RHS Gold Medal Garden 09


DESIGNED BY KATE GOULD & CONSTRUCTED BY THE GARDEN BUILDERS.

The Garden Builders was chosen by designer Kate Gould to construct this award-winning show garden, called ‘Eco Chic’, within the Urban Garden category at the 2009 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. With the theme of recycling and inner-city urban regeneration, Eco Chic was inspired by the possibilities of a ‘shady, left-over space squashed between two high office buildings’, and cleverly featured builders’ materials normally left on a building site post-construction, such as scaffold poles and boards, sheet metal mesh and sections of stone. The garden received a gold medal and was named Best Urban Garden in Show.

Award Winning Eco Chic Garden RHS Gold Medal 09 designed by Kate Gould constructed by The Garden Builders Chelsea Flower Show 2009 pergola hedging shrubs.

Gold Medal 09 Garden Design


SOPHISTICATED RHS GARDEN DESIGN CONTRACTOR.

The forbidding urban space was softened by a lush green wall and a sophisticated stone water feature, creating an area of tranquillity and relaxation. The striking entrance to the show garden was a stunning walkway pergola built from scaffold poles, and featuring a glass roof and glass walling, mesh walkway and crisp under-planting including shade-loving ferns. The pergola niftily led to the water feature and downwards to the lower, central garden area. The lovely planting was a mix of specimen trees, evergreen shrubs and hardy perennials, with clipped box hedging, complementing the garden’s urban feel with texture and colour. Coloured, energy-efficient LED lighting gave the garden a city wonderland character at night.

Award Winning Eco Chic Garden RHS Gold Medal 09 designed by Kate Gould constructed by The Garden Builders Chelsea Flower Show 2009 pergola hedging shrubs.

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