Rupert's Landscapes

So, we started the pre-show building of the Chelsea flower show garden today, with a lot of head scratching at 8am this morning. We had made good progress by the end of the day with a good few of the problems solved and some ingenious ideas achieved.

This year we a building a garden in the Artisan category for the design company 'A touch of France'. The garden is the 'Herbert Smith garden for Wateraid' and so has a very rural African feel.

Choosing timber for the garden from the Ashridge Estate

At the moment we are working on the separate parts of the garden.

Composting Latrine.

 It's not all medals and champagne at Chelsea.

The all important Wateraid Pump.

See more in the garden section of this week's Telegraph.