| Gallery: The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park 2004 |  |
The Tatton Park Flower Show ran from 21st to 25th July. These pictures were taken when I attended on 'Press Day', 20th July. Follow this link for the full feature article: RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park 2004.
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Alan Gardner's show garden was based around the idea of creating a transition from managed lawn, through meadow to woodland. There was good use of native planting including the rowans (Sorbus aucuparia) seen here. For a detailed account of Tatton Park 2004, see the feature article The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park 2004.
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Macclesfield Borough Council's garden entitled The Allotment Garden was a charming and extremely evocative vegetable garden, incorporating a number of wildlife-friendly features, which I found irresistible. For a detailed account of Tatton Park 2004, see the feature article The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park 2004.
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Recycled plastic tubing (some planted) in metal gabions formed an imposing back wall to The Recycled Garden by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). For a detailed account of Tatton Park 2004, see the feature article The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park 2004.
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Overview of The Perennial Family Garden by Nicholas J Boult. The structures and hard landscaping made this an ideal family garden and the perennials used were a magnet for insects. For a detailed account of Tatton Park 2004, see the feature article The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park 2004.
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This was a very simple garden by JSS Garden Design which, nevertheless, had a great impact because of the large planting of corn-field annuals. This mixture of plants, which included corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas), corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum), cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and corn-cockle (Agrostemma githago), was also used to good effect in other gardens at the show this year. For a detailed account of Tatton Park 2004, see the feature article The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park 2004.
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This log-pile was tucked away at the back of The Stonemarket Path to Sactuary Garden; a typical detailed touch demonstrating the biodiversity credentials of this garden. For a detailed account of Tatton Park 2004, see the feature article The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park 2004.
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Anglo Aquarium Plant Co Ltd produced this nicely executed water garden with good wildlife gardening features (note the turf covered logs at the back). For a detailed account of Tatton Park 2004, see the feature article The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park 2004.
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Several gardens at the flower show attracted large numbers of bees and hoverflies, but in this area of The Garden of the Future by Reaseheath College, planted with marigolds, I also saw a couple of small tortoiseshell butterflies (Aglais urticae) as well as this silver Y moth (Autographa gamma). (The hoverfly is Syrphus ribesii.) For a detailed account of Tatton Park 2004, see the feature article The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park 2004.
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The Garden of the Future by Reaseheath College used every wildlife gardening trick in the book, and the book as well, to entice invertebrates into the garden. For a detailed account of Tatton Park 2004, see the feature article The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park 2004.
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I can't help thinking that this feature owes more to design than practicality, but it does illustrate the concept behind the Contemporary Green garden by Hulme Garden Centre, Fairfield Composting & Fairfield Materials Management. For a detailed account of Tatton Park 2004, see the feature article The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park 2004.
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