Bulldog Tools Garden Wins Chelsea Gold in 2011

Charlie Dimmock on Mission to Save Elm Trees

( I assist by toasting the venture)

Diarmuid Gavin's Irish Sky Garden Wins Gold

I loved this metal path in Diarmuid's Garden

I was pleased to see Arlene Phillips at the Chelsea Flower Show

(even though she cruelly chucked me out of Strictly Dance Fever)

The beautiful Arlene Phillips and her beautiful daughter Abi

(Abi is also planning on becoming a world class Choreographer)

Cleve West's Garden wins Gold

Fantastic Musicians in the Homebase Cornish Memories Garden

The Children's Society Garden

  Gold Medal

Sponsor -Children's Society

Designer - Mark Gregory

This garden seemed to attract the most attention at the show, especially when Chef Jamie Oliver Turned up to cook a Pizza in the stylish garden Pizza oven.

I was very lucky to then receive a slice of Jamie's Pizza straight from the oven and served up by the man himself.

If you like cooking in your garden see my page on Chimeneas and Barbeques

L'Occitane Garden

Silver Gilt Medal

Designer - James Towillis

This small but intricately detailed garden really conjured images of a hot Mediterranean day

The Tourism Malaysia Garden

Gold Medal

Designers - David Cubero & James Wong (Amphibian Designs Ltd

This Garden was so well designed that it created it's own climate of coolness and serenity.

The Amazing Japanese Garden was my overall favourite but only won a silver Gilt medal.

A greenhouse made from plastic bottles won my prize for best new idea!

The Snails still found their way in!

Twiggy made an appearance and posed in this photo for me

Rachel taking a well earned tea break whilst working on her Chelsea show garden

(Felco secateurs in back pocket)

The Garden looked great (and Rachel scrubbed up well too)

Rachel DeThame and Chris Beardshaw in the "Living Room" Garden

It received a silver medal for Hambrook Landscapes who designed and built it

The Tap in the garden  "A Matter of Urgency" was a show stopper!

It won a Silver Gilt medal for its designer Jill M Foxley

I was taken back in time in the Much Ado About Nothing Garden

Designed by Sue Thomas it won a silver-gilt medal

If you want to buy a bronze statue for your garden the RHS Hampton Court Flower show is the place to come

Fred &  Rachel de Thame 

One of Britain's sexiest men - and Alan Titchmarsh

 Kim Wilde finally gets to meet Vernon

 So does Rachel de Thame

click here for more Fredshed  photographs of Rachel and other celebrities

all images © Fred Walden 2012

 Three Amigoes, Fred, Vern and Norman Wisdom

click here to return to the shed door

click on the shed to return to the homepage