Show Gardens
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Porphyry Setts Down The Garden Path: Alexandra Noble’s ‘Health And Wellbeing Garden’ At RHS Hampton
A few months back, Alexandra and Ed Burnham from Burnham Landscaping came to visit us at our London East – West Thurrock depot to discuss the design with our Managing Director, Giles Heap. Alexandra presented her designs to Giles, which included some very narrow, tightly curved paths that would circle around different sections of the garden.
Continue reading ...CED Stone Group Sponsor ‘Evolve: Through The Roots Of Time’ Feature Exhibit at RHS Hampton Court
Back in May this year, we were approached by Gemma Lake, RHS Hampton Court Palace’s Show Manager. Gemma asked us if we would be interested in working collaboratively with the RHS to create ‘Evolve: Through the Roots of Time’; a large educational feature garden planned for the show. After supporting and sponsoring numerous show gardens and tradestands at RHS flower shows over the years, we were very excited to contribute our expertise and materials to this show-stopping build!
Continue reading ...How To Use Boulders: ‘The Viking Cruises Nordic Lifestyle Garden’ At RHS Hampton Court Flower Show
‘It can be difficult to keep a boulder arrangement looking natural – the arrangement won’t look right if they are just randomly placed. Look at the boulders carefully as you are choosing them – make sure they are going to be the right shape for the space they will be sitting in. It’s also essential to dig a depression into the ground for them to sink them into – that will make them look like they have been there for hundreds of years.’ - designer Stephen Hall
Continue reading ...Supporting The BBC Countryfile 30th Anniversary Garden by Ann-Marie Powell at RHS Hampton Court 2018
It’s one of the most anticipated gardens planned for the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show this year with pools, will-o’-the-wisp sculptures and a vintage tractor. The much-loved BBC programme has teamed up with the RHS to create this exciting commemorative garden, paying tribute to the Countryfile’s success over the last 30 years. CED Stone Group are thrilled to be sponsoring the garden by donating our stone products.
Continue reading ...Lynn Hill Garden Design and CED Stone Group Win Best Show Garden at Gardening Scotland 2018
Known as Scotland’s national gardening and outdoor living show, Gardening Scotland 2018 is in full swing this weekend. A highlight for any garden-lover’s diary, it hosts the biggest plant fair in Scotland with hundreds of exhibitors, trade stands and ideas to take inspiration from. Over the last few weeks, the team from our CED Stone Landscape Scotland Depot in Castlecary have been working with the talented Lynn Hill of Lynn Hill Garden Design to create The Garden Retreat: A Place For Living.
Continue reading ...CED Supports The HTA ‘The Great Escape’ Garden At RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018
The concept for ‘The Great Escape’ is to highlight some of the ways people of all ages can enjoy their outdoor spaces. CED were delighted to support our friends at the HTA by donating our Grey Sawn Sandstone paving to ‘The Great Escape’.
Continue reading ...Treehouses, Greenhouses & Highland Cows – CED Supports RHS Chelsea Tradestands
This year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show is now in full swing, with some of the finest designers in the industry using our natural stone products in their gardens. Visitors are arriving in their thousands to see the amazing creations, with the world watching the BBC coverage from home every night this week. CED have been delighted to support some amazing gardens this year by donating materials to the likes of Tom Massey, Ishihara Kazuyuki and Kate Gould to name a few. But we’ve also been supporting… Continue reading ...
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Ishihara Kazuyuki and his O-Motenashi-No Niwa Garden
A few months ago, we welcomed Ishihara Kazuyuki’s team to our CED London East Depot in West Thurrock in order to discuss their Chelsea design and material requirements. During the visit we were lucky enough to find out some prertty cool facts about the garden…
Continue reading ...Supporting River Of Flower’s ‘Honeycomb Meadow Bee Garden’ at RHS Chelsea
Feed the bees to feed us! The Honeycomb Meadow Bee Garden by charity River Of Flowers will bring a meadow into the very heart of London at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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