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2008 Singapore
Garden Festival
This Years Winners
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Designers BEN HOYLE is Managing
Director of Blue Gecko Ltd. Landscape & Design. He has won various awards
including a recent Gold at the Ellerslie International Flower Show in New Zealand
in 2006. Ben also hosts the gardening segment of Good Morning, a weekday entertainment
lifestyle show broadcast on TV One in New Zealand.
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ANDY
STURGEON is a recipient of numerous awards, including three Golds at
the Chelsea Flower Show. Andy Sturgeon has presented television programmes in
the UK and is also a gardening writer for the Guardian. He is the author of two
best selling books and lectures on garden design.
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ALAN TAN is Assistant Director, Living
Collection, National Parks Board (NParks). A horticulturist by training, Alan
designs gardens and floral displays for NParks and has participated in various
local and international events. He recently won four top awards, including a Gold
medal and Best of Show in the International Display category, at the 19th World
Orchid Conference at Miami, Florida in January 2007. In 2005 he was also part
of the team that won a Gold Medal at the 18th World Orchid Conference held in
Dijon, France.
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MICHAEL TEH is the CEO of Nature Landscape
Pte Ltd. The company has worked on several major and award-winning landscape projects
such as the grounds of top hotels Raffles and Four Seasons, and all three Terminals
of Changi International Airport. Michael’s firm also won Gold Awards at the
Landscape Industry Association (Singapore) (LIAS) Awards of Excellence 2006 and
2007.
DIANA WILLIAMS and ROBERT CANTLEY
are the founders of Borneo Exotics, the world’s leading nursery for carnivorous
Tropical Pitcher Plants. Based in Sri Lanka, they are frequent participants at
international flower shows. The winner of the London Flower Show in 2004, they
have also won a Silver Gilt at the 2005 Chelsea Flower Show and Gold Medals at
the Chelsea Flower Show in 2006 and 2007. They also won the Royal Horticultural
Society (RHS) Anthony Huxley Trophy for the best display of tender ornamental
plants shown to the RHS in all the flower shows in the UK during 2006.
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NICO WISSING is a Floriade Medal Winner
and a member of the Floriade Think Tank for World Garden Exhibition 2012. Nico
brings with him almost 25 years of experience in garden design, layout and maintenance.
He is a pioneer of the Green City concept, advocating greening as integral to
building and urban planning.
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DIMITRI
XENAKIS and MARO AVRABOU are leading site-specific artists and designers
from France. Their recent competition wins include the 2007 International Gardens
Festival at Chaumont, France and the Street Gardens Festival of Lyon, France.
Dimitri is also a sculptor and photographer with a focus on natural and urban
landscapes, while Maro specialises in light and colour in theatre, installations
and gardens.
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STEED is a British Chartered Landscape Architect with over 35 years
of experience in Landscape. He is one of the founding directors of ICN Design
International. Henry has been a resident in Singapore for 23 years. His work has
taken him across the Asian region and the Middle East. Henry was a Best of Show
Award and Gold winner at the inaugural Singapore Garden Festival and also a Gold
award recipient at the SILA Design Award Competition in 2006 and 2007. Links
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SONG
XIAO GU is the Senior Artist at Wuxi Xihui Garden. A multi-award winning
designer, he oversees garden art creation, landscape planning and design and restoration
of cultural relics at the Wuxi Xihui Garden. His accolades include Gold Medals
in the 7th and 8th China Chrysanthemum Festival, the 4th and 5th China Rhododendron
Exhibition and the China Dalian International Garden and Flower Festival.
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