20
May
Newby Hall wins gold medal at Chelsea Flower Show
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Newby Hall has won a gold medal on today's (May 20) opening day of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
The world-renowned horticultural event, which lasts for five days, includes show gardens and floral displays from designers and landscape architects.
The gold medal, which is Newby Hall’s first ever, was won for a North Yorkshire-inspired plant display.
The woodland-themed presentation highlighted the estate’s collection of Cornus, which is a family of dogwood trees and shrubs that bloom with colourful flowers in late spring and early summer.
Newby Hall’s Cornus collection is one of the UK’s most extensive, comprising over 100 individual specimens, 48 cultivars and 25 species.
The display was designed by head gardener Lawrence Wright in collaboration with owners Richard and Lucinda Compton.
Mr Wright said:
We are absolutely thrilled to have won a gold at RHS Chelsea Flower Show. To be judged as being amongst the best of the best in the horticultural world is incredible, putting Newby Hall’s plant collection firmly on the national and international map.
The exhibit was officially opened by broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh.
Newby Hall, which is located between Ripon and Boroughbridge, will host the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show from September 19-21.
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