Show Garden Service

Most recently Paul has designed and created displays at Gardeners World Live at the National Exhibition Centre Birmingham in 2017 all of which have featured on BBC Gardeners World.. The garden looked back at how things were in the Garden 50 years ago with a nostalgic scene from the 1960s designed.

The garden invited the public to walk through a village scene typical of the period. The entrance is a humpback bridge with views down to a bubbling stream and flowering riverside plants in profusion. The first Flymo mower was sold 50 years ago and one can be seen keeping the grass in check on a section of the riverbank!

Over the bridge and you are in the village. There is something for everyone here with a typical period Garage, fuel pumps and even a classic 1960s Mini Cooper. There is also a Village store, and of course a Garden Nursery Shop. Garden Centres were only just appearing in the 60s. Prior to that field grown stock was mostly sold at Nurseries where fruit and vegetables were traditionally the main items on sale. Here we show an embryonic Garden Centre, replete with hanging baskets and colourful annuals on display, and where at last container grown plants are available for sale for the first time.

Paul grew up in the 60s and started his gardening career in Landscaping, going on to appear in Gardeners World himself on occasion, designing and building Gold medal gardens at Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Shows.