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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:22 am by Cristina in , , , ,    1 comment
Yorkshire is still thrilled about  the gold medal awarded Tracy Forster's Brontës' Yorkshire Garden. From The Telegraph and Argus:
Yorkshire’s Brontë Garden has won a gold medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
The garden, created by tourist agency Welcome to Yorkshire, celebrates the three Brontë sisters born in Thornton who went to live at Haworth parsonage, and the Yorkshire landscape which they found so inspiring.
Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said: “The garden has had a non-stop stream of admirers since the Chelsea Flower Show opened, but this was the ultimate goal, taking gold back to Yorkshire. This is the third time we’ve entered and we’re delighted to be going home with a gold medal for the first time. We hope to convert thousands of well-wishers into tourists over the course of the week.”
And The Huddersfield Daily Examiner features 'the drystone wallers involved in creating part' of the garden.
Mr Clegg and his son were approached by Tracy Foster many months ago and did their research into the Brontës.
Mr Clegg said: “I walked to Top Withens to get a feel for the place and studied the stones used in the walls up there.
“I managed to get similar stone from a disused Victorian quarry and we shaped it by hand for the garden, creating a folly at the back of a small dell which apparently inspired the sisters.
“We spent six days working at Chelsea and it was brilliant. It was very focussed and very intense, but people were really helpful and friendly, helping out with tools and equipment.
“It was a great atmosphere and when I heard the news we had won gold, it was brilliant and I was really chuffed”. 
The garden can also be seen on InnSight TV.

The Argus-Press features a young writer:
Like many young women, 18-year-old Jane Mandley loves the romantic 19th century novels of Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë.
What sets Mandley apart is that she has actually penned a romantic 19th century novel of her own: “For the Jane Bennets.” (Sally York)
A Thing Like That! discusses Andrea Arnold's Wuthering HeightsSeçil Seçti writes in Turkish about Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre. And finally, Magnolie reviews (in Polish) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

1 comment:

  1. Hello,

    Brilliant website. Any ideas as to the names of the actual plants that were used in the Bronte garden at the Chelsea flower show?

    Thanks

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