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Chelsea Flower Show 2007

600 Days with Bradstone

Best in the show, this gold medal garden represents a terrestrial space garden (in an assumed dome) on planet Mars. The garden belongs to an astronaut on a 600-day tour and explores the psychological importance of man's relationship with his environment.

A Tribute to Linnaeus

This gold Swedish garden celebrates the tercentenary of renowned botanist Linnaeus, the 'Father of Taxonomy'. It is a contemporary garden for pleasure and reflects Swedish interest in architecture, art, design, nature and horticulture.

Amnesty International

The silver flora Amnesty International Garden for Human Rights aims to capture and celebrate Amnesty International's vision of a world where everyone is able to enjoy all human rights recognised in international law.

Cancer Research UK Garden

This gold garden ties in with Cancer Research UK's 'Together we will beat cancer' campaign and focuses on the word 'together'; hedges, paths and benches are interlinked and lock together.

Celebrating 100 years of Hidcote Manor

This silver-gilt flora garden celebrates the centenary of gardening at Hidcote Manor in Gloucestershire, home of its creator Lawrence Johnston.

Laurent-Perrier Garden

This gold Laurent-Perrier Garden is a garden of reflection and is inspired by the journey of life.

Lloyds TSB Show Garden

The bronze flora 'Lloyds TSB Show Garden' is a modern garden with a traditional English feel. The garden aims to engage people of all ages and is a real garden, designed for real people.

Scent of a Roman

The silver flora 'Scent of a Roman' garden has a Yorkshire theme that has been influenced by historical evidence of a Roman settlement in Leeds and Roman features still in evidence in the Yorkshire region.

The Brett Landscaping Garden

A silver medal winner, this garden is packed with ideas to take home. Based on a farm worker's cottage, the garden aims to show that whatever the situation, and given space, gardening is an important pastime and leisure activity.

The Daily Telegraph Garden

This silver-gilt flora sunken garden is inspired by Karl Foerster's original garden in Potsdam-Bornim, Germany. As a nurseryman and plantbreeder Foerster has had a leading influence on today's plant use and planting design across northern Europe and the United States.

The Fetzer Sustainable Winery Garden

This gold garden illustrates the use of green power, water conservation and recycling. It also uses local and sustainable materials and is a habitat for local and migrating wildlife.

The Fleming's and Trailfinders Australian Garden

This silver-gilt flora garden is a relaxed, worldly space that would suit any contemporary city. The colours and textures have been selected to evoke emotions of mystery, romance and tranquillity.

The Fortnum & Mason Garden

This gold garden is a celebration of Fortnum & Mason's tercentenary and designed to evoke entertainment and indulgence, blended together with wit, quality and history.

The Hasmead Sand & Ice Garden

This bronze flora garden highlights concerns about global warming, melting glaciers, and expanding deserts. The soft flowing lines of the desert contrast with the jagged edges of melting ice.

The Marshalls Sustainability Garden

The silver flora 'Marshalls Sustainability Garden' is a sustainable domestic garden. It has been designed to appeal to the UK's 'conscience consumer' - consumers who increasingly put sustainability, climate change and ethical and social values at the forefront of their purchasing decisions.

The Savills Garden

Inspiration for this silver-gilt flora garden is drawn from the rolling countryside of central southern England. It is a quietly modern garden with clean lines and simplicity of form.

The Thomas Telford Tollhouse Garden

This silver flora garden celebrates the 250th Anniversary of the birth of one of the nation's greatest engineers, Thomas Telford.

The Westland Garden

This silver-gilt flora garden is designed for an active and artistic mature couple. It includes a pavilion clad in western red cedar with two wings that intersect, providing two glass studio spaces, each with its own deck overlooking a pond.

Through The Moongate

This bronze flora garden aims to increase awareness of China's rich gardening heritage and to inspire western gardeners to experiment with Chinese garden ideas.

Urban Oasis

The gold Urban Oasis garden is an imaginary concept for an open space in an urban setting. It has been designed to showcase the latest environmental technologies and how they can be used to sustain and enhance a garden.