Chelsea: The Daily Telegraph Garden

The RHS site says about this garden
"The theme of The Daily Telegraph Garden is simplicity. Hard elements have been reduced to a minimum, while restrained planting and water come to the fore, encouraging reflection of light and contemplation. The garden was inspired by the purity and restraint found in Japanese gardens.
The garden is a contrast of vertical and horizontal elements; of planting and water; of hard and soft.
A stone-edged, rectangular pool of water fills the space of the garden, and is softened by planting on two sides. A serpentine path of stone, crossed by ribbons of white waterlilies (Nymphaea alba), links the front of the garden to the planting at the back, and leads the eye towards a bamboo thicket.
The pool is punctuated by sculptural rocks, half submerged in the pool, and four trees that frame the views and lend a sense of permanence to the garden, and a sense of age and height to the composition. The largest of these trees is Pterocarya fraxinifolia chosen for its association with water.
The plants in the garden were selected for their strong visual association and effect. Simplicity and precision are key to the planting design. Large green leaves (including Gunnera), grey leaves, vertical bamboo and iris, rounded shrubs and roses create a rhythm. "
I must say that this was my second favourite. I loved its simplicity. This one and yesterdays had the same restricted colour palette...green and white. I thought both were lovely because of this restraint.

The planting was simple....here is a list of the plants....

 Alchemilla mollis
 Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest'
 Amelanchier lamarckii
 Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum
 Buxus
 Camassia white-flowered
 Campanula poscharskyana
 Cornus kousa
 Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'
 Gunnera manicata
 Hakonechloa macra
 Hebe
 Hedera species
 Iris sibirica
 Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
 Osmanthus heterophyllus
 Phyllostachys aurea
 Phyllostachys sulphurea f. viridis
 Pterocarya fraxinifolia
 Pyrus salicifolia
 Roses - Rosa
 Sagina subulata
 Soleirolia soleirolii
 Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound'
 Spiraea × vanhouttei
 Taxus baccata (hedging)
 Viburnum opulus 'Roseum'
 Water lilies Nymphaea
 Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Green
Goddess'