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Belgravia in Bloom
Sometimes London has a bit more magic on its streets than usual. This week, during the Chelsea Flower Show and Belgravia in Bloom nothing could be more true.
So many wonderful shops in the area have created spell bounding displays for the occasion. Each one taking either a children's book or safari-inspired theme, and making a beautiful shop front.
Being fairly new to the neighbourhood we felt compelled to jump on the band wagon and play around with our own shop.
Choosing Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland, we were lucky enough to have the expertise of Hugh McLaren from McLaren Gardens working with us on this particular venture.
Please come and visit - join us down the rabbit hole...
Love,
S&B
Meet Hugh McLaren from McLaren Gardens
No stranger to woodlands and creating fantastical gardens we had to ask Hugh a few questions...
Q. How did you get into gardening?
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I always had an interest in gardening. Growing up, when everyone else was working in restaurants and pubs, I was always working on gardens. I ended up having a professional background in commercial forestrybefore focusing on gardening full time.
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I read a lot of Homes & Gardens magazines and design books. The Royal Horticultural Society has a publication I follow as well. Other than that, I really enjoy trying to reconstruct wilder garden-scapes in an aesthetically pleasing manner.
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Right now I'm very fond of Astrantia Major - it's a beautiful flower and very hardy.
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It's almost completely spontaneous. I am constantly working through each space as the project unfolds and the layout begins to take shape. As the garden grows there's also an element of
reworking and helping the space grow into itself.
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The wonderful thing about horticulture is that it's so wide ranging - when I'm not doing private gardens these sorts of projects add a whole other dimension of opportunities and creative challenges that I enjoy.
For enquiries about McLaren Gardens:
Email
mclarengardens@gmail.com
Telephone
+44 7505 199937
Instagram
@mclarengardens
Some Of Our Neighbourhood Favourites
137-138 Sloane St, London, SW1X 9AY
13-14 Sloane Square, London, SW1W 8SB
52 Lower Sloane Street, London, SW1W 8BS
10 Symons Street, London, SW3 2TJ
Wild At Heart
30 Pimlico Road, SW1W 8LJ
16 Motcomb Street, SW1X 8LB
11B West Halkin Street, London, SW1X 8JL
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Wilton Place, London, SW1X 7RL
C. Hoare & Co.
32 Lowndes Street, London, SW1X 9HZ
