For many the Chelsea Flower Show is more about being seen than seeing anything. You only have to see the number of Z list 'celebs' who get in there if you want confirmation of that.
It's part of " The season " like Henley, Wimbledon, Ascot, Glyndbourne et al. Many have no interest in the events, just feel they need to be seen there.
I had someone who had not seen my garden before comment.."and this is the wild patch." Well no, its the veg patch, its just that for two years I have had other things to do, and the brambles got a bit out of control. The bit we see from the house is semi tidy, the further away, out of siight, out of mind.
Sarah Price's Cedric Morris inspired garden was showcased this evening by Monty Don. This garden is so very different to anything seen before. I have never seen him so excited by a Chelsea Garden, a completely new concept and very exciting.
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I agree @GardenerSuze … I thought that garden was absolutely gorgeous … the colour palette was so elegant and restrained, yet it’s stayed with me since the programme. ❤️
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@Dovefromabove I loved the Iris and the dark aeonium. There was also a yellow flower not sure what is was but it's shape and colour also worked so well. The walls made a fantastic back drop for the planting. Like you I can still see it in my mind, a fantasy in many ways but lovely to just loose yourself.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
@KT53, I think you have the wrong idea about Monty, he is not one for the new and trendy, he loves beauty, and is really quite old fashioned. It was interesting to see him so taken by a garden, I have never seen him like that before. I too thought it a very impressive garden, the Irises were some of those originally bred by Cedric Morris at Benton End.
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I watched the preview show and it just confirmed the impression I get every year that it's a huge waste of money and a lot of environmental impact for temporary make belief nonsense. If they really wanted to make a charity garden then bloody install it at the final venue and spare the planet the idiocy of putting them on a Chelsea car park first. The RHS keep pretending that it's more sustainable but this show only exists to fill their coffers while making a few rich sponsors feel special for a week. The whole reverence some treated with is so bizarre to me. How much enjoyment can be had by glancing from a distance down an avenue while feeling like being stuck in the M25? A fair where growers can show their plants and sell to the visitors appeals much more to me, which is the kind of fairs I grew up with in Athens. No vanity, no massive budgets, not much upheaval just plants and curiosity.
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Many have no interest in the events, just feel they need to be seen there.
This garden is so very different to anything seen before. I have never seen him so excited by a Chelsea Garden, a completely new concept and very exciting.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It was interesting to see him so taken by a garden, I have never seen him like that before.
I too thought it a very impressive garden, the Irises were some of those originally bred by Cedric Morris at Benton End.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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