Australian Garden wins gold Chelsea - AABC 2012 Nursery Tour

[DavidN]

Hi all
"The Australian Garden” won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show. It is based on the garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Cranbourne, which will be part of our Nursery and Garden Tour at the AABC 2012 Convention.
Article below:

Australian Garden wins gold at Chelsea
May 24, 2011
AAP
An Australian entry depicting the arid outback through to the wetter, urban east coast has won a prestigious gold medal at London's Chelsea Flower Show.
The Australian Garden is presented by the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and designed by landscaper Jim Fogarty.
It displays unique and endangered plant species native to Australia.
It's based on the multi-award-winning Australian Garden at Cranbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne's southeast.
Dr Philip Moors, Royal Botanic Gardens director, said the construction and planting teams have done a superb job.
"I'm so proud of what has been achieved by the RBG team in Melbourne and here," he said.
"Australia's remarkable plant life with all its colours, shapes, scents and foliage - take centre stage in the show garden."
Dr Moors said almost 4,000 shrubs and trees were selected for the project, including rare and threatened seeds shipped from Melbourne to the UK where they have been grown for the Chelsea show garden.
The seeds were collected as part of the Victorian Conservation Seedbank, an international partnership with the Millennium Seed Bank Project.

David

[Lynette]

Hello David,
Could you please tell me the date of the 2012 seminar. I keep looking at the AABC site, but it is not on it yet.
Thanks,
Lynette

[DavidN]

Hi Lynette
Have a look at our club's website http://www.bonsainorthwest.com.au and follow the AABC 2012 link for all your information including convention booklet and registration forms etc. The dates are the 18-21 May.

Thanks
David

[Lynette]

Thanks David, I couldn't believe I got such a quick reply. I rember seeing lots of Boons work on the IBC,so will be looking forward to perhaps doing a workshop with him.
Lynette