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Leydens – NGS Garden Open 2010

As anticipated by Roger and his team, Sunday 8th August saw a flurry of visitors to Leydens for this year’s NGS Garden Open for charity.
Following a successful garden at the Chelsea Flower Show earlier in May – scooping him another gold medal and the People’s Choice Award – over five hundred garden enthusiasts travelling from [...]

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Leydens 2010 – a taster for tomorrow…

If you are visiting the nurseries tomorrow, Sunday 8th August, for the annual NGS Garden Open at Roger and Jeanette’s private garden ‘Leyedens’, here’s a taster of what to expect…

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‘People’s Choice’ goes to M&G Garden

A surprised Roger was caught off guard on Saturday 29th May as Show Manager Alex Denman and the BBC’s Joe Swift came back to film his Chelsea garden one last time and present him with the People’s Choice Award.
All week visitors to the show, and those watching television coverage, have been able to vote for [...]

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  • ‘Old-fashioned though it was, my favourite, Roger Platts’ Garden Open, did win Best Show Garden [where] there was a feeling of depth and space, but still of intimacy. Ordinary plants, such as any of us could grow, were used.’

    by CHRISTOPHER LLOYD - COUNTRY LIFE, JUNE 2002