Ten on the trot for NFU at Chelsea
The NFU stand has won its tenth consecutive Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show 2006.
The idyllic garden, made up of scenes from the English countryside floating on islands down a trickling stream, wowed the judges and won designer, Penny Riley, her tenth gong in a row. As usual the stand is stocked full of fruit and vegetables, cut flowers, herbs and plants all supplied by NFU members.
The stand, sponsored by the English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX) for the second year running, tells the story of food production and how it crosses over into traditional scenes from English life.
EBLEX's sponsorship unites the livestock and horticulture sectors telling a positive story about home-grown food. The scenes on the stand include a topiary cow and sheep in an English meadow, an urban barbeque scene and a country picnic.
Notes to editors:
1. Please contact the NFU press office on 02476 858686 for interviews with Penny Riley, stand designer, Richard Hirst, NFU horticulture chairman, or Peter Kendall, NFU president.
2. The NFU Quality Time in the Garden stand can be found in the Great Pavilion at stand E16. It is listed under UK Horticulture in show guides.
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An NFU leaflet, 'Quality time in the garden' gives further details of the produce featured and is available to download below.
The NFU stand is also featured on the BBC online 'In pictures' round up of Chelsea.
Pictures featuring some of the celebrities that visited the NFU stand at Chelsea are available online using the related link below.
The show runs until Saturday 27 May - tickets are sold out.
