The Chelsea Flower Show is well under way and our Key garden is receiving plenty of attention in the media.
Last night’s BBC preview show, hosted by Alan Titchmarsh, featured the garden. Alan said of The Key: “It seems fairly calm already on the Key Garden. This has been designed by Paul Stone of the Eden Project. It aims to show that planting is for everybody. The plants here, 10,000 of them, have all been planted by homeless people and prisoners. It’s a wonderful mixture of purples, greens and pinks.”
You can view the show on BBC iPlayer at www.bbc.co.uk/chelsea, a site that also features plenty of information for anyone interested in Chelsea.
In Saturday’s Daily Telegraph, Matthew Appleby previewed the show and said: “Nothing stands out this year, except the Eden Project garden built by the homeless and grown by prisoners. Maybe in these tough times the public will go for that.” Appleby’s piece also quoted William Hill odds of 12/1 for The Key to win Best in Show. Fingers crossed!
The Key was also mentioned in this week’s Sunday Telegraph, Saturday’s Guardian, Saturday’s Independent and this morning’s BBC Breakfast show. A preview of The Key, including profiles of some of the people who worked on the project, is on the BBC website. Today’s London Evening Standard also carries a piece.
We’re hoping for even more positive coverage after today’s press launch…
