May 2006
It's a Gold Medal for Bradstone at Chelsea!
The ‘Walking Barefoot with Bradstone’ garden has been awarded a
gold medal at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show!
The contemporary garden, designed by first time Chelsea designer
Sarah Eberle took its inspiration from Lanzarote landscapes and the
architects Antonio Gaudi and César Manrique.
The garden cleverly combines stunning hard landscaping with
sensitive planting, as well as addressing environmental concerns
through a water recycling system stored in the imposing wall, and
the use of paving made from up to 85% reclaimed and recycled
aggregates.
Sarah says, “As a first time Chelsea designer, it was a very
proud moment. The medal is a great achievement and reflects the
hard work and dedication expressed by the team in creating the
‘Walking Barefoot with Bradstone’ garden.
“Nothing compares to this accolade and it’s a great feeling to
now see the huge numbers of visitors who share a passion for
gardening and appreciate all the work that has gone in to creating,
developing and building this design.”
Paul Wagstaff from Bradstone adds, “It has been a real
experience working with Sarah and her truly unique design has been
well rewarded by the RHS. Sarah has highlighted how contemporary
hard landscaping sits so comfortably with stunning planting and has
created a truly inspirational, spiritual and relaxing space.”