Hergest Handmade Handbags congratulates Kington's Garden Designer Robert Myers adds another Gold Medal to his collection after receiving a gold at Chelsea Flower Show  2013.

The Brewin Dolphin Garden has been awarded a Gold Medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show today. The show garden was designed by Robert Myers and adds to his achievements as a multi-award winning gardener with an exceptional eye for detail. It is Brewin Dolphin’s second consecutive gold medal for a show garden having won Best in Show for their 2012 garden.

Robert has delivered a breath-taking design that is calm, reflective and private with a simple geometric layout. The design is inspired by the company’s ethos: bespoke and innovative, but firmly rooted in past traditions. The various spaces for entertaining and interaction reflect the importance Brewin Dolphin places on personal relationships.

Philip Browne, Marketing Director at Brewin Dolphin, who are a leading provider of investment management and financial planning services, says, “We’re absolutely delighted with Robert’s success today – we won Best in Show last year so the pressure on him to deliver must have been immense. We love the design and planting – we felt it should win gold and are so pleased that all his great work has received the recognition it deserves. We would like to thank Robert and his team for creating such a beautiful space, but also for making it look absolutely effortless.”

The garden is crisp, modernist and based on L- shaped forms, understated and elegant but still a gardener’s garden, full of what are essentially habitat-inducing British native species used in a thought provoking contemporary way.

The plant list is varied but neither excessive nor intimidating for those visitors who might be inspired to replicate sections of Robert’s sublime planting.

Robert says, “When Brewin Dolphin asked me to build its garden I jumped at the chance – I knew the brief would be great fun to work with and I’m so pleased I have been able to deliver. It’s been a very tough year for gardeners across the UK – the weather was extraordinary but we pulled through and created something to be proud of.”

My Log Cabin Basking in the summer sunshine.

Pots of Sage, Thyme and my Olive tree

Just about to plant some runner beans on the stakes in front!

Basil, having another hard day at the office.

My lovely old friend. It's 101 this year.I do now also have a modern Singer which I also use in particular for linings etc, but I prefer to use my old friend.

I always aspire to be tidy, but it is a working space!

Visitors are welcome ( by appointment - I might be walking the dog! )

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I really do live in rural Herefordshire.

I have taken a photographic blog to show my walk to the post office in Kington, and to show you just how rural we are here.

From my lovely log cabin I walk straight onto the Tow path a.k.a.The Tram way

I walk down the footpath and pass on my left one of the weirs which looks after Kington.

 It's running quite well at the moment but can really slow down by the end of the summer. There are all sorts of fish and wildlife living round here. I'm not much of a bird spotter but we have seen Kingfishers flying along the brook.

I carry on along the tow path

Coming into the centre of Kington I pass along Mortimers Trail (well known to walkers )

And I pop out on the high Street by one of the two fantastic butchers which Kington supports

round the corner past the library in nip into the post office.

To come back home the other way I follow back along the High Street past the 2 butchers, past the 2 green grocers, one of which is also a florist and one of which also sells fish and game - yum.

Then hoof it Up Church Street past Castle Hill books 

then past the Royal Oak

Through the church yard of St Mary's, Kington

Back down the hill  

and along 

go past the meadow on the left  

and into an area known as Broken Bank   

Then down again, this time down a steep footpath 

And at the bottom is the lovely tow path from the other end  

where you will find  

my lovely log cabin 

Hmm time for a cup of coffee I think