Leading estate agent Hamptons is delighted to have been awarded a Silver Gilt medal for Hamptons Mediterranean Garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Following the show, planting from the garden will be donated to The Horticultural Classroom and Mona’s Garden.
Hamptons partnered with award-winning garden designers, Garden Club London, and worked specifically with RHS first-timer Italian designer Filippo Dester, and four-time previous RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gold medal winner, Tony Woods, to create the Hamptons Mediterranean Garden. The garden was inspired by the architecture and planting of the Mediterranean landscape of Filippo’s homeland and had a contemporary outdoor living space which included an outdoor kitchen with shady open-air dining, providing a space to relax, cook, and entertain family and friends. Drought-tolerant planting and water conservation were also pivotal components to the garden to ensure a sustainable space adaptable to climate change.
There were 36 gardens at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show – made up of 12 Show Gardens, 7 Sanctuary Gardens, 4 Balcony Gardens, 5 Container Gardens, 6 All About Plants, and 2 Feature Gardens (unjudged).
The beautiful planting on Hamptons Mediterranean Garden will not go to waste after the show as plants and trees will be repurposed and donated after the Show to The Horticultural Classroom, a pioneering scheme in Folkestone that will reintroduce horticulture into the stage 3 curriculum and offer hands on learning and gardens to improve mental health and environmental awareness for young people. Part of the garden will also be donated to Mona’s Garden, a garden based in North London that is open charity and champions sustainable and Mediterranean garden techniques.
Lesley Cairns, Managing Director at Hamptons: “We are thrilled to be awarded a Silver Gilt medal for Hamptons Mediterranean Garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. It was an honour to be part of a fantastic event hosted by the RHS and to work with Filippo and Garden Club London once again to create this wonderful garden. There was much talent and skill on display across all the gardens at the show this year, but our garden captured the attention of many guests and visitors and we couldn’t be happier. Finding a second home for all the magnificent planting used to create the garden is of great importance and we are delighted that they will be repurposed in way that will encourage environmental awareness, improve mental health and teach young people about the value of gardening.”
Filippo Dester, Garden Club London: “By working and collaborating with exceptional people in landscape design and property, we were able to create a garden that exceeded the expectations of myself as the designer and our partners. Hamptons Mediterranean Garden was certainly something that was adored by all and provided visitors with a sense of escape to the Mediterranean for a short while. All our hard work paid off and we couldn’t be happier with the result and to be rewarded with a Silver Gilt medal too.”
For more information visit Hamptons Mediterranean Garden.
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