The winner of BBC2’s Great Chelsea Garden Challenge – the amateur garden designer whose garden was built at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show – Sean Murray – is the guest demonstrator at the next meeting of Shildon and District Flower Club on Monday, 1st February at 7.30pm at Shildon Civic Hall.
Sean, 51, is an occupational therapist and nurse who lives with his wife Eileen and 21-year-old daughter Ellen in Northumberland.
He was chosen from hundreds of entrants to become one of six would-be designers who were mentored by Joe Swift of BBC2’s Gardeners’ World. The participants had only four days and a limited budget to build show gardens in different styles – including cottage gardens, formal gardens and conceptual gardens – in order to impress RHS Judge James Alexander Sinclair and Gold medal-winning garden designer Ann-Marie Powell. The prize was the opportunity to create a Show Feature at Chelsea inspired by the RHS Greening Grey Britain campaign.
The would-be designers were judged on how well they met the brief, their horticultural knowledge, design skill and their garden’s sense of theatre. The BBC’s Great Chelsea Garden Challenge competition was filmed at gardens across the country, including RHS Garden Harlow Carr, while the finale took place at RHS Garden Wisley.
Sean’s flower demonstration is entitled ‘Hortus Expostus’
Intrigued? Then why not come long and find out more whilst enjoying an evening of first class flower arranging with this inspirational garden designer?
Free to members, Visitors £5 (pay on the door)