Chelsea Flower Show 2012 – Joe Swift – My Favorite Garden

Joe Swift created a Chelsea garden where wood and wood tones take center stage. The structures are beautifully finished modern arches of layered cedar wood. I would love to know how well they would weather in a real garden.

The stonework is interesting as well. The garden features large boulders that have been horizontally sliced to enhance their natural texture and increase their interest.  (I might have to give this a try sometime as this is a really interesting feature if you ask me)

Chelsea Flower Show 2012 – Joe Swift – My Favorite Garden
Chelsea Flower show 2012 show garden by Joe Swift

Verbascum petra

Centaurea phoenix hybrids Red

Chelsea Flower show 2012 show garden by Joe Swift
Chelsea Flower show 2012 show garden by Joe Swift
Bergenia Overture is planted in the gravel next to the sliced boulder bench.
Chelsea Flower show 2012 show garden by Joe Swift
Libertia grandiflora (New Zealand satin flower) is the
Chelsea Flower show 2012 show garden by Joe Swift

Bergenia Overture

Pittosporum tobira nanum

Chelsea Flower show 2012 show garden by Joe Swift
Chelsea Flower show 2012 show garden by Joe Swift
Chelsea Flower show 2012 show garden by Joe Swift
Shrubs in this garden include Pittosporum tobira nanum, Grevillea, Dodonaea viscosa purpurea, Myrtus communis and Myrtus tarantina, Westringia fruticosa and Westringia longifolia.
Chelsea Flower show 2012 show garden by Joe Swift
Verbascum petra combines with a variety of Euphorbia (including Euphorbia dixter, Euphorbia pasteurii Roundway Titan, Euphorbia polychroma purpurea, and Euphorbia mellifera.

A diagonal layout helps to make the long narrow space that chelsea gardens tend to occupy seem bigger while also changing the sightlines through the garden and breaking up the space into separate areas.

Chelsea Flower show 2012 show garden by Joe Swift

Joe Swift’s Chelsea Garden Plant List   

Trees
Cornus mas multi-stemmed
Arbutus
London Plane tree
Prunus Amber Queen
 
Shrubs

Pittosporum tobira nanum
Grevillea
Dodonaea viscosa purpurea
Myrtus communis
Myrtus tarantina
Westringia fruticosa
Westringia longifolia

Hedging
Yew

Roses
Rose Tuscany Superb

Bulbs
Allium nigrum
Allium obliquum
Nectaroscordum siculum

Perennials
Geum Werner Arends
Euphorbia dixter
Euphorbia pasteurii Roundway Titan
Euphorbia polychroma purpurea
Euphorbia mellifera
Iris Langport Wren
Bergenia Overture
Libertia grandiflora
Libertia perigrinans
Phlomis russeliana
Tellima grandiflora
Alchemilla erythropoda
Centaurea phoenix hybrids red
Verbascum petra
Foeniculum vulgare purpureum
Eremurus bungei
Acaena Copper Carpet
Sisyrinchium Quaint and Queer
Potentilla tongueii
Silene fimbriata
Asphodeline liburnica
Deschampsia cespitosa
Dianthus cruentis
Knautia macedonica
 

Chelsea Flower show 2012 show garden by Joe Swift
Chelsea Flower show 2012 show garden by Joe Swift
 The rusty shade of Iris ‘Langport Wren’ was one of the stars of Joe Swift’s garden. 

The plants here are meant to be suitable for a dry garden and in shades of orange yellow and burgundy….my personal favorite is the Verbascum ‘Petra’.

But the most interesting thing about this project is the overwhelmingly fast build.  Check out this link to see how the construction went in just 4 days!

Chelsea Flower show 2012 show garden by Joe Swift
Dodonaea viscosa ‘Purpurea'(Purple hop bush) is in the foreground and Yew hedging provides the structural backdrop.
Designed by Joe Swift
Sponsored by Homebase
built by Willerby Landscapes
images by rochelle greater

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