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Article: FLOWER SHOW How to build your own $1m garden Designer says dream backyard well within reach
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- Sunday Star-Times
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- September 24, 2006
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SO YOU want a Chelsea prize-winning garden in your own backyard?
The idea isn't that far-fetched, says Kiwi designer and Chelsea
silver medallist Xanthe White.
And, she says, you won't need a million-dollar budget to recreate
her "100% pure New Zealand" design.
White is reproducing her Chelsea design at the Ellerslie Flower
Show in November and today offers Sunday Star- Times readers some
exclusive tips for their own landscaping dreams.
She says the native plants in her design are widely available in
garden centres, relatively cheap and easy to maintain.
"Once you put them in the ground, as long as they're in the right
place, they prefer not to be fussed over - it will save you a lot of ...