Chic designer makes his mark with urban cool

Cool and chic – two words being applied to Yorkshire designer Jamie Dunstan's second entry in the Urban Garden category at the Chelsea Flower Show.

His relaxing garden using plants and stonework from the family-run Plants of Special Interest Nursery at Braithwell near Rotherham is aptly entitled The Go Modern Garden.

The lower part features plants that like a moist environment with boundaries of woven oak fencing softened by silver birch in planters specially made at Bawtry, leading to Mediterranean-style planting where his sponsors provide the modern furniture.

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"We have had some issues over the plants, because of the weather everything was late, and just when we brought everything out we had take them back indoors again to protect them from the recent frost."

Last year he picked up a Silver Flora award and is hoping to do better this year.

His corner site proved challenging and stressful for more than one reason.

"It is right on the main route in the showground and everybody goes past which means it is both noisy and dusty, and you don't have a lot of room to work with," he said.

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