Designed by Julian Dowle Sponsored by Ecover GOLD MEDAL BEST SHOW GARDEN BBC RHS People's Award Completing his 26th Show Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2005, Julian Dowle assembled an international crew comprising English, Australian & Japanese specialists. Jim Fogarty, along with Australian Inspiration team mates Mark Bence, Martin Semken, Paul Stammers and Mark Stammers made up the Australian contingent which spent 3 weeks assisting with the construction of the garden. 'It was a great honour for us to be working as part of Julian's team, alongside other talented people both from England & Japan'. Jim Fogarty - June 2005. Click here to download Plant List
	The Ecover Chelsea Pensioners' Garden - Chelsea Flower Show, London 2005 Set in 1945, this garden commemorates the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Chelsea Pensioners, who live at the Royal Hospital and fought in this war, contributed ideas for the garden. The result is a nostalgic vision of ‘Blighty’, recreating a soldier’s dream of home. The garden incorporates welcome home bunting, a ‘Dig for Victory’ vegetable garden and a traditional English pub. A patch of old turf has been lifted from the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea to form the basis of a wildflower meadow with dandelions, buttercups and scabious. The village duck pond (without ducks) has very lush marginal planting, which provides a natural watering hole. The vegetable production for the garden has been grown entirely by the Royal Hospital Chelsea, whose green-fingered Pensioners worked from a 1939 catalogue using all the old cultivars to grow the nutritious vegetables that were used to feed the nation. Peas, broad beans, Savoy cabbages and swedes have been grown in troughs to create ready made rows in the garden.An old and dying hawthorn, chosen for its enormous character has been selected from the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea and forms part of the mature garden. The Ecover Chelsea Pensioners’ Garden is Julian Dowle’s 26th garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, following a remarkable record of 10 RHS Gold Medals, 10 Silver-Gilts and 5 Silvers. Jim Fogarty is the Australian Associate of the Julian Dowle Partnership. For enquiries about the Julian Dowle Association in Australia, please contact Jim via email jim@jimfogartydesign.com.au For enquiries about the Julian Dowle Partnership in the UK, click www.juliandowle.co.uk