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City College Goes Greek at Hampton Court
23 June 2005
Having achieved a Silver Medal in last year's show, City College Brighton and Hove Horticulture students are aiming for Gold with a Greek-themed entry to the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2005.'The Epicurean Garden' was designed by student Beccy Pook. Beccy studied garden design last year and is currently studying towards her RHS General Certificate in Horticulture while setting up her own garden design business. The garden has been entered in the 'Small Gardens' category and the BBC recently spent a day filming 'work in progress' of the garden and interviewing those involved. This will be featured in the BBC's coverage of Hampton Court during July.
Students were given a brief to design and build a garden with edible plants based around the philosophies of Epicurus. The garden is designed to evoke Epicurus's own garden in Athens which was central to his work and teaching as a philosopher. Epicurus's main philosophy was the importance of simple pleasures and his favourite pastime was to sit and enjoy food with his friends. All the plants in the garden have an edible component.
City College's Hampton Court 2005 team
The Epicurean Garden has a simple Greek feel and is the perfect space for relaxing and enjoying good company or entertaining your friends. Epicurus's philosophies on gaining knowledge through stimulation of the senses are explored in the planting by including plants which can be eaten, are interesting to touch and look at as well as producing scents and sounds. Internationally acclaimed Brighton restaurant Terre a Terre will be preparing some food dishes with plants from the garden to display on an oak bench designed by student Rob Demel.
The main sponsor of 'The Epicurean Garden' is Datashare Solutions Ltd. The entry is also being sponsored by Terre a Terre, Connick Tree Care and the Southdown Housing Association.
For further information, please call Brian Bell, Marketing Communications Officer, on 01273 667788 Ext. 488 or email bb1@ccb.ac.uk
About City College Brighton and Hove: Founded over 100 years ago, City College Brighton and Hove has become an international centre of excellence. Every year over 2000 full-time and 13,000 part time students as well as many international and European students choose City College as their education provider. Offering over 650 courses from basic level to pre-University level, City College is working with its partners to develop the workforce of the future.
About Hampton Court Palace Flower Show: The enchanting Hampton Court Palace and surrounding parkland provide an idyllic setting for the world's largest horticultural show. This spectacular gardening event features an exciting range of flowers, plants, gardening accessories and gifts, giving you the opportunity to browse, buy and discover superb landscaped show and water gardens bursting with inspirational ideas for your garden. With displays from over 150 specialist nurseries from around the country and one of the greatest annual gatherings of roses in full bloom in the world, this flower show guarantees a glorious summer's day out for everyone. Hampton Court Palace is in East Molesey, Surrey and the event runs from 5th to 10th July.
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