Swedish look and ‘Fen tigers’ strike Chelsea garden gold

A DESIGN combining Swedish modernism with an English cottage garden, and a display inspired by “Fen tigers” who lived off the landscape, are among the winners of the top awards at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.

A garden based on a perfume created for Elizabeth I also scooped a top award at the show, which opened to the public yesterday.

And dozens of gold medals were handed out by the judges, including ones for a herb garden with a hidden gnome and an underwater exhibit with piranhas.