Meet the designers Get inside the minds of Chelsea's top designers and find out where you can enjoy their design work outside the show.

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Marcus Barnett and Philip Nixon Chris Beardshaw Jinny Blom Lesley Bremness Mark Browning Linda Bush Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins

Sarah Eberle Kate Frey Diarmuid Gavin and Stephen Reilly Robert Myers Ulf Nordfjell Gabriella Pape and Isabelle Van Groeningen Denise Preston: Leeds City Council

Paula Ryan Roger Smith: Scenic Blue Andy Sturgeon Trevor Tooth Michael Vout and Chris Jones Geoffrey Whiten

Show garden 2007: The Fleming's and Trailfinders Australian Garden

Chelsea track record: First time at Chelsea

Design trademarks: Mark Browning, from Melbourne, was picked out by Flemings to showcase the best of Australian garden design, and he's coming to Chelsea on the back of national recognition at home after several successful show gardens at the Melbourne International Flower Show. His designs are contemporary and urban, but rooted in nature: he prefers evocative stones like bluestone and granite over manufactured concrete and ceramics, and uses foliage plants to soften and add context to hard landscaping. He enjoys playing with unconventional materials and finding out what they can do. 'I love steel and glass,' he says, 'loathe chunky pinebark, and adore succulents and cacti'.

Where to see his work: The Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Australia - Mark is a regular exhibitor and medal winner.

In his own words: "Exhibiting at Chelsea is a dream that all landscape designers share. This project is a wonderful investment and opportunity to put Australia on the map, to showcase Australian horticulture, lifestyle and tourism to the world."

Website: For more information visit www.cycas.com.au

Show garden 2007: The Hasmead Sand and Ice Garden

Chelsea track record: First time at Chelsea.

Design trademarks: Linda is a young, progressive garden designer who cites as her main influence the modernist Christopher Bradley-Hole, and worked for him while still a garden design student. Like him, her style is strongly contemporary, using clean, simple lines and elegant design, but with a twist such as unusual, interesting or architectural planting. She draws heavily on the environment around her for inspiration, and natural materials such as reclaimed stone and wood feature extensively in her designs.

In her own words: "It's definitely a show garden - but that's what garden shows are all about, isn't it' Visitors to the show can get ideas about planting associations that they can use at home, but the structure of the garden is a statement that wouldn't necessarily transfer to the garden of a semi in Bromley. I just hope everyone enjoys it for what it is"

Website: For more information visit www.lindabush.co.uk

Show garden 2007: Chetwoods Urban Oasis

Chelsea track record: Patrick Collins won a Silver-Gilt medal in 2004; it's Laurie Chetwood's first time at Chelsea.

Design trademarks: On paper, Laurie Chetwood is a supermarket designer. But don't be fooled. His supermarket won awards for its ground-breaking, environmentally innovative design, as did a hotel he redesigned in London. His vibrant, unconventional imagination creates fantasy worlds based on the lives of plants and insects.

Patrick Collins is known for his chic, modern designs, with crisp lines and minimalist elegance. Planting is cool and minimal, with plants used for structure and form rather than colour.

Where to see their work: Sainsbury's, Greenwich, London. Zetter Hotel, Clerkenwell, London

In their own words: "Place making' is the stuff of long-term plans, of inspiration, ideals, dreams, learning, skill, pragmatism and sheer graft. At best, our skills equip us to integrate issues of science and art, concerns of head and heart, and these are at the root of good design."

Website: For more information visit www.thelondonoasis.com

Show garden 2007: 600 Days With Bradstone

Chelsea track record: Gold medal on her Chelsea debut in 2006

Design trademarks: Sarah is known for thoughtful, intelligent designs which recreate settings and moods in a beautiful, naturalistic way. Environment is as important as plants - or as Sarah puts it, 'genus loci is important in my work'. She is a highly-respected designer, with 30 years' experience behind her. Her design is about entire landscapes, rather than individual plants: look out for unusual plants chosen for their habitats as well as for their looks.

Where to see her work: Royal Avenue Gardens, Dartmouth - redesigned by Sarah in 1990 following the loss of several elms to Dutch Elm Disease

In her own words: "I'm looking forward to the fact that it will be (I hope!) quite unlike my other gardens. Despite sounding a little off the wall as a subject, it has serious scientific content and creates an interesting balance between science and aesthetics. I'm also very excited about using a completely new genre of plants - who said you can't teach old dogs new tricks!"