| Gallery: The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005 |  |
These pictures were taken when I attended the show on 24th May. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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Made from driftwood stumps, this 'rootarium arch' could provide a spectacular home for countless invertebrates. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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Included in the design as a 'wildlife corridor', this area of native planting connecting the boundary hedge to the pond. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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The green roof which adorned the garden building was a great example of maximising the potential of a usually neglected space. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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The garden building was designed as a 'living education tool, inviting people to learn the importance of protecting wildlife for the future'. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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Part of the garden was given over to traditional cottage garden planting: a magnet for all sorts of insects and other wildlife. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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These glorious thistles, Cirsium rivulare atropurpurea, were very popular with both visitors and bumblebees alike. Here we have a couple of light-tailed bumblebees (Bombus sp.). For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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This city garden by Paula Ryan was the most naturalistic of the gardens in this category. The gabions were an interesting feature as was the planting which included some cow parsley. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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Despite its very formal design, this planting in this garden was one of the most imaginative uses of British natives I'ver ever seen. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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The sumptuous renaissance design demonstrates that using recycled materials need not restrict one's imagination. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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Native planting in the Chelsea Pensioner's garden. Here native plants were used in a very naturalistic way - something of a trademark signature of its designer, Julian Dowle. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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Despite being highly 'designed' this courtyard garden maintained a natural and relaxed atmosphere helped, in no small part by the relaxed naturalistic planting which included many natives. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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Children of Sheddingdean Primary School provided the basis of this courtyard garden design by Jenny Wisby and Sharon Kent. The garden contained many wildlife-friendly features like this bird bath and log pile. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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Not a typlical wildlife pond - this raised pool shows how a formal pond can still be amenable to wildlife. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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The mother of all log piles! Here a log pile serves as a functional boundary wall as well as a habitat for invertebrates. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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The RSPB wins the unofficial competition to find the most innovative way to fill a gabion! Recycling 'rubbish' like this, that would otherwise have gone into a landfill site, was a central tenet of this garden. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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This detail from this immaculately constructed courtyard garden shows an example of the naturalistic planting used. The garden was designed by Kevin Cooper of Avant Garde. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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Rainwater from the roof of this pavilion was channelled into the marginal planting to top up the swimming pond. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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The purists would turn in their graves! This unashamedly un-pretty wildlife feature was hidden away at the back of an otherwise very pretty garden. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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Surely one of the most memorable sights from Chelsea 2005, this drift planting consisted of Californian and Mediterranean native annuals. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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The courtyard garden by Stephen Firth and students from Brinsbury campus of Chichester College, was notable for its use of small pebble-filled gabions. The gabions were about 2x2x1 ft in size. For a detailed account of Chelsea 2005 show see the feature article RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2005.
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