After an eight years absence, garden designer Roger Platts, is retuning to Chelsea to build show sponsor M&G's show garden.
The design will be traditionally themed of crescent shaped pathways leading to an oak summer house and a hidden sandstone-edged pool complimented with lush planting - including rambling roses, lavender, fox gloves and myrtle.
M&G's brief to Platts was for a garden that visitors really love - is a dig at last years lack lustre, recession ravished affair?
M&G's Jacqui Haskins said: “We want a garden that visitors will really love – a design that is quintessentially British yet containing one or two surprising features. Roger will use mostly locally-grown plants and locally-sourced materials to create a garden of the highest quality,”.
Roger said; “I am hugely excited to be back creating a big garden at Chelsea. I’ve had other offers to be at the show, but the time feels right and M&G’s brand, values and aspiration to bring something special to Chelsea for people who love gardening is a fantastic opportunity I couldn’t turn down.”
Image: Monty Don at Chelsea 2009
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