6 TV cameras and 65 pressmen have come to the Queen’s Palace in Huistenbosch, Nagasaki, for the launch of the gardening World Cup. I’m there as one of the competitors, representing the UK. There are two other contestants from the UK, Andy Sturgeon and James Towillis, whose show gardens were close to mine at the Chelsea Flower Show in May (Andy won “Best in Show” for his garden). The gardening world cup is being organised by Ishihara Kazuyuki, Japan’s leading garden designer, who also had a garden at Chelsea this year (see my posting of May 8th, 2010). The event is a competition, to be held in October this year, where 12 gardeners will each build a garden on the subject of “World Peace”. The other competitors are from the USA, Canada, Holland, France, Singapore, Japan, Australia and New Zealand
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