Moorcroft The Carpet Garden Vase

Designer: Vicky Lovatt

H 20 cm

Shapes: 162/8

Limited Edition 10

Vicky was inspired to create this colourful design duo when she saw a beautiful show garden at the 2001 RHS Chelsea Flower Show and discovered that the idea had come from a sketch drawn by King Charles himself (at that time then The Prince of Wales) and submitted to the Royal Horticultural Society.  The garden was a triumph drawing huge crowds and winning both a coveted Silver-Gilt medal from the RHS and Vicky’s admiration.

The original sketch was based on a Turkish carpet in one of the rooms of His Royal Highness’ private residence - Highgrove House and Gardens in Gloucestershire.  “After gazing for many years at the patterns and colours of one of the small Turkish carpets in my room at Highgrove, I couldn’t help feeling what fun it would be to use those patterns and colours to create a theme for a garden.  The challenge would be to see if you could almost create the effect of being within the carpet.” – King Charles