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Posted by Batboots (U11768639) on Sunday, 25th May 2008
Is it me, or does it seem wrong to now call it the Chelsea Flower Show, when most of the show seems to concentrate on Hard Landscaping, statues, ponds, metal daisies etc. Where are the flowers?
I can appreciate design is part of a garden, but surely flowers should be the main part, not some big obelisk.
It doesn't seem like the same show that it used to be
Well the place was heaving with plants & flowers so I don't know why you think it was concentrating on the other things to the detriment of the green stuff!
Did you go Beejay? Was it lovely?
I did, I did, I did! It was fantastic: I love it!
Chelsea Art Show
It has about as much relevance to ordinary mortal gardeners "AS" Livingstone has to ordinary car drivers !
But it was showy, as usual!!
I agree - have given up Chelsea as a bad job. High class tat, cut flowers bunged in vases, few real British nurseries who actually produce the stuff from scratch....Big corpoerate con.
I agree with you Beejay.
And more importantly most of the planting in the show gardens was simple stuff, I know because I have most of it in my garden! You'd almost have thought they'd had a sneak look around here before starting their designs!
As to the other comments about high class tat there was plenty to buy for reasonable prices, I'd say a good mix of everything from a packet of seeds to a sit-on tractor.
And last but not least what lovely people, public and designers/TV bods etc. all with one common interest - plants!
Greetings Tulip
I sometimes think there is some sort of reverse snobbery about Chelsea!
, in reply to message 8.
Posted by the cycling gardener (U2350416) on Monday, 26th May 2008
I sometimes think there is some sort of reverse snobbery about Chelsea!Â
Sadly, I think you have a point. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I had a great time as well.
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