News from Telegraph.co.uk: Richard Reynolds has just completed something of a marathon guerrilla-gardening spruce based around Elephant and Castle, of which both the Guerrilla Lavender Field (Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 junction with St George’s Road) and St George’s Circus (SE1) are the largest and most spectacular, while the “pimped” pavements of London Road (10 tree [...]
News from amNY: 3/18/12 news By Sheila Anne Feeney Two men charged with murder in death of Chelsea florist Photo credit: amny Two men were arraigned and charged with second-degree murder yesterday in the death of John Laubach, 57, the Chelsea florist who was found bound and gagged in his bedroom on March 2. Juan [...]
News from Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard: City of Bath College student Hannah Lee has won a chance to compete at Chelsea Flower Show 9:00am Sunday 18th December 2011 in News A BUDDING young florist from Tetbury is set to compete at next year’s Chelsea Flower Show. Nineteen-year-old Hannah Lee won a chance to be crowned [...]
News from Bloomberg: “Interior, Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece” (1951), by Louis I. Kahn, is part of the late architect’s exhibition “Building a View” at Lori Bookstein Fine Art in New York. Source: Lori Bookstein Fine Art via Bloomberg “The White Church, No. 2, Rockport, Massachusetts” (1930-36) by Louis I. Kahn. Source: Lori Bookstein Fine Art [...]
News from The secret war over Diarmuid Gavin’s €2.5m Chelsea Flower Show garden – Daily Mail: By Philip Ryan Last updated at 7:24 PM on 29th May 2011 Appeal: Diarmuid Gaving pleaded with Liz O’Donnell Two cabinet ministers have intervened in an extraordinary dispute over the €2.5m cost to the taxpayer of Diarmuid Gavin’s Chelsea [...]
News from Telegraph.co.uk: “It takes confidence to leave open areas, to let a design breathe and give you room to enjoy it,” he said. This feeling of space has struck many visitors, including myself. The Telegraph plot seems to have a more generous width than in previous years, but it is an illusion. Instead of [...]
News from video – The Guardian: Created from an original concept by WorldSkills Fashion Expert Victoria Mawhinney with expert content from the Eden Project and consultancy with TV Broadcaster Chris Beardshaw, the WorldSkills exhibit was commended for its innovative design, superior educational value and interactive visitor experience. WorldSkills competitors featured strongly in the Young Florist [...]
News from Telegraph.co.uk: “Similarly, the lion’s share of rewards from stock and bond investment come with time. Another common aspect of the two pursuits is passion.” If all that sounds a bit, well, flowery, then bear in mind that corporate sponsorship is a carefully calibrated business these days. Yes, it helps if the chief executive’s [...]
News from BBC News:17 May 2011 Last updated at 01:58 ET Leeds City Council’s award-winning 2010 Chelsea Flower Show entry featured lock gates and a canal A garden which won a historic gold medal for Leeds at the Chelsea Flower show in 2010 is to finally open to visitors in its home city. Created by [...]
News from The Independent: After the close of the international Contemporary Furniture Fair on May 17, design of a different kind will be honored at LIGHTFAIR International (LFI) in the United States. This year’s LFI, which exhibits and awards the most forward-looking lighting products, is expected to attract around 20,000 attendees. Later in the [...]
