Julie shows us how some of her plants are coming along.
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Julie in the Shade House
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009Welcome
Friday, May 1st, 2009‘An informal profusion of flowers: colour, scent and forms crammed into the borders creating a place to escape from the bustle of everyday living’
The mature owners of this cottage garden would like a garden that reflects their love, passion and enthusiasm for gardening. They adore plants and are looking for borders filled with an abundance of flowers with some evergreens for balance and structure, but planted informally. There will be the traditional cottage plants of roses, delphiniums, honeysuckle and lavender but there will also be new varieties as well. Although fairly high maintenance this couple are very active and enjoy nothing more than working in their garden and then relaxing at the end of the day on the garden seat, surveying their creation. Cottage style planting appeals to everyone as it is a style that doesn’t date.
The Cottage Garden at Capel Manor
What’s different about this garden is that it is already established at Sunflower Street, in the National Gardening Centre at Capel Manor but is being re-created for Peter Seabrook ‘s Sunflower Street at this years show.
The garden
Friday, May 1st, 2009Designers: Julie Phipps & Nicholas Evans
Sponsors: The Sun newspaper, Capel Manor College, Solopark plc, Stoneage Architectural
Contractor: Capel Manor staff and students
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The mature owners of this cottage would like a garden that reflects their love, passion and enthusiasm for gardening. They adore plants and are looking for borders filled with flowers offering different shapes, form and texture, with evergreen and deciduous shrubs for balance and structure. The planting will be informal and relaxed. Traditional cottage plants such as roses, lavender, and dianthus are to be included along with a suitable tree. Being passionate about plants this couple have adjusted the soil in some areas to include plants with different growing requirements and also like to use new varieties. Although fairly high maintenance this couple are very active and enjoy nothing more than working in their garden and then relaxing at the end of the day on the garden seat. This garden shows what can be achieved in a small space and will hopefully encourage the public not to pave over their front gardens but to enjoy plants to the full and help the environment by locking up carbon dioxide and stop excess water run off.
The main structure of the garden is the façade of the cottage which has a porch using reclaimed timber and tiles. Other structures include a wigwam to provide some height in one of the borders and also for supporting climbers. There is also a simple picket style wooden fence typically found in cottage gardens which also provides support for climbers and also a neighbour’s hedge on one side of the garden. The entrance to the garden is through a gate under a wooden arch.
The soil type for this garden is a good free draining medium loam. The aspect is west facing so the garden is sunny but has a cast of shadow from the neighbour’s hedge. The garden is set in the UK. As the owners of this garden are keen plant enthusiasts they have adjusted areas of soil where necessary to meet the growing requirements of different plants. Also to maintain the health of the plants they would feed them regularly.
The area of hard landscaping is approximately 6.5 square metres with a smaller area of gravel under the larger window. The gravel aids with surface run off and helps to add a different texture to the hard landscaping. The paving is reclaimed stone and is of a traditional style to complement the cottage theme. In the gravel area is a garden seat which is both functional and decorative. There is an old water pump which is used for decorative purposes.
The style of planting is quite traditional as to be expected of a cottage garden but as the owners are keen plant enthusiasts there will be new varieties as well as old. The tree will be a variety suitable for a small garden. There will be a variety of herbaceous perennials, climbing roses, deciduous and evergreen shrubs for structure with groundcover planting as well. The garden is quite high maintenance but this is typical of cottage gardens. The plants chosen will offer different flower forms and different textures and the colour palette consists of blues, pinks, purple with white.
The garden uses a high element of reclaimed or sustainable sourced materials as stated earlier such s paving, fencing and porch materials. Compared to many front gardens this has a large ratio of planting to paving to aid water run off and general porosity. The area under the garden seat is porous pea gravel. The carbon footprint of this garden is low as many plants are sourced locally or grown in house and they have a reasonable life expectancy through regular division. Many elements of the garden will be incorporated into future show gardens at the college after Chelsea.
Plant list
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Proposed Plant List for The Cottage Garden-Chelsea 2009
Herbaceous
Achillea ‘The Beacon’
Alchemilla mollis
Aquilegia
Artemesia ‘Powis Castle’
Astrantia major
Campanula ‘Wortham Belle’
Campanula ‘ Blue Waterfall’
Delphinium King Arthur Group
Dianthus Dazzler EG
Dianthus Odessa Red
Dianthus Romance
Digitalis purpurea Albiflora
Digitalis x mertonenesis
Geranium ‘Black Beauty’
Geranium sanguineum ‘Canon Miles’
Geranium sanguineum ‘Album’
Geranium wallichianum ‘Buxtons Variety’
Geranium ‘Mavis Simpson’
Hesperis matronalis
Iris ’Jane Phillips’
Iris ‘Baby Blue’
Knautia macedonica
Lavandula ‘Sawyers’
Lavandula ‘Hidcote’
Lavandula stoechas ‘Regal Splendour’
Lavandula stoechas ‘Boysenberry Ruffles’
Lavandula stoechas ‘Night of Passion’
Lilium longiflorum
Lupinus’Polar Princess’
Lychnis ‘Jenny’
Nepeta nervosa ‘Blue Moon’
Nigella damscena ‘Miss Jekyll’
Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Shirley Temple’
Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurescens’
Salvia ‘Snowcushion’
Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’
Salvia nemorosa ‘Pink Friesland’
Semiaquilegia ‘Sugarplum Fairy’
Sildalcea ‘Little Princess’
Thalictrum aquilegiifolium
Thymus vulgaris ‘SilverPosie’
Verbascum ‘Pink Domino’
Verrbena ‘Seabrook’s Lavender’
Verbena ‘Claret’
Veronica ‘Ulster Blue Dwarf’
Violas
Climbers
Clematis ‘Artic Queen’
Clematis ‘Empress’
Clematis ‘Josephine’
Clematis ‘William Kennet’
Lonicera periclymenum ‘Belgica’
Lonicera henryii’ Copper Beauty’
Tracheolospermum jasminoides
Wisteria sinensis
Roses
Awakening
New Dawn
White Cloud
American Pillar (rambler)
City of York (rambler)
Veilchenblau (rambler)
Shrubs
Buxus sempervirens EG
Cornus Venus
Myrtus communis EG
Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Miss Jessop’s Upright’ EG
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum
Viburnum tinus ‘Eve Price’ EG
Roses
Capitaine John Ingram (moss)
Common Moss (moss)
Comte de Chambord (Portland)
Gallica officinalis (gallica)
Gertrude Jekyll( ausbord-modern )
Hansa (rugosa)
Hazel Le Rougetel (rugosa)
Jacques Cartier (Portland)
Maidens Blush (alba)
Nuits de young (moss)
Quaitre Saisons (damask)
Schneezeberg (rugosa)
Tree
Cercis ‘Lavender Twist’