Naked Gardening! Oo-Er! Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Springs Into Life

'Naked' Garden: One of the show's highlights featured soil free plants in big vases of water..
For the first attendees of this year's Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, the sight of a few scantily clad models - wearing little more than a few blooms - was perhaps not what they were expecting from what is being billed as the largest gardening event of its kind.

The reason for the near nudity? To highlight The Naked Garden, a 'minimalist' show garden designed by David Domoney which brings cubism, space and vision into a horticultural environment.

There are 12 gardens on show this year in the regal grounds of Henry VIII's Hampton Court Palace with themes such as environment, education and community taking centre stage...

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