The Plant School

Nurturing and developing

a deep understanding of plants

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The Plant School

The aim of the school is to nurture and develop a deep understanding of plants

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May 17th, 2008 -
PRESS RELEASE: The Plant School launches at Chelsea 2008

Chelsea Flower Show 2008 sees the launch of The Plant School, a new and innovative school offering courses and plant tours dedicated entirely to plants.

The courses will be run from a studio in Chelsea and will include visits to the plant collections at The Chelsea Physic Garden nearby and also The Royal Botanic Garden, Kew.

The Director of Courses is Rosemary Campbell-Preston B.Sc (Hons.) who comes from a famous gardening family, Waterers. She has a degree in Plant Sciences from Wye College and for the last seven years has been a Course Director at the English Gardening School.

Plant enthusiasts including Roy Lancaster and Carol Klein will form part of the teaching team. Courses start in September, run for three terms and finish at the end of June. Students need no prior formal training but must have an interest in plants.

Courses are structured to provide an understanding of how plants grow, the conditions found in their natural habit and how they interact with their surroundings. Students who have successfully completed the courses can pursue a variety of interests and careers in the field s of garden design, plant photography and media. They will be given priority for places on the exclusive plant tours. Recent tours have been to the Cape Floral Kingdom, South Africa and the Riviera, South of France.

Rosemary Campbell-Preston B.Sc.(Hons.) says, "I am really excited about this new venture and am looking forward to sharing my love of plants with The Plant School students".

The Plant School will be at Stand Eastern Avenue 72 (EA72) where Rosemary will be at the show on the Stand.

Press Release
The Plant School Brochure
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May 15th, 2008 -
Chelsea Flower Show Drinks Party

The Plant School Chelsea Flower Show Drinks Party serves as a reunion for past students and also enables the present year students to meet up with each other on an informal basis. This year it will again be held on the Thursday of Chelsea Flower show week (Thursday 22nd May, 6.30 - 8.30pm).

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May 15th, 2008 -
Gillian Foster prints available at our Chelsea stand

Gillian Foster trained as a botanical artist in London and graduated with distinction. Two of her paintings have been selected for inclusion in the Highgrove Florilegium presently being created under the aegis of the Prince of Wales Charitable foundation to celebrate and record in a permanent way the flora in the garden at Highgrove. The American Society of Botanical Artists has chosen Gillian's "Black Parrot" tulip watercolour to promote the current exhibition of these works at the New York School of Interior Design. She is a Royal Horticultural Society medallist and exhibits in London and Cape Town. Her work is held in the permanent collection of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburg, U.S.A. and by private collectors in Europe, South Africa and the U.S.A.

Her keen interest in plants extends from those in her Northamptonshire garden to the abundant flora of the Cape, South Africa. Combining careful observation of plants and their habit with the technical and artistic skills required, she is able to capture both botanical accuracy and beauty.

Each print is signed and numbered from the edition of just 95 copies by the artist. Printed on soft textured 315 gsm watercolour paper. Supplied with a guarantee certificate and mounted in deep bevel antique white board.

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May 15th, 2008 -
The Plant School at Chelsea Flower Show 2008

Rosemary Campbell-Preston will be representing The Plant School and Capital Gardens at the RHS's Chelsea Flower Show 2008. Find us at stand EA 72.

For more information on Chelsea visit www.rhs.org.uk/chelsea