QVC supports the Thrive Battersea Garden Project

Ever wondered what happens to all the plants at the Chelsea Flower Show? Well, QVC has donated plants from its medal-winning garden to the charity Thrive to celebrate the opening of Thrive's new Herb Garden in Battersea Park, London.

Sarah Price, designer of the QVC Garden, was there at the weekend to present the plants to the charity. Sarah has been helping the gardeners at Thrive create the new Herb garden, offering her expert knowledge in the process.

The Herb garden is part of the Thrive Battersea Garden Project, which is an ongoing scheme to improve the charity's gardening facilities within the park.

QVC has an ongoing relationship with Thrive; last year we donated plants from our Bejewelled Garden, which were planted in the 'Old English Garden' in Battersea Park. We also raised £5000 for the charity with a staff jewellery sale.

We hope everyone at Thrive enjoys some happy gardening!

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QVC wins a silver medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2008

We're delighted that the QVC Garden has won a Silver Flora Medal at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.

Created by the talented landscape design team of Sarah Price, Patrick Clarke and Patrick Wynniatt-Husey, the QVC Garden impressed judges with its naturalistic planting and sophisticated colour.

Sarah Price has enjoyed medal-success for the second year running, having also won silver for last year's QVC Bejewelled Garden.

The QVC Garden has had a great reaction from the public at Chelsea. You can vote for the QVC Garden as your favourite in the BBC RHS People's Award for Show Gardens.

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Don't miss QVC at the Chelsea Flower Show

This weekend we're unveiling the QVC Garden at the world's most prestigious flower show - the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2008.

Our talented design team of Sarah Price, Patrick Clarke and Patrick Wyniat-Husey have been rushed off their feet this past week as they work to get the QVC Garden ready in time.

With her trusty team-mates and band of helpers, Sarah is looking to go one better than last year's silver-medal winning Bejewelled Garden and go for gold!

Our gardening expert Richard Jackson and will be at Chelsea, keeping you up to date with latest news about the QVC Garden, as well as seeing which other designer gardens are creating a buzz and what plants are hot this year.

Tune in for RHS Chelsea Flower Show Week at 6pm every day from Sunday 18th to Friday 23rd May.

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Richard Jackson: My 10th Anniversary at QVC and preparing for Chelsea

Hello everyone! Today I'm thrilled to be celebrating my 10th Anniversary at QVC. I've had so many fantastic times over the years and I'm just as excited about QVC gardening and meeting QVC customers now as I was 10 years ago!

I'm really looking forward to this year's Chelsea Flower Show. I was thrilled with last year's Bejewelled Garden and the wonderful response we received from the judges, the public, and the QVC viewers. And of course, it was great to win that silver medal.

This year we're really going for it with the QVC Garden, which is five times the size of the Bejewelled Garden. The QVC Garden looks incredible and we're in a prime spot this year, so the impact is going to be amazing. The designers have taken inspiration from the countryside and incorporated that into the garden very cleverly.

Spring gardening advice from Sarah Price, QVC's Chelsea Flower Show designer

Hello! Hope you're enjoying the extra daylight and (with any luck) the better weather. The longer days mean it's the perfect time to get working on your gardens. 

I'm spending all my time preparing for the Chelsea Flower Show. There's less than a month to go until we can start working on-site at Chelsea, and the pressure is starting to mount.

I've been busy visiting nurseries and seeing how the plants and trees for the QVC Garden are coming along.

It will be some weeks before the plants begin to bloom. Meanwhile we've been hardening the plants off, which involves moving them temporarily from their warm polytunnel homes to outside. This way they gradually get used to the cooler temperatures, but the unpredictable weather we've had this spring has made this tricky!

Gardening advice from QVC's Chelsea Flower Show designer

Hi, Sarah here again. There have been many developments since my last posting. I've joined up with two of my colleagues - Patrick Clarke and Patrick Wynniatt-Husey - to form a new team for the Chelsea Flower Show.

Working together as a team is not only great fun but also really constructive. We complement one another really well, and with our combined skills and experience we can achieve great results.

As part of the design process for the QVC Garden, I've been brainstorming lots of ideas with my new team-mates.

Some of these ideas I think you'll find really useful, including tips on gardening inspiration and the season's latest trends!

Sarah unveils QVC's Chelsea Flower Show garden for 2008

I'm Sarah Price - the garden designer who created QVC's Bejewelled Garden at last year's Chelsea Flower Show. Now I'm designing QVC's garden for this year's show and I can't wait!

Since last year's show, I've been busy designing all kinds of gardens! Some of them have been really modern and minimalist, while others more informal with fantastic expanses of soft naturalistic planting - something I love designing with!

I've been involved in lots of gardening projects recently, including working with Thrive in Battersea Park to renovate their 'Old English Garden'. Over the coming months I'll be telling you about how the QVC Garden is going, as well as giving you tips on improving your own gardens.

QVC have a garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2008!

QVC have been selected to create a garden for Chelsea Flower Show for the second year running. Last year's QVC Bejewelled Garden won a coveted Silver Award. Our garden designer, Sarah Price, wrote a blog about last year's garden and she's promised to keep us up to date with her preparations this year too - watch this space.