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Kyodo News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Kyodo News
Japanese designer wins Chelsea Flower Show garden of the year
KYODO NEWS - Jun 1, 2025 - 11:29 | Arts, All Japanese landscape designer Kazuyuki Ishihara won the garden of the year award for the first time at the Chelsea Flower Show, a globally famous landscaping competition in London, in May with a Japanese tea garden. A veteran participant at the show, Ishihara also won the gold medal in the show garden category for the first time among other awards at the annual event held by the Royal Horticultural Society, Britain's leading garden charity, according to his office. It was the 13th gold medal overall for the 67-year-old, who has been competing in the show since 2004. Describing the show garden gold as the most difficult to obtain, he said he was "proud" to have won it with his "Japanese Tea Garden." He also won the People's Choice award, voted on by the public. The garden, themed on communication and harmony and called "Cha No Niwa" in Japanese, uses plants and trees commonly seen in the Japanese countryside such as Japanese maples and irises around its tea house. "I wanted to convey the beauty of the spirit of Japan that enables heart-to-heart communications through tea and beautiful scenery in a world of chaos," said Ishihara. Japanese designer Masataka Taniguchi, 42, won the gold medal in the category of container gardens featuring small-scale landscapes with his work "Komorebi Garden." Komorebi is a Japanese word for sunlight piercing through a tree canopy.
The Star
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Star
Japanese designer takes top honour at Chelsea flower show
LONDON (Bernama-Kyodo): Japanese landscape designer Kazuyuki Ishihara won the Garden of the Year award for the first time at the Chelsea Flower Show, a globally renowned landscaping competition in London, in May with a Japanese tea garden. According to Kyodo News Agency, veteran participant Ishihara also won the gold medal in the Show Garden category for the first time, among other awards at the annual event held by the Royal Horticultural Society, Britain's leading garden charity, according to his office. It was the 13th gold medal overall for the 67-year-old, who has been competing in the show since 2004. Describing the Show Garden gold as the most difficult to obtain, he said he was "proud" to have won it with his Japanese Tea Garden. He also won the People's Choice award, voted for by the public. The garden, themed on communication and harmony and called Cha No Niwa in Japanese, uses plants and trees commonly seen in the Japanese countryside, such as Japanese maples and irises, around its tea house. "I wanted to convey the beauty of the spirit of Japan that enables heart-to-heart communication through tea and beautiful scenery in a world of chaos," said Ishihara. Japanese designer Masataka Taniguchi, 42, won the gold medal in the category of container gardens featuring small-scale landscapes with his work Komorebi Garden. Komorebi is a Japanese word for sunlight piercing through a tree canopy. -- BERNAMA-KYODO
Kyodo News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Kyodo News
Japanese designer wins Chelsea Flower Show garden of the year
KYODO NEWS - 30 minutes ago - 11:29 | Arts, All Japanese landscape designer Kazuyuki Ishihara won the garden of the year award for the first time at the Chelsea Flower Show, a globally famous landscaping competition in London, in May with a Japanese tea garden. A veteran participant at the show, Ishihara also won the gold medal in the show garden category for the first time among other awards at the annual event held by the Royal Horticultural Society, Britain's leading garden charity, according to his office. It was the 13th gold medal overall for the 67-year-old, who has been competing in the show since 2004. Describing the show garden gold as the most difficult to obtain, he said he was "proud" to have won it with his "Japanese Tea Garden." He also won the People's Choice award, voted on by the public. The garden, themed on communication and harmony and called "Cha No Niwa" in Japanese, uses plants and trees commonly seen in the Japanese countryside such as Japanese maples and irises around its tea house. "I wanted to convey the beauty of the spirit of Japan that enables heart-to-heart communications through tea and beautiful scenery in a world of chaos," said Ishihara. Japanese designer Masataka Taniguchi, 42, won the gold medal in the category of container gardens featuring small-scale landscapes with his work "Komorebi Garden." Komorebi is a Japanese word for sunlight piercing through a tree canopy.
Times
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Kazuyuki Ishihara wins garden of the year at Chelsea Flower Show
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden of the year award has been presented to veteran designer Kazuyuki Ishihara for Cha no Niwa — Japanese Tea Garden. Curated to be a place for quiet reflection and forging connections for his visitors, the garden incorporates various elevations to play with a sense of perspective and is Ishihara's first large show garden. The garden designer has now accumulated 13 gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show, bolstered by his first garden of the year award. Ishihara said: 'I never thought I could achieve this. I have done 17 gardens in 21 years, since 2004. All the memories just came back. And I was very emotional. 'While I was waiting for the results, I got so nervous because I
The Independent
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Veteran Chelsea Flower Show designer ‘honoured' to win garden of the year award
A veteran Chelsea Flower Show designer with many accolades to his name has expressed disbelief at winning the 'gift' that is the garden of the year award. Kazuyuki Ishihara designed Cha no Niwa – Japanese Tea Garden – for the annual horticultural event at the Royal Hospital Chelsea celebrating all things gardening. He appeared jubilant at winning the newly named RHS Chelsea garden of the year prize – which is his 13th gold medal from the show – as he posed for photographs with his hands in the air and a beaming smile on his face. After winning on Tuesday, Mr Ishihara said: 'I'm very honoured to receive this wonderful award – I never thought I'd have such a gift. 'I really still cannot believe it after working here for 20 years. It's such an honour to have it, thank you so much.' Mr Ishihara's garden was created to give visitors a place for reflection, according to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), and the judging panel called it a 'masterclass'. Chairwoman Hayley Skipper said: 'It is exquisitely detailed and delivers immersive, beautifully composed planting. Every viewpoint delivers exquisite compositions. 'The beautiful foliage throughout demonstrates the power of green. Perfect in scale, the trees are excellently proportioned. 'The garden illustrates how designers do not have to use huge specimens, powerfully exemplifying an appreciation of beauty in detail. It is an immaculate delight.' Mr Ishihara's design last year – Moroto no IE Garden, which featured vibrant acers and a tumbling waterfall – was visited by the King at the 2024 flower show. Designers Tom Massey and Je Ahn won the best construction for a show garden award for The Avanade Intelligent Garden, which featured a fungal wall constructed from ash timber from diseased trees. Joe and Laura Carey took home both the RHS Chelsea small garden of the year and RHS Chelsea best construction for a small garden awards for The Addleshaw Goddard: Freedom to Flourish Garden. The RHS environmental innovation award was given to Allon Hoskin and Robert Beaudin with Modular for The Pathway Garden, which used reclaimed materials in its design. Ryan McMahon won the best all about plants garden award for his Seawilding. The RHS Chelsea plant of the year was awarded to Philadelphus Petite Perfume Pink ('P1'), bred by Alan Postill, which was lauded for its unusual pink colour for a species that is usually white. The show opened to members of the public on Tuesday, but celebrities were afforded a sneak preview the day before. Cate Blanchett, Dame Joanna Lumley and David Tennant were among those who attended the world famous event on Monday, along with Sir David Suchet and Zoe Ball, before the King and Queen were given a tour.
