January 2010
12 posts
Chelsea Flower Show
Final sketch for the stand is finally complete and in the post!
Shed ordered and all going well.
Shed for Chelsea
Back to the drawing board!
Had to scrap the idea of a corner shed. Although I really liked it, when it was laid out on paper it took too much room up and left very little space to add anything else.
Researched again and found a small shed called a ‘Shack Up’, a really modern approach to the garden shed made by a company in Ireland, who supply their Shack Up’s to B&Q....
Reg Taylors
More great news today, Reg Taylors Garden Centre have offered their help with Chelsea Flower Show.
They are kindly providing a large number of Fern and Lavender plants for the stand to accompany some of the wild flower plants which will make up the planting scheme.
Many thanks to the Taylor family for providing their support.
http://www.regtaylors.co.uk/
Derby University Investment
Great news today, Derby University is due to invest in my visit to RHS Chelsea Flower Show by covering the cost of my show brochures.
Brochures are an important part of exhibiting as it allows me to get plenty of information across to the visitors of the show. The brochure will have plenty of space to talk about me and my work, the Green Garden Project and the participants, and of course allow me...
Storage and Shelter
Found a lovely shed company on line that has full FSC certificated sheds, one in-particular is a corner shed that will fit in lovely with my design.
It would allow plenty of space to house all my parifinalia and allow me to offer people the chance to sit and have a coffee with me on my stand if they wanted to talk about my work.
Looking into colour schemes of wood preserve to ensure that the...
Chelsea Flower Show
Still not calmed down yet, I can’t believe that I am going to Chelsea !
Chelsea Flower Show
The postman rang twice! my letter from the RHS has arrived and they have said yes.
My allocation for Chelsea Flower Show 2010 is here and looks great, got the size I needed 5m x 4m
Really excited, don’t know where to start or what to do with myself, I’m sure it’s not sank in properly yet. Got so much to do and I want to do it all now!!
Think I should go and relax and compose...
Storage and Shelter
Had a realisation the other day, it always rains at Chelsea and I have not incorporated any type of shelter or storage for my stand.
Am I really going to stand in the open for 12 hours, I don’t think so!
So what to do?
Started researching garden shelters and sheds of all varieties and there are some really nice designs out there, but unfortunately most of garden buildings that are wood...
Venues and Care Homes
Been having a think about venues for the Green Garden project, going to have a look at Long Eaton Art Rooms next week as a possible venue to teach participants sculpture making during the sessions.
Also researching into care homes for the elderly in the Erewash Borough, Ideally I would like to find a care home that has an activities co-ordinator, a garden that would accommodate the sculpture...
Preparing for Chelsea
Have begun to go through all my research and organise everything in preparation for Chelsea, although I do not have my allocation for the Chelsea Flower Show yet, thought it would be best to start the ball rolling.
Made appointments with my sponsors, my Arts Development Officer, my PR lady, my Marketing lady and my new plants-man.
The plants-man is a young lad called Oliver who has started up...