possibly never have been seen before by the majority of the general public. We display plants from many countries, some of which are very unusual and fascinating.

Culm View Nursery Site number: GPE17 Contact: Mr B Jacobs Tel: 01823 680698 Email: [email protected] Website: www.culmviewnursery.co.uk Address: Waterloo Farm, Clayhidon, Cullompton, Devon EX15 3TN Our display will show a range of moisture loving perennials and native plants to attract wildlife and help biodiversity in the garden.

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In the centre will be an area of water surrounded by many different varieties of candelabra primulas and associated moisture loving plants. Within this area we hope to feature an eye-catching Willow sculpture by local artist, Alicia Castrillo. All our plants are grown in a peat-free compost which includes a proportion of recycled green waste. D'Arcy & Everest Site number: GPB4 Contact: Ms A Whiting Tel: 01480 497 672 Email: [email protected] Website: www.darcyeverest.co.uk Address: PO Box 78, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 6ZA Alpine troughs

David Austin Roses Ltd Site number: GPG10 Contact: Michael Marriott Tel: 07789 617 233 Email: [email protected] Website: www.davidaustinroses.com Address: Bowling Green Lane, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV7 3HB The garden will have a central canal with small arches placed at regular intervals along its length covered with climbing English Roses. There will be larger arches at the entrances to the garden, also covered in climbing roses. Double borders filled with roses will be planted on either side of a central canal, and alongside two parallel paths filled with a glorious mix of English Roses, Old Roses and other shrub roses. The borders will also be punctuated with Standard English Roses. Altogether it will be a wonderful mix of formality and informality and, of course, superb blooms and strong fragrances.

Derbyshire Bonsai Site number: GPD30 Contact: Mr S Peach Tel: 01246 563800 Email: [email protected] Website: www.derbyshirebonsai.co.uk Address: Chesterfield Garden Centre, Mansfield Road, Hasland, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S41 0JL 5 May 2010

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Derbyshire Bonsai will be exhibiting a range of bonsai trees which will create a stunning display of colour, variety, size and age.

Devine Nurseries Site number: GPD29 Contact: Mr T Devine Tel: 01964 613840 Email: [email protected] Website: www.devinenurseriesonline.co.uk Address: Withernsea Road, Hollym, Withernsea, N'Humberside HU19 2QJ British grown allium & eremurus

Dibleys Nurseries Site number: GPG17 Contact: Mr G Dibley Tel: 01978 790677 Email: [email protected] Website: www.dibleys.com Address: Cefn Rhydd, Llanelidan, Ruthin, Clwyd LL15 2LG Streptocarpus & foliage begonias

Downderry Nursery Site number: GPD8 Contact: Dr S Charlesworth Tel: 01732 810081 Email: [email protected] Website: www.downderry-nursery.co.uk Address: Pillar Box Lane, Hadlow, Tonbridge, Kent TN11 9SW Lavenders

Eagle Sweet Peas Site number: GPB10 Contact: Derek Heathcote Tel: 01889 270215 Email: [email protected] Website: www.eaglesweetpeas.co.uk Address: Broadmoor Lane, Stowe-by-Chartley, Stafford, ST18 0LD 5 May 2010

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A display of sweet peas arranged in baskets, of single and mixed colours, and backed with ferns.

Eric Young Orchid Foundation Site number: GPD24 Contact: Mr C Purver Tel: 01534 861963 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ericyoungorchidfoundation.co.uk Address: Eric Young Orchid Foundation, Victoria Village, Trinity, Jersey JE3 5HH This year’s exhibit from the Eric Young Orchid Foundation will be an elliptical 'Island' site, comprising a single genus display. Sumptuous foliage will be used to provide a subtle backdrop punctuated by these bold, yet extremely delicate blooms. All the plants within the display have been grown by the Eric Young Orchid Foundation, and represent the cutting edge of hybridising in the genus. All the hybrids originate from the Foundation’s own Miltoniopsis (Miltonia) breeding programme, many of which have never been exhibited before. As such, they are making their Chelsea and world debut.

Eversley Nursery Site number: GPD1 Contact: Mr S Crabtree Tel: 01772 812538 Email: [email protected] Website: www.eversleynursery.co.uk Address: 10 Granville Avenue, Hesketh Bank, Preston, Lancashire, PR4 6AH Interesting & unusual grasses

Federation of British Bonsai Societies Site number: GPF1 Contact: Mr R Bolton Tel: 01793 822470 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fobbsbonsai.co.uk Address: 38 St. Philips Road, Upper Stratton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 7QH

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This display will be of Bonsai grown and styled within the UK. It will represent both mature Native species and limited imported material, the emphasis will be on trees grown in the UK.

Fernwood Nursery Site number: GPD18 Contact: Mr H Wills Tel: 01805 601446 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fernwood-nursery.co.uk Address: Peters Marland, Torrington, Devon EX38 8QG Sempervivum & related species

Fibrex Nurseries Ltd Site number: GPF19 Contact: Mr R L Godard-Key Tel: 01789 720788 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fibrex.co.uk Address: Pebworth, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 8XP Pelargoniums, hard & tender ferns

Fleur De Lys Conservatory Site number: GPE20 Contact: Ms L Rawley Tel: 01798 865475 Email: [email protected] Website: www.conservatoryplants.co.uk Address: Restharrow Cottage, Lower Street, Fittleworth, West Sussex RH20 1EL A stunning display of tender shrubs, trees and climbers which will thrive in conservatory conditions of all sorts. Our display will be full of hot Mediterranean colour and full of delicious fragrance from both Citrus and Jasmine blossom. To display our collection and inspire all potential conservatists, we will be showing our plants in and around an exquisite Alitex ‘Hidcote’ greenhouse. This immediately gives gardeners a feel for tender plants and whether they have a hot, dry and south facing conservatory, or a cool and shady one with a northerly aspect. We will be showing plants at their peak which can be used for display in various types of glass structure: conservatories, glasshouses, orangeries, swimming pool enclosures, etc. 5 May 2010

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We at Fleur De Lys offer our considerable expertise to clients who are looking to create their ‘green dreams’ under glass. We offer consultancy in the first instance, then advice on all aspects of growing, a planting plan, a planting service, plants from our own nursery and significant aftercare and maintenance of plant collections. We take the risk out of buying expensive plants and putting them in the wrong places which is so easy for people to do. Fleur De Lys creates exotic and beautiful retreats as well as peaceful sanctuaries for hundreds of clients. Over the last 20 years the business has gone from strength to strength with new plants being added to the collection, state of the art pest control techniques, up to date advice and expert assistance with pruning, training and repotting. Come and speak with the Fleur De Lys team.

Fuchsiavale Nurseries Site number: GPJ6 Contact: Tim Cupper Tel: 01299 251162/07970978794 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fuchsiavale.co.uk Address: Worcester Road, Torton, Kidderminster, Worcestershire DY11 7SB Hardy & half-hardy fuchsias

Gateshead Council Site number: GPF9 Contact: Sam Reed Tel: 0191 433 2018 Email: [email protected] Website: www.gateshead.gov.uk Address: Local Environtmental Services, Park Road Depot, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear NE8 3HN The theme of this year’s garden is Active and Healthy Gateshead, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Bupa Great North Run. The garden's focus is the iconic image of 55,000 runners pounding across the Tyne Bridge into Gateshead, complimented by a representation of the Great North Forest, which also celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2010. The garden has been designed to celebrate the urban and rural nature of Gateshead, make subtle references to its landscape and advocating the benefits of sustainable living. A startling replica of part of the Tyne Bridge is scaled to provide a significant spectacle. The deck of the bridge blooms a continuous 5 May 2010

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carpet of 55,000 open headed, multi coloured violas evoking the colourful image of each runner participating in Bupa Great North Run. ‘Green Gym’ equipment offers the chance to physically engage with the garden on the bank side of the River Tyne. Planting features pockets of babies’ tears and camomile with panels of herbs interspersed within the urban framework and beneath the bridge, along with colourful, seasonal crops such as Swiss chard, radicchio and beetroot. Species indigenous to the Great North Forest are represented and beneath their canopy are wild flowers experienced on woodland walks.

Graeme & Pauline Iddon 'Cut Flower Displays' Site number: GPA2 Contact: Mr G Iddon Tel: 07813 785443 Email: [email protected] Website: www.graemeiddon.com Address: Marsh Road, Hesketh Bank, Preston, Lancashire PR4 6XT Cut flower display

Grenada Site number: GPD25 Contact: Ms S Gaywood Tel: 01245 224406 Email: [email protected] Website: www.grenada-at-chelsea.org.uk Address: Colt House, The Street, Woodham Walter, Maldon, Essex CM9 6RF Tropical flowers & spices of Grenada

Hall Farm Nursery with Riding For the Disabled Site number: GPD14 Contact: Ms C Ffoulkes Jones Tel: 01691 682135 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hallfarmnursery.co.uk Address: Vicarage Lane, Kinnerley, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 8DH This display has been designed to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of Riding for the Disabled. It brings together a love of plants, horses and the countryside and aims to raise awareness of Riding for the Disabled. The circular exhibit of herbaceous perennials will feature a grassy meadow with a wire pony & rider sculpture, made by Rupert Till. Native plants will also feature strongly and a 5 May 2010

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stream will provide an ideal setting for moisture loving plants including primulas, hostas and ferns. Hall Farm Nursery has been awarded Best Exhibit in Floral Marquees on 5 occasions.

Hampshire Carnivorous Plants Site number: GPJ10 Sponsor: TSML Ltd Contact: Mr M Soper Tel: 07703258296 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hantsflytrap.com Address: Ya May La, Allington Lane, West End, Southampton, Hampshire SO30 3HQ A display of carnivorous and exotic foliage plants from around the world. Includes Sarracenia , Nepenthes, Drosera, Heliamphora, Pinguicula and Utricularia. Hampshire Carnivorous Plants first exhibited at Chelsea in 1999, we were awarded a Gold, in 2010 they will be going for their 12 consecutive Chelsea gold Medal.

Hardy Plant Society Site number: GPH11 Contact: Mr K Littlejohns Tel: 017521 000968 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hardy-plant.org.uk Address: Flat 1, 18 Lund Lane, Killinghall, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG3 2BQ True Yorkshire grit: hardy plants for tough areas. To represent the group’s location and the versatility and tenacity of hardy perennials, the title of the Hardy Plant Society’s display is ‘True Yorkshire Grit’, suggesting toughness, hardiness and resilience. The stand will be divided into distinct areas identified by the panels adjacent to each. The areas represent different environments with planting, which not only survives there, but flourishes and regenerates each year. These areas are: •

A hot, sun-baked location encompassing poor, dry stony ground

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Damp ground subject to water-logging



Exposed sites with unseasonable winds



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Damp shade

The West Yorkshire Group meets in Leeds and this design, with strong horizontal and vertical lines, echoes the skyline, symbolising the regeneration of the city. The wide variety of plants displayed reflects this regeneration: hardy plants for tough places.

Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants Site number: GPF16 Contact: Mr R Hardy Tel: 01256 896533 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hardys-plants.co.uk Address: Priory Lane Nursery, Freefolk Priors, Whitchurch, Hampshire RG28 7NJ Herbaceous perennials

Harkness Roses Site number: GPG18 Contact: Mr R Harkness Tel: 01462 420402 Email: [email protected] Website: www.roses.co.uk Address: The Rose Gardens, Cambridge Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG4 0JT Roses

Harts Nursery Site number: GPF2 Contact: Mr P Hart Tel: 01270 875658 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hartsnursery.co.uk Address: Nursery Road, Oakhanger, Cheshire CW1 5UY A display of lilies. The nursery has won six gold medals at Chelsea. 5 May 2010

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Harveys Garden Plants Site number: GPG13 Contact: Mr R Harvey Tel: 01359 233363 Email: [email protected] Website: www.harveysgardenplants.co.uk Address: Great Green, Thurston, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP31 3SJ Shade & woodland plants

Hewitt-Cooper Carnivorous Plants Site number: GPD3 Contact: Nigel Hewitt-Cooper Tel: 01458 832844 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hccarnivorousplants.co.uk Address: The Homestead, Glastonbury Road, West Pennard, Somerset BA6 8NN A range of temperate and tropical carnivorous plants. Most of the plants are easy to grow, but the display will also include a few rarities which are not usually seen. The plants are shown in a 'natural' setting using such materials as bark, moss, and moving water. Hewitt-Cooper Carnivorous Plants has exhibited at RHS shows regularly for the past 7 years, and have won nothing less than silver-gilt. They achieved gold at each of the 4 RHS shows they attended in 2009.

High Park Nursery Site number: GPA6 Contact: Mr I Lowe Tel: 01704 213176 Address: 102 High Park Road, Southport, Merseyside PR9 7BY

Hillier Nurseries & Garden Centres Site number: GPE15 Sponsor: Scotts Miracle-Gro Contact: Liz Anderson Tel: 01952 501 594 Email: [email protected] 5 May 2010

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Website: www.hillier.co.uk Address: Ampfield House, Ampfield, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 9PA Adventures in Gardening, in partnership with the Scotts Miracle-Gro company “Adventures in Gardening” aims to put the enjoyment and discovery back into gardening. New gardeners can be put off by fear of failure. What always helps is a bit of advice and encouragement from those that have ventured along the trail before you. The Hillier exhibit at Chelsea 2010 will be a forum for the exchange of this knowledge as gardeners divulge their tips in the Secret Garden. Here too you can ask the Oracle for help and advice on problems you have encountered. The resulting pool of wisdom will be available to all through www.lovethegarden.com, www.hillier.co.uk and www.rhs.org Adventures in Gardening will take you on a journey through familiar territory but into the unknown. Although many of the plants are familiar hardy trees, shrubs and perennials they are magically woven together into something new, exciting and inspiring. This is what gardening is all about – creating a picture, another world that transports the gardener to a different land, far away from the fear of failure.

Hippopottering Nursery Site number: GPA1 Contact: Pat Gibbons Tel: 07979 764677 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hippomaples.co.uk Address: Orchard House, Brackenhill Road, Eastlound, Haxey, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN9 2LR 100 maples for 100th birthday Hippopottering Maples is a family firm set up by John and Margaret Gibbons whom have been growing, collecting and displaying Japanese Maples at flower shows for 25 years. Over the years their collection of trees has increased to an overwhelming amount. They have over 230 varieties in our collection which is increasing every year. On 26th May 2010 grandma hippo will be 100 years old. Grandma worked with Hippopottering until the age of 90 so it seems fitting to display 100 maples for her 100th birthday. 100 maples take up a large site so Hippopottering Nursery has taken up "maple corner" inside the grand floral marquee with two adjacent displays to facilitate this forest of maples.

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The display will incorporate some of the traditional maples they have been showing over the years and also some that have never been shown before including a brand new miniature maple "Gibbons".

Hoyland Plant Centre Site number: GPD21 Contact: Mr S Hickman Tel: 01226 744466 Email: [email protected] Website: www.somethingforthegarden.co.uk Address: 54 Greenside Lane, Hoyland, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S74 9PZ Agapanthus & Tulbaghia

HW Hyde & Son Site number: GPG19 Contact: Mr R Hyde Tel: 0118 934 0011 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hwhyde.co.uk Address: The Nursery, New Road, Ruscombe, Twyford, Berkshire RG10 9LN Eclipse of growing Lilies. The nursery will be exhibiting a new Lily named after the singer ‘Lily Allen’ She has selected a vibrant orange hybrid with a large black brushstroke that reminds her of her grandmother. Hopefully she will be present on the press day to release it! HW Hyde & Son has exhibited five times at Chelsea, winning Gold on every occasion.

Interflora Site Number: GDP/17 Contact: Mr B Freeborn Tel: 0800 542 1891 Email: [email protected] Address: Interflora House, Watergate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7TB Website: www.interflora.co.uk Interflora will be creating a spectacular design piece in the Great Pavilion. The theme of the installation captures a feeling of optimism and confidence, with a little bit of humour too. Award-winning Interflora florist, David Ragg who has 5 May 2010

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designed this piece, will be on hand to explain more about the concept of the design.

Isle of Wight Lavender Site number: GPJ9 Contact: Mr P Abbott Tel: 01983 825272 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lavender.co.uk Address: Staplehurst Grange, Staplers Road, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 2LU Hardy & tender varieties of Lavender

J.S.Pennings 'De Bilt' Site number: GPE4 Contact: Mr J Pennings Tel: 0031 2235 21751 Email: [email protected] Website: www.pennings-de-bilt.nl Address: Schorweg 14, Breezand, 1764 MC, NETHERLANDS Hyacinths

Jacques Amand International Site number: GPF8 Contact: Mrs N Jolliff Tel: 020 8420 7110 Email: [email protected] Website: www.jacquesamand.com Address: The Nurseries, Clamp Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 3JS Weather plays a great part in determining exactly what this exhibit will contain, but it will include an extensive range of spring flowers alliums, crocus, narcissus, fritillaria, tulips and also tender species/hybrids that are grown in England as pot plants, plus many of the unusual plants Jaques Amand International is acknowledged for. There is usually a great selection of Arisaema from Jaques Amand, which is one of their star attractions. On display will be some small Arisaema of just a few inches high, and also the majestic Tortuosum, which if warm enough, can reach 5-6 feet.

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Jardins Du Luxembourg - SENAT- France Site number: GPD7 Contact: Brigitte Carmine Tel: +33 (0) 1 42 34 23 62 Email: [email protected] Website: www.senat.fr Address: 64 Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris, 75006 FRANCE In 2010 the Jardins du Luxembourg celebrates the 150th anniversary of its orchid collection. The orchids, among them numerous Paphiopedilum, will be presented with old greenhouse iron structures and natural material such as gravel, moss and stripped bark ivy. This is the first time that Jardins Du Luxembourg has exhibited at RHS Chelsea.

Kelways Site number: GPH6 Contact: Mr D Root Tel: 01458 250521 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kelways.co.uk Address: Picts Hill, Langport, Somerset TA10 9EZ Peonies, Iris & Tree Peonies

Ken Muir Ltd Site number: GPD12 Contact: Mr K Lynch Tel: 07770674641 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kenmuir.co.uk Address: Honeypot Farm, Rectory Road, Weeley Heath, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex CO16 9BJ Fruiting display of potted Strawberry plants. Ken Muir Ltd has won 13 gold medals at Chelsea in previous years.

Knoll Gardens Site number: GPF4 Contact: Ms A Walker Tel: 01725 512200 5 May 2010

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Email: [email protected] Website: www.knollgardens.co.uk Address: Hampreston, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7ND Knoll’s Chelsea exhibit has always explored the use of grasses in designed spaces, principally by suggesting the selection of the right plant for the right place to demonstrate how grasses might be used in a ‘real’ garden setting. This year the exhibit will feature several native plants in situ including four forms of the delicate quaking grass, Briza media. With over 50 ornamental grasses on show, the display acknowledges the native context within which every garden sits, and the functional variety of our native heritage, creating an exhibit that is in tune with the natural world, and embraces the true meaning of sustainability without detriment to the requirements of a garden space. First showing of Festuca Tomales Bay.This useful evergreen is a selection from Festuca idahoensis, chosen for its drought tolerance and steely blue foliage

Mallet Court Nursery Site number: GPB3 Contact: Mrs P Mallet-Harris Tel: 01823 481493 Email: [email protected] Website: www.malletcourt.co.uk Address: Curry Mallet, Taunton, Somerset TA3 6SY Woody plants, including Japanese Maples & Oaks

McBeans Orchids Site number: GPE24 Contact: Mr J Durrant Tel: 01273 400228 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mcbeansorchids.co.uk Address: Cooksbridge, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 4PR Orchids

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Tel: 01248 714851 Email: [email protected] Website: www.medwynsofanglesey.com Address: Llanor, Ffordd Hen Ysgol, Llanfairpwll, Anglesey, Wales LL61 5RZ A display of over 45 types of vegetables, 75% of which will be grown in a variety of containers including pots, tubs, pipes, and even wheelie bins. The emphasis will be on a vivid colour coordination which will show that vegetables can be more colourful than flowers with the added bonus that you can eat them! Medwyns have staged ten displays at Chelsea resulting in ten consecutive Gold medals, nine Gordon Lennox trophies for the Best Display of vegetables in any year, and two Lawrence Medals. They have also won the President’s Award at Chelsea when the RHS celebrated its bicentenary in 2004, as well as The Best in Show at Malvern in 2008 and 2009. Medwyns have never been awarded less than a Gold Medal at any Show, including the in USA. Their last Chelsea display was in 2005.

Mendip Bonsai Studio Site number: GPF13 Contact: Mr J Trott Tel: 01749 344274 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mendipbonsai.co.uk Address: Byways, Back Lane, Downside, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 4JR Bonsai & accent plants

Mickfield Hostas Site number: GPD27 Contact: Ms Melanie Collins Tel: 01449 711576 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mickfieldhostas.co.uk Address: The Poplars, Wetheringsett Road, Mickfield, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 5LH Mickfield Hostas will display hostas drawn from their Plant Heritage National Collection of 2000 varieties. They will be shown in a natural woodland setting. A number of hosta cultivars available from a British nursery will be on display for the first time. Hostas ‘with a twist’ will also feature.

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Moyses Stevens Site number: GPD19 Contact: Ms V Odell Romonaff Tel: 0208 912 0055 Email: [email protected] Website: www.moysesflowers.co.uk Address: The Studio, 18-20 Jaggard Way, London, SW12 8SG Large flower fairy in a forest

Nagoya International Orchid Show Organizing Committee Site number: GPG21 Contact: Harry Nagata Tel: +81(0) 5668 10388 Email: [email protected] Address: 1 Imohori, Ushida, Chiryu, Aichi, 472 0007 JAPAN Orchids displayed as if in their natural habitat.

National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies Site number: GPH9 Contact: Ms S Preston Tel: 01233 863 429 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nafas.org.uk Address: 10 Budbury Close, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire BA15 1QG Floral display

Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden Site number: GPG14 Contact: Mr A Lindstrom Tel: 66 81 9076905 Email: [email protected] Address: 34/1 Sukhumvit Highway, Moo 7, Najomtien, Sattahip, Chonbun, 20250 THAILAND Combining Asian culture & plants

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Site number: GPF5 Contact: Ms L Ensby Tel: 01753 654170 Email: [email protected] Website: www.norfields.co.uk Address: Two Pines, Mill Street, Colnbrook, Slough, Berkshire SL3 0JP Acers & Japanese maples

Oak Tree Nursery Site number: GPG2 Contact: Mr C Plowes Tel: 01757 618409 Email: [email protected] Website: www.oaktreenursery.com Address: Cromwell House, Mill Lane, Barlow, Selby, North Yorkshire YO8 8EY Ornamental grasses & grass-like plants

Oska Copperfield Nursery Site number: GPB6 Contact: Mr B Berrington Tel: 07930651371 Address: 228 Birstall Road, Birstall, Leicester, LE4 4DG Cut Chrysanthemums

Penhow Nurseries Site number: GPD4 Contact: Mr D Jones Tel: 01633 400419 Address: Carrow Hill, St. Brides Netherwent, Magor, Caldicot, Gwent, Wales NP26 3AU Perennial diascia & nemesias

Pennard Plants Site number: GPF6 Contact: Mr C Smith Tel: 01749 860039 Email: [email protected] 5 May 2010

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Website: www.pennardplants.com Address: The Walled Garden, East Pennard, Somerset BA4 6TU Pennard Plants will again be exhibiting ways of growing fruit and vegetables. This year they will be showing the old technique known as ‘French Gardening’. This term was coined in the mid 19th century as a method of gardening to get the maximum productivity from a small area and was first practised in France, from whence it spread throughout Europe. In England it became a commercial method of intensively cultivating market gardens using various ‘forcing’ techniques. Pennard Plants will be demonstrating this at their Chelsea display and explaining how these techniques are relevant to the smaller gardens of today.

Peter Beales Roses Site number: GPD11 Contact: Ms S McKernan Tel: 01953 454707 Email: [email protected] Website: www.classicroses.co.uk Address: London Road, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1AY Peter Beales Roses have been regular exhibitors at RHS shows since early 1970. Four roses are due to be launched at Chelsea in 2010.

Pheasant Acre Plants Site number: GPE23 Contact: Mr R Evans Tel: 01656 664086 Email: [email protected] Website: www.pheasantacreplants.co.uk Address: 3 Pheasant Walk, Pen-y-Fai, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales CF31 4DU Gladiolus

Philip Tivey & Son Site number: GPA8 Contact: Mr C Tivey Tel: 0116 260 4446 Email: [email protected] Address: 103 Barkby Road, Syston, Leicester, LE7 2AH Alstromeria 5 May 2010

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Plantagogo.com Site number: GPJ2 Contact: Ms V Fox Tel: 01270 820335 Email: [email protected] Website: www.plantagogo.com Address: Jubilee Cottage, Snape Lane, Englesea Brook, Crewe, Cheshire CW2 5QN Display of Heuchera, Heucherella and Tiarella in a garden setting. Some new varieties, some very old varieties and some just well loved. There will be a large selection of new plants.

Potash Nursery Site number: GPB1 Contact: Mr M Clare Tel: 01449 781671 Email: [email protected] Website: www.potashnursery.co.uk Address: Cow Green, Bacton, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 4HJ Fuchsias

Primrose Bank Site number: GPA4 Contact: Mrs S Goodwill Tel: 01759 380220 Email: [email protected] Website: www.primrosebank.co.uk Address: Red Roofs, Dauby Lane, Kexby, York, North Yorkshire YO41 5LH Astrantia & hardy perennials

Raymond J Evison Ltd Site number: GPG20 Contact: Mr R Evison Tel: 01481 245942 Email: [email protected] Website: www.raymondevisonclematis.com

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Address: The Guernsey Clematis Nursery Ltd, Domarie Vineries, Les Sauvagees, St Sampsons GY2 4FD GUERNSEY An exhibit of clematis cultivars all raised by Evison® and Poulsen® and grown in Raymond Evison’s Guernsey Clematis Nursery. In 2010 it will be 50 years since Raymond Evison first helped stage a Chelsea Flower Show exhibit at the age of 16. Also, The Guernsey Clematis Nursery will be 25 years old in 2010. Raymond Evison has won over 20 gold medals at RHS Chelsea and, additionally, has twice won the RHS Lawrence Medal for best exhibit shown to the Society during the year, and has won the RHS Williams Memorial Medal five times.

Rhodes & Rockcliffe Site number: GPG12 Contact: Mr D Rhodes Tel: 07979524434 Email: [email protected] Address: 2 Nursery Road, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 2JE Begonia species & hybrids. An informal display of Begonias in a natural setting. The nursery has been exhibiting at Chelsea for fifteen years.

Rotherview Nursery Site number: GPD28 Contact: Mr R Bates Tel: 01424 756228 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rotherview.com Address: Ivyhouse Lane, Three Oaks, Hastings, Sussex TN35 4NP Planted handmade hypertufa troughs

Roualeyn Nursery Site number: GPG1 Contact: Mr C Jones Tel: 01492 640548 Email: [email protected] Website: www.roualeynfuchsias.co.uk Address: Trefriw, Conwy, Wales LL27 0SX

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Solva Plants Site number: GPE5 Contact: Ms J Burton Tel: 01590 670581 Email: [email protected] Website: www.heucheraholics.co.uk Address: The Paddock, Pilley Street, Pilley, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 8NL Heucheras, heucherellas & tiarelleras

South African National Biodiversity Institute - Kirstenbosch Site number: GPF15 Contact: Ms S Struys Tel: 0027 2179 98775 Email: [email protected] Website: www.sanbi.org Address: Private Bag X7, Claremont, Cape Town, 7735 SOUTH AFRICA Indigenous South African wildflowers & plants

Southfield Nurseries Site number: GPE1 Contact: Ms E Brown Tel: 01778 570168 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cactusland.co.uk Address: Bourne Road, Morton, Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 0RH Southfield Nurseries’ display tries to dispel the myth of cacti flowering only every 7 years. Many of their hybrids flower over several weeks every year which enables the production of these colourful displays. The plants on display range from 3 years to 39 years of age, showing some of the huge range of genera available. All plants have been grown from seed or cutting (for the hybrids) by the nursery. Southfield Nurseries have exhibited 23 times at Chelsea Flower Show and have won a gold medal every time.

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Tel: +886 918 329439 Email: [email protected] Website: www.toga.org.tw Address: 325 Wushulin, Wushu Village, Houbi Township, Tainan County, TAIWAN Gifted with rich biological resources, Taiwan is deemed one of the world’s most important venues for orchid growing. Taiwan has many original species, plus more than one hundred years of orchid growing and twenty years of industry development that fosters an environment which contribute to Taiwan’s diversified orchid species.

Tendercare Nurseries Limited Site number: GPG5 Contact: M Ribton Tel: 01895 835544 Email: [email protected] Website: www.tendercare.co.uk Address: 18 Southlands Road, Denham, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB9 4HD

The Botanic Nursery Site number: GPG9 Contact: Miss M Baker Tel: 07850 328756 Email: [email protected] Website: www.botanicguru.co.uk Address: Atworth, Melksham, Wiltshire SN12 8HU Foxgloves from National Collection

The Orchid Society of Great Britain Site number: GPD7 Contact: Valerie Pugh Tel: 01403 251 176 Email: [email protected] Website: www.orchid-society-gb.org.uk Address: 4 Reynard Close, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 4GX 2010 will be the 50th time that The Orchid Society of Great Britain has exhibited at Chelsea. A circular island stand will be on display, filled with orchids from all over the world, with the latest hybrids and the strangest species. There will be orchids suitable for windowsills, and also exotica that need such specialist 5 May 2010

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conditions they are rarely seen. Moss-covered rocks with water falling into stygian pools form the backdrop for this exhibit. Society members will be on hand to give advice.

Thorncroft Clematis Nursery Site number: GPH5 Contact: Mr J Gooch Tel: 01953 850407 Email: [email protected] Website: www.thorncroft.co.uk Address: The Lings, Reymerston, Norwich, Norfolk NR9 4QG Thorncroft Clematis Nursery’s display blends together around sixty different cultivars to provide a mass of colours and shapes. There will be a range of clematis types to inspire the gardener with ideas for combinations of colour and form. There will be a number of new clematis hybrids as well as many popular regulars that are still excellent at catching the eye and giving the 'wow' factor. We aim to make a display to take the breath away, yet at the same time we also ensure that the clematis are displayed in a realistic way, thus helping the gardener to make an informed decision. The nursery will be showcasing two wonderful new clematis: ‘Kinju Atarashi’ and ‘Mazury’.

Three Counties Nurseries Site number: GPH2 Contact: Mr D Hitchcock Tel: 01297 678257 Email: [email protected] Address: Marshwood, Bridport, Dorset DT6 5QJ Aquilegias

Topiary Arts Site number: GPD20 Contact: Jane Crebbin-Bailey Tel: 07740849655 Email: [email protected] Website: www.topiaryarts.com Address: 224 Hospital Bridge Road, Whitton, Twickenham, Middlesex TW2 6LF 5 May 2010

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Topiary James Crebbin-Bailey will present the Topiary Arts exhibit with locally grown topiary and an under planting of herbaceous and bedding plants. The element of structure that topiary gives to a herbaceous border grounds it within a garden context. Topiary shapes include: The Topiary Arts logo – The Peacock, Teddy bear on a stick, three doughnuts on a stem and a tear drop. James is recognised as a specialist in English grown Sculptural Topiary, creating new and innovative shapes, as well as classical Topiary designs, such as cloud pruned Topiary, wave hedging or Topiary peacocks. His skills in creating topiary shapes have been recognised by industry leaders and his work and demonstrations have been featured in many classical exhibits and on TV. James’ topiary and tuition courses have appeared in several books.

Tynings Climbers - National Collection of Passiflora Site number: GPA5 Contact: Ms J Lindsay Tel: 01275 852439 Email: [email protected] Website: www.tyningsclimbers.co.uk Address: 109 Clevedon Road, Tickenham, Clevedon, North Somerset BS21 6RE Mixed clibing plants to include the National Collection of Passiflora & Jasmine

UK Horticulture Site number: GPE9 Contact: Ms P Riley Tel: 01323 442237 Email: [email protected] Address: 19 Sycamore Drive, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 3TT British grown fruit, flowers, vegetables & plants

Victorian Violas Site number: GPA7 Contact: Robert Chapman Tel: 01522 686343/07905822124 Email: [email protected] 5 May 2010

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Website: www.victorianviolas.co.uk Address: 85 Fulmar Road, Lincoln, LN6 0RX An exhibit of old fashioned and more recent introductions of hardy perennial violas. This collection of varieties are all grown, produced and displayed by Mr Rob Chapman of Lincoln; an ardent and passionate enthusiast of this delightfully pleasing plant species. The display highlights the vast array of colourings, fragrances, versatility and adaptability for all gardens, large or small.

W & S Lockyer Site number: GPD22 Contact: Mr W Lockyer Tel: 020 8660 1336 Email: [email protected] Address: 39 Mitchley Avenue, Riddlesdown, Purley, Surrey CR8 1BZ Auriculas in pots

W Robinson & Son (Seeds & Plants) Ltd Site number: GPE18 Contact: Susan Robinson/Margaret Robinson Tel: 01524 791210 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mammothonion.co.uk Address: Sunny Bank, Lancaster Road, Forton, Preston, Lancashire PR3 0BN W Robinson & Son will create a display demonstrating 150 years and 5 generations of vegetable cultivation. The display will be split into four: Our beginning (1860-1900) - reflecting the start of the business showing few items of memorabilia. Through the war years (1900-1920) - reflecting how the business survived the war years and how it changed after. The heyday of vegetables! (1920-1960) - Reflecting the increase in allotment growing, displaying vegetables as they used to be shown. Has anything changed or is back to the beginning? (1960-2010) - To reflect the modern display showing the grown plants and how the heritage varieties are still widely grown by the kitchen gardener.

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Walkers Bulbs @ Taylors Site number: GPE2 Contact: Mr J Walkers Tel: 01406 426216 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bulbs.co.uk Address: Washway House Farm, Washway Road, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE12 7PP The Walkers Bulbs exhibit will showcase over seventy varieties of daffodils across the full range of colours, heights and divisions from the large trumpets to the dwarf cyclamineus and even split coronas. Although daffodils in the garden are finished by the time of the Chelsea Flower Show, the range will include varieties from early, mid and late season. In order to get flowers for this prestigious show the bulbs are subjected to a strict regime of temperatures starting in July to ensure that they flower at just the right time. It is possible to have daffodils in flower in the garden for five months of the year and Walkers Bulbs are always willing to discuss this with customers. This is Johnny Walkers’ 25th Chelsea exhibit and he won 22 Gold Medals at Chelsea. During that time he has also exhibited at many other RHS Shows and won numerous Gold Medals for his displays of daffodils.

Warmenhoven Site number: GPH1 Contact: Mr P Warmenhoven Tel: 0031 653198216 Email: [email protected] Website: www.warmenhoven.co.uk Address: PO Box 221, Hillegom, 2180 AE NETHERLANDS Amaryllis, Allium & Ornithagalum

Waterside Nursery Site number: GPH7 Contact: Linda Smith Tel: 07931 557 082 Email: [email protected] Website: www.watersidenursery.co.uk Address: Sharnford, Leicestershire

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Waterside Nursery will create a planted pond with design features to enhance the drama of these aquatic plants together with stylish planted containers as patio pond features. By using smaller varieties of pond plants and miniature waterlilies to feature in containers on a decking surround Waterside Nursery will illustrate how water and pond plants can be incorporated into the modern, small garden space as patio pond features. The display will also show flowering and foliage marginal pond plants and waterlilies in a large pond using specimen plant groups. The large pond water area will incorporate a walkway and be edged on two sides with moisture loving plants that will give the surrounding ‘bog garden’ area both flower and contrasting leaf forms. The Waterside Nursery website contains an online catalogue so that all the plants and containers exhibited at the Chelsea Show can be delivered easily throughout the Country by mail order. (www.watersidenursery.co.uk) Since first exhibiting at RHS shows in 2005, Waterside Nursery has won four gold, nine silver-gilt and one silver medal.

Westcountry Nurseries Site number: GPJ12 Contact: Mrs S Conibear Tel: 01237 431111 Email: [email protected] Website: www.westcountry-nurseries.co.uk Address: Donkey Meadow, Woolsery, Bideford, Devon EX39 5QH Lupins

Westdale Nurseries Site number: GPJ4 Contact: Mr C Clarke Tel: 01225 863258 Email: [email protected] Website: www.westdalenurseries.co.uk Address: 3 Westdale Gardens, Holt Road, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire BA15 1TS Bougainvillea

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Winchester Growers Site number: GPD15 Contact: Mr J Wheatley Tel: 01736 851271 Email: [email protected] Website: www.national-dahlia-collection.co.uk Address: Varfell Farm, Long Rock, Penzance, Cornwall TR20 8AQ Dahlias from the National Collection

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