Saturday 26 April 2014

Tulips galore at Great Dixter!

Welcome back at Mercurelli's :)

As May approach things are hotting up at fast pace. The iconic RHS Chelsea Flower Show and the exhuberant Chelsea Fringe Festival are around the corner, and I just started a new collaboration with GROW London, which I am very enthusiast about and of which I will tell more in another post. One of the two Twickenham gardens has been completed on perfect schedule and the one in Teddington is on its way.

Great Dicter House, tulips in the porch - Photo by Noemi Mercurelli
{Tulips display in the porch}
But you know, a Garden Designer is never arrived and even in a such busy time of the year it is essential to find time for planning, brainstorming and learning. And when your 'learning day' is a day a Great Dixter, side by side with Fergus Garrett... well...there isn't much more you can ask for!

Once there I could not avoid capturing all this colour feast for you!

Great Dixter Wall Garden Tulip Pots Display - Photo by Noemi Mercurelli
{Tulip Pots display in the Wall Garden}

Wall Garden at Great Dixter - Photo by Noemi Mercurelli
{A romantic border in the Wall Garden}

Myosotis, Tulipa and Lunaria annua in the Wall Garden, Great Dixter - Photo by Noemi Mercurelli
{Myosotis sp, Tulipa, Lunaria annua}

One of the most well-know Garden Design principles: Repetition is the Key! - Tulips, Myosotis, Lunaria annua in the Wall Garden, Great Dixter - Photo by Noemi Mercurelli
{One of the most well-know Design principles: repetition is the key!}

Vibrant tulips display in front of Great Dixter House porch - Photo by Noemi Mercurelli
{Vibrant pots display in front of the Porch}

Blue Myosotis and yellow lily-flowered tulips (possibly Tulipa 'West Point' at Great Dixter Gardens - Photo by Noemi Mercurelli
{Yellow lily-flowered Tulips (Possibly Tulipa 'West Point'), and Blue Myosotis}
A riot of colours! Tulips in the Vegetable Garden, Great Dixter - Photo by Noemi Mercurelli
{A riot of colours in the Vegetable Garden}
Tulipa, Euphorbia and Myosotis in the Orchard Garden, Great Dixter - Photo by Noemi Mercurelli
{Scent and vibrant colours for the Orchard Garden}
Tulipa, Lunaria annua var. albiflora and acid-green Bupleurum in the Long Border, Great Dixter Gardens - Photo by Noemi Mercurelli
{Candid Tulipa, Lunaria annua var. albiflora and acid-green Bupleurum in the Long Border}
{View of the Lutyens' circular steps from the Orchard} 
Tulip combination at Great Dixter Garden - Photo by Noemi Mercurelli
{Tulipa and Myosotis gain, definitively a great combination!}
Tulipa and Myosotis plant combination at Great Dixter Garden - Shoot from Lutyens' Circular Steps by Noemi Mercurelli
{A last shot from the Lutyens' Circular Steps before come back home!}

I will be at Great Dixter again this Monday, for a Study Day on Succession Planting, part of the 'KLC Great Dixter Award for Horticulture Award' prize. Please feel free to join me me on Twitter for live photos! 

I wish you a lovely and bright new week, 

Noemi
P.S. Please feel free to pin this fantastic Tulip bonanza! These and many other photos from Great Dixter can be also found on this dedicated Pinterest board.

4 comments:

  1. Wow, glad your car was fixed in time - looks like you had a fabulous day! Still no news of any return visit for me - haha, I guess I wasn't good enough for a day with the sainted Fergus.

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    1. ...OR that I was so bad to need immediate training!!! :D :D :D :D
      Jokes apart, we were so many at the Study Day, I am sure that you will go soon!
      How is your Garden Design Course going?

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  2. So beautiful! It feels like spring all over to see it at GD. Thanks Noemi!!

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