Buildings and structures at Chelsea were many any variable, ranging from the attainable to the impossible. The artisan gardens had particularly interesting structures which often gave character to the garden.
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| Shepherds hut based on Gabriel Oak's hut in Far From the Madding Crowd, one of Grey Granite's favourite novels. In this garden the hut is designed to be a writer's retreat and is surrounded by beautiful naturalistic planting incorporating native plant species.. |
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| Grey Granite was disappointed in this garden, 'Naturally Dry-a William Wordsworth inspired garden'. The catalogue confirms that this adapts elements of a Cumbrian landscape where the annual rainfall averages at 200cms, but unfortunately the use of Yorkshire stone as opposed to angular dark grey Cumbrian slate completely transforms the essential character of the garden destroying the relationship between geology and flora. The explanation that Wordsworth spent some time in Yorkshire may only be regarded as spurious. |
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| Pepa's Story another shepherd's hut this time constructed from limestone from the Slovenian Karst region. |
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| Best in Show Cleve West's garden for Brewin Dolphin |
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| Jo Swift's Teenage Cancer garden for Homebase had superb colour combinations, the planting perfectly complementing the cedar screens |
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| An attractive new take on carpet bedding |
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| A small recycled structure which particularly appealed to Grey Granite |
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| The ridiculous |
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