To Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of NAFAS in 2009.
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Flower Festival
'Launceston the Gateway to Cornwall'
22-25 July 2010
10am - 5pm
Refreshments available
CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2010
Devon and Cornwall Area of NAFAS is proud to have been chosen to stage the NAFAS Ehibit in the Grand Marquee at the next Chelsea Flower Show in May 2010.
The Title
'When you Garden from a Dream'
The Concept
'Travelling west along the A30, some four miles on the Devon side of the border with Cornwall, there is a group of trees. Growing in a rough circle, these trees are the 'nearly home' moment for those of us who live in Cornwall, and the 'nearly there' sign for the thousands of people travelling down to spend their holidays in the West Country.
There are other such tree circles but ours is so very special because of its position. On high ground, silhouetted against the skyline, with the rays of the setting sun shining between the tall bare slender trunks, they are magical. Occasionally, caught at the right time on a summer's evening, there is a sort of hazy quality which diffuses the evening light and creates a dreamlike feeling, and for that moment the world is an enchanted place.
I decided to create a place where everything 'grows' regardless of the seasons. Precious plants, both real and imagined, shelter under tall 'arranged' trees, and one can glimpse further delights between the tree trunks. Translucent materials add light and possibly touches of the surreal to the design and soft pastel colours are interspersed with flashes of brighter hues.
A timeless place - a wonderland perhaps where fruits and flowers mingle, cascading from trees and carpeting the ground. Alice would have felt at home here. Dreams take things that we know and shift them into a different perspective, so when you garden from a dream...'
Norma Harris Designer
The Team.
Norma Harris - Team leader and Designer,
Glennis Beard, Christine Downes, Margaret Fairhurst, Anne Hopkins, Susan Kehoe, Maggi Murray, Alison Penno, Judith Taylor, Ann Trigg.
Support team-Anne Hopkins, Christine Downes and Pat Nice with RHS Co-ordinator Shirley Preston
