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- Sponsored by
- Amersham & Chesham Lions, Amersham & Chesham Rotary Club, Hampden Apprentice Aid, Claire & Peter Bibby, Country Supplies, Fred Aldous, Great Art, Hozelock, Hughenden Manor, Jonna Behrens, Perryhill Nurseries, Prestwood Gardening Society, PXL Graphics, Reeves Art, D & S Hire, Stoke Mandeville & Other Parishes Charity, Winsor & Newton, watergardens.co.uk, Mr & Mrs Callicott, 1st Prestwood Scout Group, Aylett Nursery
- Designed by
- James Callicott with Kati Crome
- Built by
- Jonathan North Landscaping
- Web
- www.jamescallicott.co.uk
This garden explores the relationship between gardening and art. With so much focus today on themed colour schemes and carefully positioned design features, and TV programmes instructing us on focal points and proportion, have our gardens become something that we display like a painting on a wall?
An easel displays a partly completed painting of the garden. A section of the painting has been created using real plants on the canvas. The same section is painted on the ground below, while unpainted elements suggest that there is more work to be done.
Meet 15-year-old James Callicott, Hampton Court's youngest ever designer