Sarah Eberleis an English garden designer.
Life and work
editEberle grew up in Dartmoor, Devon.[1]Her father,Sir James Eberle (1927–2018),was a British admiral.[2]She attendedThames Polytechnic,and qualified as a landscape architect in 1980.[3][4]
Eberle has won over 19 gold medals at theRHS Chelsea Flower Show,the most of any exhibitor;[5][6]a gold medal in every category there is in the show.[7]Her Chelsea garden won 'Best in Show' in 2007 and 2017.[1]She has won sixHampton CourtGold medals and in 2022 she was made an RHS Iconic Horticultural Hero.[8]
Eberle is a member ofLandscape Institute,the Society of Garden Designers and the Institute of Horticulture; she has an Honorary Doctorate in Design fromGreenwich University.[1]She is an RHS Associate of Honour (2016) and is a member of the RHS council (2018–2023).[9][10]She was also named the British Association of Landscape Industries Grand Award winner in 2007.[11]
Eberle lives nearCole Henley,Whitchurch in Hampshire, with her husband, Robert Stevens, and three children.[12][11][13]
Show gardens
editdesigns include:
- Toy Garden (1998)[14]
- For Whoever you are.... (2001)[14]
- Estuary Garden (2002)[14]
- Woodland Garden (2003)[14]
- A Woman's Sanctuary (2004)[14]
- Walking Barefoot (2006)[14]
- 600 Days (2007)[14][15][16]
- Breast Cancer Haven Garden (2015)[17]
- Beyond Our Borders ((2015)[17]
- Garden of Inspiration (2017)[18]
- Changing Moves Changing Minds (2018)[19]
- The Resilience Garden (2019)[20]
- Psalm 23 (2021)[21]
- Building the Future (2022)[22]
References
edit- ^abcCountry Living"Chelsea Flower Show 2021 Sanctuary Garden profile: Bible Society – The Psalm 23 Garden", 29 Aug 2021
- ^"Admiral Sir James Eberle: A copy of Admiral Jim's obit from the Daily Telegraph".HMS Cossack Association.17 February 2017.Retrieved30 July2022.
- ^Society of Garden Designers
- ^University of Greenwich profile
- ^Eberle profile,Richard Jackson Gardens
- ^"The best garden designers and landscapers in Britain",Country Life11 March 2022
- ^"Sarah Eberle at Chelsea Flower Show: Gold win",10 May 2016The English Gardenmagazine.
- ^"RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival to champion garden therapy",RHS.
- ^British Council profile
- ^RHS council
- ^ab"Whitchurch gardener to put on display at Chelsea Flower Show"Bazingstoke Gazette,12 May 2015
- ^"The (Chelsea) show must go on",The Times10 May 2009
- ^BBC profile
- ^abcdefgHillier Landscapes
- ^"The ten best RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gardens",6 February 2022Gardens Illustrated]
- ^"My Chelsea experience: Sarah Eberle", 19 May 2022
- ^ab"Garden designer wins two gold medals at Chelsea"19 May 2015,Basingstoke Gazette]
- ^Garden of Inspiration,RHS
- ^"British Council Garden at Chelsea"21 May 2018, British Council
- ^"Resilence Garden",Chelsea 2019
- ^"Sarah Eberle on her Psalm 23 Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show",Gardens Illustrated,14 September 2021
- ^"Building the Future",RHS 2022