The Blue Diamond Group has announced it will be creating a Show Garden at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival (4-9 July inclusive), and in addition will have a display of their own brand Fryer’s Roses and selling area in the Festival of Roses Marquee.

The Blue Diamond Beautiful Abandonment Garden is a collaborative design by the team at Blue Diamond, inspired and project managed by Anna King, Lead Designer and and Jill Kerr, the Group’s Events Manager.

The Garden includes a diversity of wild and cultivated plants to attract birds, bees, pollinators, other insects and mammals. Plants in the garden are UK grown with many coming from Blue Diamond’s own Bridgemere Nursery based in Nantwich, Cheshire.

This garden celebrates the wonder of nature and the beauty of abandoned buildings. A wildlife friendly garden that focuses on taking a disused part of land and repurposing the structures left behind to create an outdoor living space especially suitable for a family. An old farm building has left its mark in this garden, leaving behind a stone wall with original features, forming the backdrop to this repurposed space. 

A bespoke pergola built from reclaimed oak, frames the family seating area, providing character, a sense of age & shade from the sun.  The journey through the garden allows visitors to discover different view-points of the naturalistic planting with unintentional pockets and the architectural forms of the trees, stone and wooden structure. 

This garden is designed with sustainability in mind as we move away from a throwaway society, demonstrating how abandoned buildings or unused areas can be repurposed into functional and beautiful spaces