RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2015 - Living Landscapes H U G by Rae Wilkinson
RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2015: My Healing Urban Garden with Living Landscapes I am delighted to be creating a show garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show this year, for their 25 th anniversary year. The garden will be built and sponsored by Living Landscapes, an award winning landscaping company based in Horsham, West Sussex. For me, having designed and cared for gardens for many years, creating a show garden brings the opportunity to be creative in a more imaginative way. The garden is entitled ‘H U G’ - an acronym for ‘Healing Urban Garden’. The design is based on the idea that green space in an urban environment can be powerfully restorative. My intention is to create a place of escape and retreat, a sensory hug within a small and simple green space. The colour scheme has been selected for calming qualities, whilst the planting palette is a largely herbal, evergreen and low maintenance combination of scented and textural foliage. Planting is