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Title: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: betula on June 11, 2009, 22:35:41
Very pleased to say ACE and designer Yvonne have been awarded Gold for their show garden at the NEC.

I was very pleased to play a small part in it all.

This pic was taken in the first few days.A lot has happened since then. ;D

I have been told it will be on Gardeners'world Friday night.
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: Ninnyscrops. on June 11, 2009, 23:21:15
Congrats Ace and Betula!

Lovely colours, will be looking out for the finished garden on Friday!

Linda
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Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: tim on June 12, 2009, 06:23:43
Give me a digger like that!!

Well done.
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: Limousin Lass on June 12, 2009, 07:08:00
I noticed this one on the Gardeners World website and thought how pretty it was, a colourful, but not over the top, alternative to the normal garden building.
Congratulations to all concerned for the hard work it must have taken to create.


Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: shirlton on June 12, 2009, 07:50:43
Great stuff
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Post by: saddad on June 12, 2009, 07:56:35
I'm just about to set off... I'll have to look out for it...  :)
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: Borlotti on June 12, 2009, 09:16:00
Congratulations, wish I was clever like you  :( :(  Will certainly watch Gardeners World tonight. No more to say for once, speechless with admiration.
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: betula on June 12, 2009, 09:18:31
I am not clever Borlotti...still got me L plates on  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: Flunky on June 12, 2009, 09:27:39
Cracking work. Well done everyone involved.   :D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: banshee on June 12, 2009, 09:33:11
It looks lovely. Well done to you all.  :)
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: Melbourne12 on June 12, 2009, 09:35:55
Congratulations to ACE and everyone involved.  A fantastic achievement!
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: lorna on June 12, 2009, 13:11:16
Congratulations,brilliant result.
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: pippy on June 12, 2009, 13:19:27
Congratulations Ace and Betula  :D!  I fell in love with it in this picture .....   

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14662964@N08/3612618485/
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: Emagggie on June 12, 2009, 14:02:18
Thanks Pippy. That's fabulous!!! Congratulations to all concerned. ;D
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Post by: calamityjayneuk on June 12, 2009, 14:16:19
Beautiful! Well done, ACE and team.   :)
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Post by: Old bird on June 12, 2009, 14:48:22
What a lovely result you all achieved!  Well done to the whole team!

Beautiful!

Old Bird

:D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: hopalong on June 12, 2009, 15:48:51
Fantastic.  Well done all. It has a highly original seaside feel about it.
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: saddad on June 12, 2009, 17:03:32
It was even better than the pics!!  :)
Was that you Betula doing the water colour painting ?  :-\
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: OllieC on June 12, 2009, 17:04:59
Nice one! Congratumalations to all!

I shall doff me cap in future!
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: daileg on June 12, 2009, 17:23:16
well done one day maybe im talented enough to have the chance to have a go

you must be over the moon
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: manicscousers on June 12, 2009, 17:26:48
brilliant, will definitely watch tonight, a reason to watch it  ;D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: Hyacinth on June 12, 2009, 20:57:44
YAYY! Atta Boy. ACE with a gold medallion nestling in his chestal hairs...wanna see the pics :-*

Many many congratulations 8)
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: grotbag on June 12, 2009, 21:07:11
well done to you all.
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: saddad on June 12, 2009, 21:08:53
Just watched it... one of the best there...  :)
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: betula on June 12, 2009, 21:35:02
Saw lots of shots of the garden and Ace and Yvonne hugging if you did not blink and missed it.

Saddad........no it was not me painting the water colour however I did put the undercoat on the building floor if that counts ;D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: saddad on June 12, 2009, 21:43:48
Near enough for me our kid!  :)
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: rosebud on June 12, 2009, 22:21:38
Ace, Many Many congratulations, Well deserved.
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: betula on June 12, 2009, 22:48:34
Hope to see ACE tomorrow.

He and Yvonne have been working for months now to acheave this and I am so pleased for them.I am sure he will be really pleased when I tell him of all your good wishes ;D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: Duke Ellington on June 12, 2009, 22:54:24
Congratulations!! and well done I saw it on GW tonight ~very pretty.

Duke :)
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: longlad on June 13, 2009, 07:01:52
watched it! loved it!! well done all ;D


an they came back to it enough times to see most of it as-well!! :D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: tonybloke on June 13, 2009, 08:47:39
Well Done ACE !! ;)
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: cornykev on June 13, 2009, 19:02:50
Well done to all involved, you don't think the gold medal will clash with his Ginger hair do you Betula.      ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: betula on June 13, 2009, 19:26:03
A very happy Ace and Yvonne at the show today.

Click the pic to enlarge.
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: Hosta on June 13, 2009, 20:07:54
Fantastic !!   I am so pleased for you  :)

It looked brilliant on GW last night.
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: cornykev on June 13, 2009, 21:27:47
Which ones Ace.  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: Deb P on June 14, 2009, 09:38:59
I wonder why he isn't wearing the 'Tena' jacket they gave him....... ;D ;D ;)
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Post by: cornykev on June 14, 2009, 21:57:58
And wheres the gollywog jumper.   ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: hippydave on June 14, 2009, 22:05:22
Ace saw you today at GWL but you busy talking and then when i came back you looked like you were painting, loved the garden and my wife Julie liked it aswell. ;D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: Froglegs on June 14, 2009, 23:21:36
Quote from: betula on June 13, 2009, 19:26:03
A very happy Ace and Yvonne at the show today.

Click the pic to enlarge.
Well done Ace on the gold and i hope for winning the bet for wearing that shirt. ;D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: ACE on June 16, 2009, 10:03:14
Thanks for the messages folks. Just got home late last night after loading the garden on a couple of Artics. Phone is on meltdown with offers of work, Ill ignore them for a while until we get Hampton Court out of the way, which we start this weekend. I dont think I will have the time to do any photos yet. But I will, promise!

As some f you know from our previous gardens we only do 'pretty' as somebody put it. Greatly influenced by the style of country garden cottages that we are surrounded with over here on the South Island. So if you want some more, you know where to go.

Somewhere on the net I have been told there is a vote for your favourite garden. If you find it let me know. 

Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: 1066 on June 16, 2009, 11:29:26
Well done mate!
And hope some of the phone enquiries turn out to be good uns!

1066
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: caroline7758 on June 16, 2009, 17:59:49
Lovely, Ace- congratulations!Has it gone to a good home?
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: Barnowl on June 16, 2009, 18:34:36
Great work  :) (even if a lot of it appears to be inedible...)
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: cornykev on June 16, 2009, 20:03:57
Top banana Ace.  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: ACE on June 16, 2009, 20:20:31
Quote from: caroline7758 on June 16, 2009, 17:59:49
Lovely, Ace- congratulations!Has it gone to a good home?

The pavillion will be raffled for Age Concern, The ginko tree will soon be in my garden (a very good home). A lot of the plants went in the sunday sell off, but the rest will be sold this saturday at our own plant sale. They will be advertised as 'seen on tv'. ;D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: Tin Shed on June 16, 2009, 21:02:02
Brilliant news, Ace ;D
Just got back from a weekend away, but recorded GW so will sit down now and watch it.
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: JJane01 on June 17, 2009, 22:06:33
Magnolia pointed me in your direction, I have to say very well done on your Gold Medal, and very well-deserved.  We loved your planting schemes, the mixes of pinks, purples, yellows, greens, and also loved the colour scheme on the pavillion.  I'm guessing I didn't win the mosaic, shame!  Well done  ;D
Title: Re: ACE STRIKES GOLD!AT GARDENERS' WORLD
Post by: saddad on June 17, 2009, 22:26:30
Nor me... I wouldn't have known where to put it...  :-*