A forgotten garden in Hadleigh, Suffolk, has provided the creative inspiration for a show garden at Chelsea this year by designer Sarah Price (who won Chelsea gold in 2012 and 2018). “It’s very rare for me to be inspired by gardens,” she says. “I prefer the spontaneous planting I see in nature and on roadsides,” but in this case she was lucky enough to “turn up at the right moment and see something fresh and fleeting”. Her interpretation of a “ghost of a garden” will showcase traditional crafts and she aims to make her project as sustainable as possible.
Garden sponsor Nurture Landscapes is a commercial landscape maintenance company based in Surrey, run by Peter Fane. Peter’s brother Mark, along with Peter Clay, founded online retailer Crocus which has built more than 30 Gold Medal Chelsea gardens over the last three decades. READ MORE…..
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