RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019

There has been so much going on behind the scenes at Norse Stone but one of the most exciting projects we have been working on is the Facebook sponsored garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower show.

The ‘Beyond the Screen’ garden was designed by award winning landscaper Joe Perkins and celebrates the positive and meaningful impact that social media can have on our lives. The garden has been designed around a coastal theme with the water representing what connects us all globally. Plants have been sourced from around the world to emphasise this idea and in still the connections we all have both on and offline whilst our very own Caithness flagstone has been used to create paving and rock outcrops inspired by Joe’s family holidays on the coast of Spain.

We were lucky enough to have Joe and CED Stone Groups MD, Giles Heap, come up to visit our Lieurary Quarry to meet the team and see our stone up close. Joe and Giles, spent time in our quarry with some of the Norse Stone team hand picking pieces of stone which would meet Joe’s design vision.

“I was blown away by the Caithness stone. It has beautiful colours and textures and is very strong meaning we could use it in huge sizes to get the drama needed in the garden.

— Joe Perkins

Once, the pieces were chosen, the Norse Stone team put the rest of Joe’s order together and we sent it down to CED’s Scotland depot in Castlecary where members of The Outdoor Room team joined them to check out the huge slabs of stone. The Outdoor Room are in charge of making Joe’s vision a reality and we can’t wait to see it all finally finished.

As many of you may know, we love our Caithness flagstone but we are also big fans of Lego so some of our team had a go at a mini garden design featuring, of course, Caithness flagstone paving and walls around the water feature. But we think it’s safe to say, we should probably leave the garden designing to the professionals!

The ‘Beyond the Screen’ garden has been a collaborative effort by a number of different businesses and groups and we have been delighted to have played a part in it all. Others who have been involved include Groundwork UK, Bamber Wallis Designs, Deepdale Trees Ltd, Kelways Plants and the Landscaping Consultants to name a few! The garden is now completed and ready for showing to the public from the 21st – 25th of May at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Keep checking back on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for photo’s of the actual garden when we attend later this week.

**UPDATE** - 21/05/2019

They have only gone and awarded Joe Perkins a gold medal for his amazing RHS Chelsea Show garden as well as awarding the Outdoor Room best construction. Well done!!