The M&G Centenary Garden
Site MA15
www.mandg.co.uk
To mark the centenary anniversary of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Roger Platts is creating a garden for M&G Investments that captures the design trends and themes of Chelsea shows past and present. Roger’s plan draws on new and old garden features, from shrubs popular in the 1 900s to
modern plant varieties, to show how the British approach to design has evolved over the decades, but with many recurring trends that have stood
the test of time; an approach that upholds M&G Investments’ own company values. Classic British design–sandstone paths threading through beds of perennials and roses–iscomplemented by nods to the past and to the contemporary. And throughout Roger’s flair for planting will be on show A series of colour themes will run through the garden with dark green foliage in the shady area using Ilex, Aucuba, and Laurel. The white and blue flowers of Iris, Brunnera and Geranium around the water will flow through to the pinks and purple of shrub roses, Verbena, Geranium in the centre of the garden, and on to blue white and purple of Salvia, Geranium and Lavender. The garden will also include a wild planting area consisting of long grasses and flowers that will invite wildlife. A contemporary sculpture window in one corner of the plot frames the garden for visitors, but also gives the impression of looking back at a century old Chelsea garden. Gazing through the window, visitors’ eyes will be drawn to a traditional sandstone and brick wall at the far
end of the garden; broken only by a mullioned window and cast iron gate
2013 will be the fourth year of title sponsorship for M&G. Following M&G Investments
’
success over the past three years at the show
–
a Silver
-
Gilt (2011),
two
Gol
d Medals (2010
& 2012) and
a People’s Choice Award
,
the company is
looking
forward to returning to the
RHS Chelsea Flower Show for a
fourth year
.