Chelsea Flower Show 2009 Winners Announced

Tue, 19 May 2009

The winners of the top awards at the 2009 RHS Chelsea Flower Show have been announced.

Ulf Nordfjell, Swedish designer of a garden combining Swedish modernism with a traditional English cottage garden won gold and was judged best show garden .

Event manager Alex Baulkwill said the Daily Telegraph-sponsored garden combined "cool lines with wonderful planting ".

The most creative award under the show gardens category went to Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins for their Perfume Garden, which is based on a perfume created for Elizabeth I.

The most unusual award went to Top Gear presenter James May for his ‘Paradise in Plasticine’ display. Judges at the Chelsea Flower Show awarded him a gold medal (made from plasticine) for his garden design, despite it design disobeying event rules by failing to include any real flowers .

May’s garden display, which was made from 2.5 tonnes of plasticine in 24 colours, attracted plenty of admirers on the first day of the show .

Other awards went to Champagne Laurent Perrier Garden by Luciano Guibbilei and Giles Landscapes which scooped Best Courtyard Garden for its alchemist's garden .

Helios ‘Eco Chic’ by Kate Gould was awarded a gold medal and judged best urban garden, the President's award went to Winchester Growers and a gold medal was given to The Children's Society garden by Mark Gregory.

Despite this year’s Chelsea Flower Show featuring fewer gardens (42) than in previous years, show chiefs said the show has been a "sell out", with all 157,000 tickets for the five-day event scooped up.
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