Wealden Times | WT162 | August 2015 | Wedding supplement inside

Win £300Jacksons Secret Garden Party Show Garden at RHS Hampton Court Flower ShowAny of you who are regularreaders of this page, can’t helpbut have noticed that I’vementioned that we had a showgarden at RHS Hampton CourtFlower Show this year. It wouldbe remiss of me not to let youknow how it all went now it’s allover. I must admit to saying thatwith more than a little relief -it’s been an amazing experience,very busy and pretty exhausting,but all in all very positive.The build up started on 10ththrough to 28th June and whatwas just a green piece ofparkland was transformed into astunning (even if I say it myself!)Show Garden. It was fascinatingseeing our garden take shapeover the weeks, and of course allthe other stands, exhibits andshow gardens as well.I got a bit nervy the closer wegot to the show opening, themedia appeared, we had a fewinterviews and even Monty Donwas filmed in the garden andsaid some very complimentarythings about our Jacksons SecretGarden Party. And then in theafternoon of Monday 29th themedals were announced. I’mdelighted to say we got an RHSSilver Gilt medal, which I’m toldis just a shade below a Gold -not bad going for a first attemptand if I’m honest a huge reliefthat we didn’t end up with eggon our faces, with no medalawarded or one that wasn’tquite as shiny!I’ve put lots of photos up onlinefor you to see, especially forthose who didn’t get a chance tovisit the show, or see any of themany programmes on the TVthat week. If you go to yourlocal page:www.jacksons-fencing.co.uk/ashfordlocal there is a link.There’re also instructions onhow to vote for your favouritegarden - if you remember ourgarden featured 6 smallergardens within our one biggarden - you will be able to viewgardens 1 – 6 and then emailwith which is the one you likebest. Someone will be picked atrandom from these emails as thewinner of £300 of Jacksonsvouchers.And talking of winners, we ran adraw over the last few monthsto win pairs of tickets toJBelow left: Monty Don filming for the BBC in the garden. Below right: a view inside the garden showing the colourful planting.JacksonsFencingnews, topicaltreatsand more...Our Hampton CourtShow Garden update...JacksonsFencingnews, topicaltreatsand more...Here’s a simple shelterthat makes a delightful‘retreat’ in any garden...After showing you some ofour very lovely customerprojects over the last fewmonths, to help inspire you withyour own garden projects, Ithought it was high time Ishowed you something temptingfrom the Jacksons range.Something suitably summery,that may capture yourimagination and make you keento have something like it in yourown outdoor space.I think this may be it; we createdthe Retreat shelter a couple ofJacksons Woven Retreat garden shelteryears ago, it was inspired by astructure in one of our Jacksonsshow gardens (The SanctuaryGarden by Joanne Winn). It wasa simple garden shelter with aback, one side and a roof, thathad the option of having apolycarbonate covering to makeit a bit more shower-proof –pretty handy with our typicalBritish summers. One of thebonuses with this standard,single unit Retreat, is the size;it’s not massive with a modestfootprint of roughly 3.3m wideby 1.9m, but as you can seethat’s plenty big enough toaccommodate a four piecegarden seating set, including atable. So it’s the sort of size thatcan nestle easily into a corner ofa small courtyard or garden.However if you wanted to bemore ambitious you can add tothis standard Retreat by addingpanels or doubling depth etc. soif you wanted something biggerhave a chat to Jackson’s salesteam. The original Retreat wasdesigned with Venetian panelsHampton Court - we gave away(simple five horizontal pairs of tickets slats) in which all andlooked I’m great, pleased this to new say most version of youRetreat dropped has our by the new show Woven garden topanels say which hello and I think pick looks up your evenbetter goody and bags, creates great wonderful to meet youlight and sorry shade we effects were so when busy atthe sun times shines that it through made it the a bit trickypanels. to spend much time getting towww.jacksons-fencing.co.uk/know you better.ashfordlocal www.jacksons-fencing.co.uk/or ashfordlocal or callcall 0800 408 4733 4754 to talk toyouryour local Jacksons FencingCentre.Centre.louise@jacksons-fencing.co.uklouise@jacksons-fencing.co.uk