Garden representing overlooked countryside on urban fringes makes Eberle one of only three women to win best in show as solo designer Interview: âA weed is only a plant in the wrong placeâ Featuring a giant, sleeping woman carved out of a fallen tree, Sarah Eberleâs hauntingly beautiful garden has won the top prize at the Chelsea flower show. Eberle, now the Royal Horticultural Societyâs most decorated gardener, is a rarity; she is one of only three women to have won best in show at Chelsea as solo designers in its 100-year history. Her garden, designed for the Campaign to Protect Rural England, was described as âmesmerisingâ by the judging panel. The space, which is dominated by the giant statue of Mother Nature, features still pools and soft fronds of grass and wildflowers. It was designed to represent the often overlooked countryside at the edge of towns and cities, which CPRE describes as vital green spaces that connect people to nature. Eberle, 71, said she was âthrilled to bitsâ with the award. âThis gardenâs mission is very personal to me. I am a country girl through and through so I embody the same message and beliefs that the Campaign to Protect Rural E
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Chelsea, London: I find myself moved by this garden that highlights the ‘edgelands’, those unprotected and modest places where nature can thrive Parakeets screech and planes rumble overhead, but my attention is on the plants at my feet:…
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Chelsea, London: I find myself moved by this garden that highlights the ‘edgelands’, those unprotected and modest places where nature can thrive Parakeets screech and planes rumble overhead, but my attention is on the…
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