These are blog posts that Phillippa Probert has made.
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After submitting plans late last year for three gardens at various shows in 2008, and being accepted with a Chic Garden at Chelsea called Green Living, a Back to Back at Tatton called Time out, and a Show Garden also at Tatton called Aqualife – this year is already very busy. So far I have mostly been planning the gardens, arranging deliveries and materials with sponsoring companies, and choosing all the materials and matching products / props, and scheduling the works with my team
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Things are very busy on the show garden front. We are getting ready to leave for Chelsea, and packing all our tools. This promises to be a very challenging project, as we have already had various problems to overcome. I think that this year is going to be a difficult one in terms of planting, as the weather is not helping us produce show standard plants. I have had to substitute a rather large number of Alliums for the show, and completely change the scheme for my living roof. I am also having problems on the Sponsor front, due to credit crunches, which I imagine is a problem for a lot of exhibitors. But I am sure that everything will come together once we get down there
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Well I have finally got back on top of everything after my stay in London. I built my first garden at the Chelsea Flower (Urban Category), and received a Bronze Medal, which I am extremely proud of.
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Well, we start on site at Tatton Park next weekend. I have already been to Tatton Park twice in the last few weeks, just to have a walk around the site, and get a feel for where my gardens will be.
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I realised last night, as we were told it was definately time to leave the show ground, that I hadn't written a posting for a long time. Therefore not telling the story of the construction so far
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This year has been an amazing one for me! Not only did I receive a Bronze Medal for my first Urban Garden at Chelsea. But I built my biggest and best (if I say so myself) garden at Tatton Park
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