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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 19 May to 23 May 2009And the winners are… Best Show Garden The Daily Telegraph Most Creative Award Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins Best Courtyard Garden Giles Landscapes Best Urban Garden Helios Most Creative Award Fenchurch Advisory Partners President’s Award Winchester Growers President’s Most Creative Award Cayman Islands Department of Tourism & Newington Nurseries RHS Chelsea Florist of the Year Neil Whittaker, Design Element Best Floral Arrangement (Session 1) Elaine Middleton Chelsea Flower Show 2009 SHOW GARDEN AWARDS Best Show Garden: The Daily Telegraph Most Creative Award: Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins Gold Gold Champagne Laurent- Perrier MA/18 Show Garden Gold Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins TR/3 Show Garden Gold The Daily Telegraph MA/17 Show Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Silver-Gilt Flora Ark Design Management Ltd MA/13 Show Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Cancer Research UK MA/19 Show Garden Silver-Gilt Flora HESCO Bastion and Leeds City Council MA/21 Show Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Marshalls plc MA/15 Show Garden Silver Flora Silver Flora Canary Islands Tourist Board MA/1 Show Garden Silver Flora Eden Project in partnership with Homes & Communities Agency MA/20 Show Garden Silver Flora Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust MA/16 Show Garden Silver Flora Quilted Velvet RHW/31 Show Garden Silver Flora QVC MA/11 Show Garden Bronze Flora Bronze Flora Barakura English Garden MA/4 Show Garden Chelsea Flower Show 2009 COURTYARD GARDEN AWARDS Best Courtyard Garden: Giles Landscapes Ltd Gold Giles Landscapes Ltd RM/10 Courtyard Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Silver-Gilt Flora A Touch of France Garden Design in association with Bonne Maman RM/14 Courtyard Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Berkshire College of Agriculture RM/9 Courtyard Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Birmingham City Council GPC/19 Courtyard Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Chris O’Donoghue RM/16 Courtyard Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Capel Manor College GPC/16 Courtyard Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Demelza RM/13 Courtyard Garden Silver Flora Silver Flora Aralia Garden Design RM/15 Courtyard Garden Silver Flora Jeffrey Hewitt RM/12 Courtyard Garden Silver Flora Ranelagh School GPC/17 Courtyard Garden Silver Flora University of Cumbria RM/11 Courtyard Garden Bronze Flora Bronze Flora The Garden Design Centre at Scotsdale GPC/18 Courtyard Garden Bronze Flora Warwickshire College RM/8 Courtyard Garden Chelsea Flower Show 2009 URBAN GARDEN AWARDS Best Urban Garden: Helios Most Creative Award: Fenchurch Advisory Partners Gold Gold Angus Thompson & Jane Brockbank RHW/37 Urban Garden Gold Helios MA/24 Urban Garden Gold The Children's Society MA/25 Urban Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Silver-Gilt Flora Chris Beardshaw Mentoring Scholarship team sponsored by Bradstone RHW/50 Urban Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Domoney Ltd RHW/49 Urban Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Fenchurch Advisory Partners RHW/41 Urban Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Osonoe Garden Design RHW/43 Urban Garden Silver-Gilt Flora Sarah Eberle & Peter Dowle Plants & Gardens – The Banker’s Garden RHW/35 Urban Garden Silver Flora Silver Flora Help for Heroes RHW/40 Urban Garden Silver Flora Plants of Special Interest Nursery RHW/39 Urban Garden Silver Flora Sarah Eberle & Peter Dowle Plants & Gardens – The Off- Shore Garden RHW/34 Urban Garden Silver Flora Sarah Eberle & Peter Dowle Plants & Gardens – The Overdrawn Artist’s Garden RHW/33 Urban Garden Silver Flora Sekisui Exterior Co Ltd RHW/44 Urban Garden Silver Flora Witan Investment Trust MA/23 Urban Garden Bronze Flora Bronze Flora Second Nature Gardens RHW/38 Urban Garden Chelsea Flower Show 2009 GREAT PAVILION AWARDS President’s Award: Winchester Growers President’s Most Creative Award: Cayman Islands in association with Newington Nurseries & Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park Gold Gold Ainsworth Displays GPG/8 Palm trees Gold Aldo Airplants GPC/24 Airplants Gold Avon Bulbs Ltd GPF/12 Summer-flowering bulbs Gold Blackmore & Langdon Ltd GPD/2 Delphiniums & begonias Gold Bloms Bulbs GPD/21 Tulips Gold Bowden Hostas GPG/4 Hostas Gold Brian & Pearl Sulman GPG/1 Pelargoniums Gold Burncoose Nurseries GPB/7 Hardy & tender ornamental trees, shrubs & herbaceous plants Gold Burnham Nurseries Ltd GPD/24 Tropical orchids Gold Bushukan Bonsai GPB/9 Bonsai Gold Cayman Islands in assoc. with Newington Nurseries & QE II Botanic Park GPE/14 A Cayman Islands undersea reef garden Gold Chrysanthemums Direct GPC/27 Chrysanthemums Gold City of Durban GPB/6 Floral depiction of the Moses Mabhida Stadium Gold Craig House Cacti GPG/11 Cacti & other succulents Gold Dibleys Nurseries GPD/4 Streptocarpus, begonias & other houseplants Gold Domoney Ltd GPC/6 Underwater plants Gold Federation of British Bonsai Societies GPC/2 Bonsai Gold Grenada GPF/19 Tropical flora of Grenada Gold Hampshire Carnivorous Plants GPF/1 Carnivorous & exotic foliage plants & ferns Gold Hardy Plant Society GPE/12 English villa town garden Gold Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants GPF/13 Herbaceous perennials Gold Harts Nursery GPC/1 Lilies Gold Harveys Garden Plants GPC/23 Rare & unusual shade & woodland perennials Gold Hewitt-Cooper Carnivorous Plants GPG/9 Carnivorous plants Gold Hillier Nurseries Ltd GPD/15 Trees, shrubs, climbers & herbaceous plants Gold HW Hyde GPG/21 Lilies Gold Jacques Amand International GPD/8 Bulbous plants Gold Jekka's Herb Farm GPF/16 Medicinal & culinary herbs grown to Soil Association standard Gold Jersey Farmers' Union GPC/28 Vegetables & culinary herbs Gold Knoll Gardens GPD/5 Ornamental grasses Gold McBeans Ltd GPE/17 Orchids Gold Millais Nurseries GPC/8 Rhododendrons & azaleas Gold National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies GPF/18 Floral display Gold Orchid Society of Great Britain GPC/4 Orchids in a naturalistic setting Gold Penhow Nurseries GPF/3 Perennial diascias & nemesias Gold Peter Beales Roses GPE/10 Roses Gold Plantagogo.com GPG/18 Heucheras Gold Raymond J Evison Ltd GPF/14 Clematis Gold Rhodes & Rockliffe GPG/15 Begonias Gold Roualeyn Nursery GPC/29 Fuchsias Gold South African National Biodiversity Institute - Kirstenbosch GPE/8 Indigenous South African flora Gold Southfield Nurseries GPE/2 Cacti Gold Thorncroft Clematis Nursery GPF/6 Clematis Gold UK Horticulture GPE/15 Fruit, flowers & vegetables Gold Walkers Bulbs @ Taylors GPE/1 Daffodils Gold Warmenhoven GPG/3 Allium, Hippeastrum & Nectaroscordum Gold Winchester Growers GPE/9 A dahlia garden Silver-Gilt Flora Silver-Gilt Flora Barbados Horticultural Society GPG/2 Tropical flowers & foliage Silver-Gilt Flora Broadleigh Gardens GPE/6 Spring & summer-flowering bulbs & pacific coast iris Silver-Gilt Flora Cardiff Council GPC/15 Horticultural celebration of Cardiff's retail centre Silver-Gilt Flora Cayeux Iris GPC/11 Irises Silver-Gilt Flora Churchtown Nurseries GPF/2 Restios Silver-Gilt Flora Culm View Nursery GPD/3 Hardy perennials Silver-Gilt Flora David Austin Roses Ltd GPC/22 Rose garden Silver-Gilt Flora Downderry Nursery GPE/13 Lavender Silver-Gilt Flora Eagle Sweet Peas GPB/17 Sweet peas Silver-Gilt Flora Eversley Nursery GPB/2 Ornamental grasses Silver-Gilt Flora Harkness Roses GPD/9 Roses Silver-Gilt Flora Hoyland Plant Centre GPD/11 Agapanthus & Tulbaghia Silver-Gilt Flora J.S.Pennings 'De Bilt' GPG/22 Hyacinths Silver-Gilt Flora Jamaica Horticultural Society GPB/13 Tropical flowers, foliage & fruits Silver-Gilt Flora Mendip Bonsai Studio GPF/11 Bonsai Silver-Gilt Flora Norfield Nurseries Limited GPF/15 Japanese maples Silver-Gilt Flora Oak Tree Nursery GPG/16 Ornamental grasses Silver-Gilt Flora Oska Copperfield Nursery Ltd GPG/14 Chrysanthemums Silver-Gilt Flora Pheasant Acre Plants GPD/1 Gladioli Silver-Gilt Flora Philip Tivey & Son GPB/3 Alstroemeria Silver-Gilt Flora Potash Nursery GPB/1 Fuchsias Silver-Gilt Flora Roger Platts Garden Design & Nurseries GPD/20 A Plantsman's Palette Silver-Gilt Flora Solva Plants GPE/5 Heucheras, heucherellas & tiarellas Silver-Gilt Flora Tendercare Nurseries Limited GPE/4 Trees, shrubs & herbaceous plants Silver-Gilt Flora The Carnivorous Plant Society GPD/14 Carnivorous plants Silver-Gilt Flora Three Counties Nurseries GPD/19 Aquilegias Silver-Gilt Flora Westcountry Nurseries GPG/27 Lupins Silver-Gilt Grenfell Silver-Gilt Grenfell The Horticultural Society of Trinidad & Tobago GPF/8 Somewhere over the rainbow Silver-Gilt Grenfell Zita Elze Flowers GPG/23 Floral Display Silver-Gilt Hogg Silver-Gilt Hogg Ken Muir Ltd GPB/10 Strawberries Silver-Gilt Lindley Silver-Gilt Lindley Pennard Plants GPC/25 100 years of vegetable growing Silver Flora Silver Flora Barnsdale Gardens GPG/17 Cottage garden plants Silver Flora Big Plant Nursery GPE/18 Ginkgo cultivars & associated plants Silver Flora Bonsai Kai GPB/16 Bonsai Silver Flora Coldharbour Nursery GPC/12 Hostas Silver Flora D'Arcy & Everest GPC/9 Alpine troughs Silver Flora Devine Nurseries GPD/23 Alliums & eremurus Silver Flora Fibrex Nurseries Ltd GPG/25 Pelargoniums Silver Flora Fibrex Nurseries Ltd GPG/25 Hardy ferns Silver Flora Fleur de Lys GPC/10 Conservatory plants Silver Flora Gateshead Council GPF/10 Window of opportunity Silver Flora Graeme Iddon Cut Flower Displays GPB/12 Cut flowers Silver Flora Hartside Nursery Garden GPD/13 Rock & alpine plants Silver Flora Hippopottering Nursery GPF/21 Japanese maples Silver Flora Isle of Wight Lavender GPD/10 Hardy & tender lavenders Silver Flora Kelways GPF/7 Peonies & irises Silver Flora Nagoya International Orchid Show Organizing Committee GPB/4 Orchids Silver Flora Primrose Bank GPB/15 Hardy perennials Silver Flora The Botanic Nursery GPD/18 Digitalis, Verbascum & Aquilegia Silver Flora The Old Walled Garden GPG/26 National Collection of Callistemon Silver Flora Topiary Arts GPF/17 Topiary Silver Flora Tynings Climbers - National Collection of Passiflora GPG/7 Hardy & conservatory climbers Silver Flora Victorian Violas GPG/19 Hardy perennial violas Silver Flora W & S Lockyer GPG/13 Florist auriculas Silver Knightian Silver Knightian W Robinson & Son (Seeds & Plants) Ltd GPD/12 Vegetables Bronze Flora Bronze Flora Todd's Botanics GPC/5 Olive tress & drought-tolerant perennials Bronze Grenfell Bronze Grenfell British Florist Association GPA/3 Floral Display Bronze Grenfell Somerset Postal Flowers GPF/20 Floral arrangement Chelsea Flower Show 2009 CONTINUOUS LEARNING AWARDS Gold British Mycological Society GPH/3 Out of sight out of mind: Fungi Gold Writhlington School Orchid Project GPH/5 Working orchid propagation laboratory Silver-Gilt Lindley Silver-Gilt Lindley British Beekeepers' Association GPH/9 Bees need gardeners Silver-Gilt Lindley Capel Manor College GPH/10 Compost - Don't throw it away Silver Lindley Silver Lindley Sparsholt College Hampshire GPH/6 Seasonal Survival: Weather Proof Planting Silver Lindley UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) GPH/13 Changing climate effect on growing seasons Silver Lindley Writtle College GPH/4 Appearance, atmosphere & use of garden Bronze Lindley Bronze Lindley Centrepoint/ National Trust/ Capel Manor College GPH/8 Octagonal vegetable garden Bronze Lindley The University of Reading GPH/11 Effect of green walls & roofs on cooling buildings The ultimate event in the gardening calendar Nowhere makes gardening more fashionable than the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. A catwalk of colour and creativity, the brightest new ideas, the latest trends and the pinnacle of design make this show the one the world wants to see. So make sure you're there to enjoy gardening at its most gorgeous and glamorous. Travelling to the show We recommend visitors travel to the show by public transport. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is located within the Transport for London congestion zone. To find out more on how to navigate to the showground from other areas of London, go to the Transport for London Journey Planner. Underground Sloane Square Underground Station (on the District and Circle Line) is a 10-minute walk. Bus Bus numbers 11, 137, 211, 239, 360 and 452 stop closest to the showground, while bus numbers 19, 22, 319 and C1 stop at Sloane Square. For further information on underground and bus travel visit the Transport for London website or call 020 7222 1234. Rail Victoria is the closest mainline station. A shuttle service runs between Victoria train station and the show from 7am to 8pm each day (6pm final day). Adult: £2/£3.50 return. Children, senior citizens, Oyster card and Travel card holders: £2/£3 return. For further information on rail services visit the National Rail Enquiries website or call 08457 484950. Parking Public parking, including for orange/blue badge holders, is available in Battersea Park. Battersea Park is located outside the Transport for London congestion zone and is approximately 20 minutes’ walk from the show. Alternatively, a park and ride service is available. There are more than 2,000 spaces available from Tuesday to Friday, and on Saturday a lesser number of spaces are available due to other public events in Battersea Park. Wandsworth Council parking charges apply: cars £25* per day, £15* after 2.30pm; motorcycles: no charge; coaches £30*. * Please note: These prices were quoted to us by Wandsworth Council and are, as far as we are aware, correct, but should be checked before parking. Cycling Bicycle racks will be available in Burton’s Court. Coaches Coach companies must apply for a police set down/pick up permit in advance. To apply, e-mail details of the number of coaches, the day(s) of attendance, name and address to chelseacoaches@rhs.org.uk . Disabled visitors Parking is available in Battersea Park as above. Buses with wheelchair access run regularly to and from the show. Visitors needing to use the mobility bus should advise the parking stewards on arrival at Battersea Park. Attendants cannot be provided but one companion is admitted free of charge per wheelchair user, visually impaired visitor or other person whose disability necessitates a carer. Wheelchairs are available for loan, but must be reserved in advance. For information on wheelchair loan call 0845 260 7000 from 5 January 2009. Limited availability. The closing date for booking is 15 May 2009. Catering The Rock Bank Restaurant offers a full English breakfast, three-course lunches, and late afternoon/early evening meals. To book a table, call 0845 260 7000 from 27 October 2008 during office hours (booking line closes two days before the relevant show day). Limited availability; please book early to avoid disappointment. Restaurant bookings cost Breakfast £15.50 Lunch £49.50 Dinner £49.50 Hospitality packages If you’re looking for something special for your corporate hospitality calendar, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is an occasion not to be missed. Enjoy the finest hospitality at the most prestigious flower show in the world. Find out more and book your package Accommodation For details of hotel accommodation, contact Expotel, quoting CFS2009. E-mail: events@expotel.com, visit www.expotel.com/cfs2009 or call 0845 054 8740. Catalogue information Catalogues cost £5 (plus £1.50 p&p in advance). Catalogues can be ordered in advance by calling 0844 209 0353, when buying your tickets online or bought on the day. The last day for ordering catalogues in advance is 29 April 2009. Please note that catalogues will be posted first class during the week before the show. This service is ONLY available within the UK. The showground For reasons of comfort and safety, children under five, babes in arms, pushchairs and prams are not admitted under any circumstances. There is no re-admission once you leave the showground. No animals admitted to the show, except for registered guide or assistance dogs. Please note that this is a temporary, outdoor event on open parkland and is subject to varying weather and ground conditions. Although some temporary trackway is laid, much of the event is on open ground and care must be taken. We therefore advise that you check the weather forecast for the day of your visit, consider the nature of the event and the effects of any inclement weather on surface conditions, and wear suitable clothing and footwear. In extreme weather conditions, access may be restricted in the interest of safety. Visitors will be subject to security searches. Access information for disabled visitors Full details on access to and around the showground Terms & conditions Tickets are sold subject to the terms and conditions of issue. You should note that in the event of cancellation or curtailment of the whole or part of the event, only limited refunds are available. A full copy of the terms and conditions (including refund policy) is available online or by writing to the Membership Department, RHS, 80 Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PE. Opening times Tuesday to Friday: 8am – 8pm Saturday: 8am – 5.30pm Ticket prices Members See the show first and its best at one of two members-only days - Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20 May. Join the RHS today Gain access to members’ days or save up to £22 on a pair of public day tickets (two members’ tickets = £64, two public tickets = £86) RHS members rates (in advance) Day(s) 8am–8pm 3.30–8pm 5.30–8pm Tue 19 £48 £24 £15.50 Wed 20 £39 £21 £13.50 Thu 21, Fri 22 £39 £21 £13.50 Sat 23 * £32 n/a n/a Public rates Day(s) 8am–8pm 3.30–8pm 5.30–8pm Thu 21, Fri 22 £43 £24 £18.50 Sat 23 * £43 n/a n/a * The show closes at 5.30pm on Sat 23 May Children under five, babes in arms, prams and pushchairs are not admitted. £1.75 fee per booking (RHS members exempt)  Calaig - Chelsea 2008
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