Chelsea Flower Show 2011

March 8, 2011 - PRLog -- One of the talking points of the 2011 Chelsea flower show is likely to be the urban garden designed by up-and-coming designer Heather Appleton. The sleek contemporary garden features stress-busting deep pile carpets and cool, cool ornaments and plants. The Chilstone Garden is the ultimate chill out zone for your own home.

This will be a first for the multiple award winning designer as she is new to Chelsea but has delighted many garden judges with her fresh and modern take on the garden. Her design has kept the busy urbanite in mind creating a space to unwind after a hectic day. A specially commissioned Chilstone Garden House takes centre stage supporting a vintage 1970s Crystal Clear suspended Eero Aarnio perspex chair -a wonderful place to relax inside your own personal bubble. This is serious Me Time; who could resist dangling their feet in the cool enigmatic pool on a hot sweltering day sipping something chilled?

Wet feet are not a problem in The Chilstone Garden – conventional paving is replaced with a stunning non-slip, shag pile outdoor carpet, yes an outdoor carpet used for the first time in a Chelsea Show Garden...the carpet is designed for British weather with the added bonus of being luxuriously soft to walk upon with bare feet.

Cool coloured planting accentuates the 'chilled out' atmosphere of the garden with snowballs of alliums, cow parsley and Baltic parsley giving the impression of a dusting of snow, floating above a restful bed of decorative glasses that ripple in the slightest breeze.
About Heather Appleton
Heather came late to garden design but has caught up fast! Almost stumbling into garden design in her 50s, she has had a remarkable run of success that must speak of a great natural talent. Her first design for the Harrogate FS in 2006 won her a Silver-Gilt. The very next year she was awarded Gold and Best in Show at RHS Tatton Park with her stunning 'Bubble Garden'. This has been followed with a string of awards from Flowers Shows and Garden Competitions. Heather is modest about this success, “I feel that show gardens are a window for the design world. They are about the profession not the individual designer.”

About Chilstone
Chilstone are an established manufacturer of composite stone ornaments. Established in 1953, the company has always attracted the custom of distinguished clients  with commissions from Great institutions such as Kew Gardens, English Heritage and the Royal Household. Chilstone ornaments are still made by hand in the company's workshops near Tunbridge Wells.
“Chilstone have been associated with Chelsea before,” says General Manager, Steve Clark,”supplying a large quantity of stoneware for the Gold medal winning Homes and Gardens showgarden designed by David Stevens back in 1982, supplying garden furniture for the Telegraph's Gold medal Paradise garden and sponsoring last year's medal winning “Christian before Dior” garden.

For Further Information contact:
Steve Clark, General Manager, Chilstone Garden Ornaments
Victoria Park, Fordcombe Road, nr Tunbridge Wells TN3 0RB
Tel: 01892 740866
sclark@chilstone.com
www.chilstone.com

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Established in 1953 a manufacturer of prestige hand made composite stone ornaments and bespoke architectural detailing such as columns, battlements etc. with many prestigeous clients both in the UK and all over the world.