Hillier Garden Centres and Nurseries at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show 2009.
Chelsea 2009 is all about Great British Gardening. Hillier have been at the forefront of British Gardening for nearly 150 years supplying Great British plants for Great British gardens.
The garden is central to the life of every gardener from the moment he or she acquires his or her first window box. However a garden changes with the stages in a gardener’s life, and it soon becomes a reflection of his or her personality and lifestyle. Whatever design elements are employed, and however large or small the garden the plants are the most important feature. Their selection, association and cultivation are essential to the success of the garden as a whole.
The Hillier exhibit for Chelsea 2009 is a journey through the life of a British gardener from First Base, to Surviving Suburbia to Coping with Kids. Then comes the sheer indulgence of Grand Designs before Losing the Plot; the stage when it becomes necessary to downsize and plan for low maintenance, without compromising the impact and appearance of the garden.
Losing the Plot is a new book by Andrew McIndoe, designer of the Hillier Chelsea exhibit for the past 20 years. In this book he explores how to make this stage in your gardening life the most rewarding of all by designing for lower maintenance and selecting the very best plants to do the job. This is not a time in your gardening life to wait for results, but likewise you do not want to spend all your time and energy exercising control over the plants you have so carefully chosen.
The exhibit, once again on the prestigious Monument site at the heart of The Great Floral Pavilion, will feature all five gardens woven together in a tapestry of colour and texture trimmed with design ideas.
Hillier are holders of The Guiness Book of world Records title for the most Gold Medals won at The Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show. 2008 saw the company win its 63rd consecutive Gold Medal for ‘Sail for Gold’, a garden exhibit celebrating the success of Skandia Team GBR – The Great British Sailing Team.
Andrew McIndoe
Managing Director, Hillier Nurseries and Garden Centres
Designer, Hillier at Chelsea 2009
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