New Ground Landscapes - Stamford, lincolnshire, based Landscape Garden Designer

Chelsea 2007 - 'Realistic Retreat' wins Gold

A garden designed specifically for a couple living in a busy urban environment won a gold medal at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show. Designed by Adam Frost, 'Realistic Retreat' was an undemanding, beautifully planted and sensitively built space, featuring a stepped water feature, York handmade bricks and a raised wooden lounger.

In the 'City Gardens' category of the show, 'Realistic Retreat' was designed to give a realistic idea of how a small city garden can look, given good design, considered planting and creative flair. It reflected contemporary taste, but not at the expense of useability, imagination or a love of plants.

It was the first time Adam Frost designed and built his own garden at Chelsea. "I was so pleased to have been awarded a gold medal – it made all the effort, time and planning totally worthwhile, for me and the team. The garden looked great and went down so well with visitors."

Here is a complete list of all the plants used in this garden

• ROSA Paul's Himalayan Musk
• ROSA vidiflora
• ROSA Yesterday
• ROSA Alberic Barbier
• ROSA Souvenir du Docteur Jamain
• ROSA Burnet Marbled Pink
• ACER griseum
• ALCHEMILLA mollis
• ANTHRISCUS nigra Ravenswing
• ASTRANTIA major Roma
• BUXUS sempervirens
• CALAMAGROSTIS x acutiflora Karl Foerster
• CAREX lutida Silver
• CORNUS stolonifera Flaviramea
• GERANIUM Johnsons Blue
• HEUCHERA villosa Brownies
• HEUCHERA Chocolate Ruffles
• HOSTA karossa Regal
• HOSTA sieboldiana elegans
• IRIS Dreaming Yellow
• IRIS sibirica Blue
• IRIS sibirica Papillon
• LUZULA nivea
• MAGNOLIA sieboldii
• NEPETA x faasenii Six Hills Giant
• PERSICARIA bistorta superba
• ROSMARINUS officinalis
• SALIX elaeagnos angustifolia
• SALVIA officinalis purpurascens
• SALVIA nemorosa ostfriesland
• STIPA arundinacea
• THALICTRUM aquilegifolium Thundercloud
• THYMUS coccineus
• THYMUS Doone Valley
• WISTERIA sinensis Alba

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