THE MAKERS

NATURE’S BOUNTY

here’s no better place to see where garden design is heading, or to garner some quirky, fun and out-of-the-box ideas for your own backyard, than a garden show. The doyenne of the show garden circuit is the Chelsea Flower Show, held each May in London. Like the fashion you see on the runways of Milan or Paris, some designs are there to simply showcase the creativity of the designers, but most provide ideas — for planting, decor, outdoor entertaining spaces, the use of reclaimed materials and more — that you can easily adapt to the home garden. This year, the emphasis was on naturalistic planting and reconnecting with nature, and this was especially evident in the (shown here). Co-designed by The Duchess of Cambridge and Davies White Landscape Architects (), Back to Nature was