Record ‘Golds’ tally a tribute to growers, say RHS
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The Royal Horticultural Society has paid tribute to the growers who helped garden designers and pavilion exhibitors to a record 92 Gold Medals at this week’s Chelsea Flower
Show, despite the late spring.
“To be able to deliver gardens at the peak of perfection in a year when the growing conditions have been so challenging is extraordinary,” said the RHS’s head of judging, Bob Sweet.
“The show stands for the highest levels of horticultural excellence, and the exhibitors this year have demonstrated an unrivalled level of knowledge and ability.”
Many of the Gold winners were HTA members. For the first time, 10 show gardens were awarded Golds, with Fleming’s Nurseries of Australia taking the title of Best Show Garden for their showcase of native, Australian plants and sustainable landscaping in an urban setting.
Hillier Nurseries clocked up their 68th consecutive Gold, on the theme of ’Risk’. Hillier’s MD and Chelsea designer Andy McIndoe said: “For a while during this cold, dark spring, our theme of ‘Risk’ seemed particularly apt!”
The Hillier Nurseries tea and MD Andy McIndoe pose with a headline-stealing garden gnome, making a first ’legal’ appearance at Chelsea.
Top: Her Majesty the Queen drops by on the Hillier exhibit and learns about how the display was created.
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