Growing, growing, gone!
Post categories: Sally Nex
| 14:23 UK time, Saturday, 12 July 2008
For some of the show gardens here, the show ain't over when it's over. Five of the show gardens have new homes lined up and will be dismantled and reconstructed again - one, the gold-medal winning conceptual garden , 
is even going to a private art collector (look out for this one in a future Turner Prize line-up). Three more are on sale to the general public, so if it's ever been your ambition to own a piece of Hampton Court, now's your chance.
Two schools will be getting an instant school garden over the summer holidays: one lucky primary school in Dorset will even have the Best In Show garden, the , reconstructed in its grounds, complete with potting shed. The other will have the conceptual garden, (silver-gilt), re-built in its grounds to encourage children think about looking after their environment.
Two other gardens will be going back to horticultural colleges: the (silver-gilt) will be rebuilt at Capel Manor College in Enfield, while Plumpton College horticultural students will reconstruct their small garden, (silver-gilt) as a demonstration garden on the campus.
The ones you have a chance to buy are the small gardens , which won a silver medal for Down to Earth Partners Ltd, and , for the Samaritans (bronze), which is currently up for online auction with charity auction site Buy Once Give Twice.
"I think someone's going to get a bargain, actually," says Wendy Allen, who co-designed the garden with Catherine Kenny. "In total, the garden's worth about £25,000 - so far the bidding is up to £1,500. People do wait till the last minute, but I think whatever it comes to it's not going to be the full value."
For your money, you'll get a unique steel arch sculpture with twin seats, bespoke paving and a water wall - plus a large silver birch tree and hundreds of pounds' worth of choice plants. And if you're wondering how it'll arrive - well, they'll deliver it on a lorry and leave it on your doorstep as part of the price, or if you pay a bit more, they'll install it for you.
"We'll recreate it exactly as it is here in its new space," says Wendy, "All the elements you see here will be included."
The sale ends at midnight tonight, so you're still in with a chance - the proceeds go to the Samaritans, so you'll be contributing to a good cause, too.
is even going to a private art collector (look out for this one in a future Turner Prize line-up). Three more are on sale to the general public, so if it's ever been your ambition to own a piece of Hampton Court, now's your chance.
Two schools will be getting an instant school garden over the summer holidays: one lucky primary school in Dorset will even have the Best In Show garden, the , reconstructed in its grounds, complete with potting shed. The other will have the conceptual garden, (silver-gilt), re-built in its grounds to encourage children think about looking after their environment.
Two other gardens will be going back to horticultural colleges: the (silver-gilt) will be rebuilt at Capel Manor College in Enfield, while Plumpton College horticultural students will reconstruct their small garden, (silver-gilt) as a demonstration garden on the campus.
The ones you have a chance to buy are the small gardens , which won a silver medal for Down to Earth Partners Ltd, and , for the Samaritans (bronze), which is currently up for online auction with charity auction site Buy Once Give Twice.
"I think someone's going to get a bargain, actually," says Wendy Allen, who co-designed the garden with Catherine Kenny. "In total, the garden's worth about £25,000 - so far the bidding is up to £1,500. People do wait till the last minute, but I think whatever it comes to it's not going to be the full value."
For your money, you'll get a unique steel arch sculpture with twin seats, bespoke paving and a water wall - plus a large silver birch tree and hundreds of pounds' worth of choice plants. And if you're wondering how it'll arrive - well, they'll deliver it on a lorry and leave it on your doorstep as part of the price, or if you pay a bit more, they'll install it for you.
"We'll recreate it exactly as it is here in its new space," says Wendy, "All the elements you see here will be included."
The sale ends at midnight tonight, so you're still in with a chance - the proceeds go to the Samaritans, so you'll be contributing to a good cause, too.
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