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Duchess of Cambridge creates magical woodland garden for the Chelsea Flower Show

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hostafan1 said:

    What ever happened to meritocracy ?
    Women are still waiting for it ... 😉 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Dovefromabove said:
    Hostafan1 said:

    What ever happened to meritocracy ?
    Women are still waiting for it ... 😉 
    indeed so, unless , of course, you marry a royal??
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    From the above, it seems in fairly short supply even then ... 😉

    There is of course Xa Tollemache who married ‘Helmingham Hall’ was taught to garden by the gardener there and who has since won Gold and silver gilts at Chelsea ... not a trained garden designer at all ... but she’s proved the naysayers wrong ... 

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    It seems to me that there has been a huge rise in  the number of female garden designers winning at Chelsea recently, certainly compared with , say, 20 or 30 years ago. 
    This is surely to be welcomed?
    Gertrude Jekyll never "trained" as a garden designer, but she wasn't half bad.
    Devon.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Hostafan1 said:
    Gertrude Jekyll never "trained" as a garden designer, but she wasn't half bad.
    Gertrude Hyde was the bad half wasn't she?
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    wild edges said:
    Hostafan1 said:
    Gertrude Jekyll never "trained" as a garden designer, but she wasn't half bad.
    Gertrude Hyde was the bad half wasn't she?
    her stuff was a bit on the wild side.
    Devon.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    A lady after my own heart then. o:)
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
    Why isn’t this garden included into People’s choice Award???
    Surrey
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Only judged gardens can be voted for.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • cowslip2cowslip2 Posts: 137
    Totally agree,Dove.
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