The much-anticipated RHS Chelsea Flower Present 2024 schedule is over and the crew at Netflix are attending to work constructing the Bridgerton backyard. That is set to be one in all this yr’s most anticipated Chelsea Flower Present gardens and was designed by Holly Johnston; British Faculty of Horticulture alumnus and first time CFS participant.
‘The Bridgerton Backyard’ will premiere every week after the discharge of Shondaland’s Bridgerton season three, which chronicles the love story of Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton. She mentioned in a press launch that Johnston’s inspiration for the backyard got here immediately from Featherington’s character improvement, with the backyard area divided into “three chapters.”
“The secrecy and privateness of the backyard [represents] the gossip and scandals of Regency society,” Johnston mentioned. The grandeur of the Regency society that impressed the Bridgerton collection was clearly captured within the backyard, from the spiral of Hedera (ivy) climbing up dry rocks and tree trunks, in addition to the addition of a moon gate; The primary flower backyard in 20 years of the Chelsea Flower Present.
The moon gate will take guests to a sunken seating space surrounding the three-story water characteristic — an space the place Johnston mentioned she will be able to think about Featherington writing. The third area will result in a hand-carved wall fountain whereas the trail again to the backyard is full of mild and colour symbolizing the event of the characters over the previous two seasons.
Johnston was concerned within the dialog between RHS and Netflix early on, and despite the fact that her fingers have been simply beginning to work, she did not miss a step when it got here to researching the character of Featherington and the time interval wherein Bridgerton based mostly on – and has been engaged on. Be part of the undertaking from April 2023.
Through the years, RHS has labored arduous to broaden the present to a wider viewers and efforts like this collaboration with Netflix or the ‘Chelsea Late’ after hours DJ evening hosted by Jo Whiley, actually will carry success. a youthful, extra various crowd.
Johnston added, “My Backyard affords an area to retreat to security, to harbor your darkest fears, to acknowledge the great and the unhealthy inside, to emerge with out have to put on a masks. And eventually step into the sunshine.”
