Tom Hoblyn is a British garden designer. He has been awarded one gold, two silver and three silver-gilt medals at the

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since 2008, as well as the RHS People’s Choice Award for The Arthritis Research UK Garden 2012. Hoblyn trained at the

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and set up his company Thomas Hoblyn Garden Design Ltd in 2002. In 2012, he was commissioned to restore the gardens of the former Hunting Lodge of

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and Mrs Simpson and was part of the design team that restored the house and grounds of Hillersdon House. Hoblyn has written articles for

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and

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magazines. From 2011 to 2014 he contributed the monthly ''Diary of a Garden Designer'' blog for

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and has blogged for the BBC Gardening website. Hoblyn’s 2011 Chelsea Flower Show garden was relocated to the

Eden Project The Eden Project ( kw, Edenva) is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England, UK. The project is located in a reclaimed china clay pit, located from the town of St Blazey and from the larger town of St Austell.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS E ...

in Cornwall.

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