ACORN GARDEN
SERVICES
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Channel 4’s “The Great Garden
Challenge” In spring 2005 our design for a Woodland garden was selected
from almost 1000 applications to take us to round one of a TV competition
“The Round One - “If you go down the woods today” April
2005 Our woodland garden “If you go down to the woods
today…” included a stile, signpost, bark path, beautiful driftwood fencing
screen, and aged logs which cross the bark path representing fallen
trees. The planting included
3 Silver Birch and 2 Whitebeams, with under planting
of a range of shade loving perennials including Erythronium,
Aquilega, Ferns, Camassia, and Geum with
Digitalis, Aconitum and Deschampsia providing summer interest. Also included are plenty of artificial toadstools,
which featured throughout the season.
Our “Mackintosh Ladies” garden was so named after the 3 stained glass
panels used within the garden. These were made using etched transfers
on glass with bespoke trellis panels which further suggest the style
of late 19th century Glaswegian designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The trellis panels divided the garden creating
interesting corners of planting to be discovered beyond. The plants ranging from dark to pale blue
were enhanced by the addition of contrasting pale creamy yellow and
hot orange.
Semi Final - “A Pondside Palette” – June 05 “A Pondside Palette” provided us with the opportunity to plant
using moisture loving plants. These were a very different group of plants
to those used in our previous two gardens, and demonstrated further
our horticultural knowledge. The
entrance to the garden, over a brick edged gravel path, stepped up to
a timber jetty overhanging the pond, backed by a summer house ( façade
only ). The covered porch provided
a shady place to sit and relax by the pond. A beautiful glass sculpture of tall bulrushes
added a surprise amongst the lush planting.
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