Telford & Wrekin wins Silver!
Telford & Wrekin Council's Thomas Telford inspired show garden
won a Silver Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show 2007.
The garden, designed and created by Urban Designer Michael Vout and
Environmental Maintenance Officer Chris Jones, was created to mark
the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Telford.
Judged awarded the garden, which was one of 20 show gardens at the
prestigious event, with a Silver Flora
Medal. | |
Chris Jones and Mike Vout - and their dedicated band of
green fingered helpers - worked hard to pull together the creative
garden, which was set in the 1820s and featured a tollhouse, privy,
toll gate, green picket fence and even the highway itself.
But their hard work paid off and the garden was visited by the
Queen, who took a special interest in the Thomas Telford theme and
spent a few minutes talking to Chris and Mike about the design and
the reason behind it.
Celebrities including gardeners Charlie Dimmock, Alan titchmarsh
and Chris Beardshaw, all visited the garden, along with actress
Juliet Stephenson.
Chris said: "To win a Silver Flora at our first ever outing to
Chelsea was fantastic. We put Telford & Wrekin on the map
horticulturally once again, as well as achieving further
recognition for Thomas Telford himself in what was the 250th
anniversary of his
birth." | |
The garden was brought together through a partnership with the
Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Harper Adams College, British Wildflower
Plants, and Telford & Wrekin Services, along with several other
organisations.
Details such as the roof on the tollhouse, colour of the fence,
construction of the highway and footpaths and boundary treatment
all met Telford's specifications. The garden was divided into a
fruit, vegetable and herb garden, with cabbage, carrots, beetroot,
strawberries, gooseberries and rosemary, and a decorative garden
with ornamental plants. The vegetables grown were all available in
the early
1800s. | |
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