Top trends from the Chelsea Flower Show

The Chelsea Flower show is now over for another year, but if you are a keen gardener , why not embrace the key trends as showcased at Chelsea?

Rainbow brights

There was an abundance of bright colours to be found at the Chelsea Flower Show this year which could be seen throughout the exhibiting gardens. There were splashes of orange in the likes of Kate Gould’s urban garden which featured a large orange Anglepoise lamp as well as bright orange walls in Manoj Malde’s Mexican-inspired garden.

The Silk Road garden designed by Patrick Collins and Laurie Chetwood displayed vivid splashes of colour including sloping beds of peonies and rhododendrons surrounded by shrubs, foliage and spines of red and pink blades which represents the mountainous landscape of the Sichuan Province in China.

Return of the Lupin

Chelsea saw the magnificent return of the lupin with a focus on bicolour varieties such as the yellow and raspberry coloured ‘Tequila Flame’ which featured in Morgan Stanley’s garden designed by Chris Beardshaw. You could also see strong shades of red of lupins such as ‘beefeater’ and the brick red ‘terracotta’ which featured in the BBC Radio 2 garden designed by Sarah Raven

Hooray for hibiscus

The garden by Thompson and Morgan ticked two garden trends off in one fell swoop by featuring a selection of stunning hibiscuses in a warm shade of bright orange.

Go crazy (paving!)

There was resurgence of the use of crazy paving across many of the exhibitors at the Chelsea Flower Show and this was clearly demonstrated by the ‘Royal Bank of Canada’ Garden designed by Charlotte Harris.

Sensational Sculpture

Sculpture featured highly in many of the exhibitions at Chelsea and included the likes of celebrated sculptor Hamish Mackie who showcased his work in a collaboration with garden designer Rachael White, this included an unveiling of Hamish’s latest sculptures a pair of boxing hares.

Other notable sculptures included a series of horse sculptures by James Doran-Webb and a horse’s head by Rupert Till which featured in the garden of Manoj Malde.

Pine Time

There was an abundance of pine at Chelsea this year including scots pine in Chris Beardshaw’s garden and dwarf pine in Matthew Keighley’s textured garden.

Enjoying edibles

Edibles such as broad beans, sage and parsley were immersed amongst other decorative plants as seen in both Fiona Cadwallader and Job Wheatley’s designs at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Rejoicing reclaim

Utilising reclaimed materials can give a garden a new lease of life as shown in the Walker’s Wharf Garden at Chelsea where designer Graham Bodie re-purposed materials to create steps that led up to a raised terrace with walls made of reclaimed wood.

Reference: The Guardian and Country Living 

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