Hortykim visits Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch.”Waterfall On The Tele”

With this garden the designer,Simonetta Ferrari Landscapes, is showing how important gardens are to provide a rest from our busy lives and provide an extension to our living quarters.The television housing a waterfall suggests we re direct our energies to our garden.

Hortykim visits Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch.”High Tea in the Garden”

From another angle-(the cakes were a bit dry).

Hortykim visits Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch.”High Tea in the Garden”

Suzanne Sullivan with Ryman Healthcare designed this bright and breezy garden tea party.

Hortykim visits Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch.”I See Red”

Gold award goes to Trott Ohinetahi with “I see Red”. This design declares that “He Who Plants a Garden Plants Happiness”

Hortykim visits Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch.

A gold lighting award and bronze for design was won by Texture Plants and Outerspace Landscapes.

Hortykim visits Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch.

Hortykim admires a garden design by Lincoln University and Tim Scott. A silver award winner with their concept of “the post industrial bach of the future”.