David Austin Roses Wins Gold Medal at Chelsea
David Austin Roses overcame challenges, including an unusually cold winter to win a gold medal, at the 2010 Chelsea Flower Show in London last month. The award, given for the Great Pavilion rose display, was David Austin’s 15th gold medal in 30 years.
David Austin’s exhibit featured 150 different varieties of his famed fragrant English roses. The Shropshire-based hybridizer used a special greenhouse to bring a total of 800 roses into flower for the show, nearly six weeks earlier than they would flower naturally. The greenhouse featured three different climate environments and a shade house, as well as open-air and cold storage areas, so growers could juggle the roses in and out till they achieved perfection.
“Chelsea is always the first show inked in on our calendar – which, these days, amounts to 50 shows worldwide,” said David J.C. Austin, president of David Austin Roses and son of founder David C.H. Austin. “2010 was a particularly challenging year due to our unusually long, cold winter, but all the complications seem worthwhile to show well at the world’s premier flower show.”
David Austin Roses first exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show in 1980. Exposure at the show was an important early outlet for introducing David C.H. Austin’s revolutionary English Roses to the public and is now a tradition for the world famous hybridizer. For more information on David Austin Roses, visit www.davidaustinroses.com.
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