Sculptural safari park
Post categories: Tom Sumner
| 11:50 UK time, Sunday, 13 July 2008
Naked lady anyone? I'm not talking about Colchicums or even autumn crocuses but the unusual coloured silhouette sculptures that have been catching my eye on the way to the press tent every morning.
They look strangely at home in this flamboyant setting but I think I might get a few raised eye brows if I took one home!
These are just some of the huge array of inventive garden focal points at Hampton this year. Many of you have commented on the high standard of the trade stands and how they are almost merging into gardens themselves. I have to agree, they put the extra space they are given at the show to great use and some of the most inventive displays are from the sculpture exhibitors. This year the variety is huge, I've even seen a performing skeleton in bronze on one of the stands.
For those with larger gardens and budgets to match, there's whole safari park of animals on offer. Near life-size metal giraffes will add a certain air of sophistication charging across the front lawn provided you don't live in a South London semi. And for those who were thinking of a water feature you can even get an elephant that spurts water from it's trunk in regular bursts.
Sadly for me I don't have the room for any of these things, and usually opt for a striking plant to form a centrepiece. I guess I'll have to stick to something more suitable for a small garden, has anyone seen any gnomes?
They look strangely at home in this flamboyant setting but I think I might get a few raised eye brows if I took one home!
These are just some of the huge array of inventive garden focal points at Hampton this year. Many of you have commented on the high standard of the trade stands and how they are almost merging into gardens themselves. I have to agree, they put the extra space they are given at the show to great use and some of the most inventive displays are from the sculpture exhibitors. This year the variety is huge, I've even seen a performing skeleton in bronze on one of the stands.
For those with larger gardens and budgets to match, there's whole safari park of animals on offer. Near life-size metal giraffes will add a certain air of sophistication charging across the front lawn provided you don't live in a South London semi. And for those who were thinking of a water feature you can even get an elephant that spurts water from it's trunk in regular bursts.
Sadly for me I don't have the room for any of these things, and usually opt for a striking plant to form a centrepiece. I guess I'll have to stick to something more suitable for a small garden, has anyone seen any gnomes?
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