I watched last night. I did like the garden that Monty showed but got quickly bored with the celebs. @amancalledgeorge A couple of years ago one of the gardens had huge slabs of stone imported from Poland and I particularly remember the comments on how difficult the whole operation had been. The carbon footprint each year is likely to be considerable I grant you that, but I also think that it is shows like these that encourage new thinking.
Years ago, Chelsea was THE garden show, in fact as far as l'm aware it was the only garden show.
These days, there's Cardiff, Harrogate, Malvern, Chatsworth, Tatton and of course GW Live, not to mention Gardening Scotland and hundreds of smaller shows. The sight of all those "celebrities" enjoying a freebie when most of them wouldn't know a hebe from a hydrangea makes me cringe. What a waste. I do know it's all good publicity though, and social media and the papers will be full of it.
At least they seem to be making a big effort to "offset the carbon footprint" etc, and l applaud the efforts to recycle as much as possible and move the gardens so that others can get the benefit. I do wonder who is responsible for caring for them at the various hospitals etc. Do they end up like some of the gardens on Ground Force, unloved and neglected, their former glory long forgotten?
I agree about Monty's enthusiasm for that garden, it made a change from his customary politeness. Unfortunately l couldn't share it (l thought my TV had a fault with the colour, it looked so washed out), but l did appreciate his comments on the design etc. It was a great help to a Philistine like me 😁.
@Hostafan1 I know what you mean it is only a tiny glimpse of a garden in time. The Irises made the garden, short lived, a very different space without them.
@punkdoc I did wonder if that particular Iris was the starting point for the garden. It would seem quiet possible from your comments. May be the colour of the Iris was from memory, or perhaps forced to get the colour right. It had to be perfect .
@AnniD Sadly alot of gardens do get forgotten as I know from my own experience. Landscaped with little thought for the future. A gardener is needed to step in and take it on. A landscaper locally to me now employs gardeners to take his gardens forward. The Chelsea gardens that go on to have another life to my mind would need drastic changes to the planting to work elsewhere. The one deep mahogony aeonium holds the pale colours together in my opinion. I do think Monty Don is a bit of a romantic.
I understand that some gardeners find Chelsea a waste of money. It is a treat for me I need a chance to loose myself in a garden as I am limited in where I can go. My own garden helps me mentally and I will carry the vision of Sarah Price's garden for a long time. Priceless!
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
@debs64 Yes we all need to dream important for our mental health.
@amancalledgeorge Going to a crowded space, cafe, theatre, cinema, pub,restaurant is something I can no longer do . The underground forget it... I do visit gardens and local garden centres. So TV gardening is important to me. I do hope you have the freedom to do such things, gardening can take on many forms. We should embrace them all and enjoy every tiny detail.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
For those who like Sarah Price's garden at Chelsea, I thought you might enjoy this. I had to do a presentation on her a few years ago and I found this video of her process really interesting (coming from a fine art background myself I also found it very relatable!):
Her garden is designed to be the essence of Cedric Morris's garden at Benton End. Beth Chatto regarded him as the person who inspired her love for gardening.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Not seen the TV coverage yet as was out yesterday evening, but before the show Sarah Price’s garden was all I heard about. Seems like the excitement was well founded. Good for her 😀
The Garden Museum is in the process of restoring Benton End with a view to opening it to the public in the future - this will be great at raising its profile. https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/bentonend/
Always like a Chris Beardshaw garden too - love his planting style.
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@amancalledgeorge A couple of years ago one of the gardens had huge slabs of stone imported from Poland and I particularly remember the comments on how difficult the whole operation had been. The carbon footprint each year is likely to be considerable I grant you that, but I also think that it is shows like these that encourage new thinking.
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These days, there's Cardiff, Harrogate, Malvern, Chatsworth, Tatton and of course GW Live, not to mention Gardening Scotland and hundreds of smaller shows.
The sight of all those "celebrities" enjoying a freebie when most of them wouldn't know a hebe from a hydrangea makes me cringe. What a waste. I do know it's all good publicity though, and social media and the papers will be full of it.
At least they seem to be making a big effort to "offset the carbon footprint" etc, and l applaud the efforts to recycle as much as possible and move the gardens so that others can get the benefit.
I do wonder who is responsible for caring for them at the various hospitals etc. Do they end up like some of the gardens on Ground Force, unloved and neglected, their former glory long forgotten?
I agree about Monty's enthusiasm for that garden, it made a change from his customary politeness. Unfortunately l couldn't share it (l thought my TV had a fault with the colour, it looked so washed out), but l did appreciate his comments on the design etc. It was a great help to a Philistine like me 😁.
@punkdoc I did wonder if that particular Iris was the starting point for the garden. It would seem quiet possible from your comments. May be the colour of the Iris was from memory, or perhaps forced to get the colour right. It had to be perfect .
@AnniD Sadly alot of gardens do get forgotten as I know from my own experience. Landscaped with little thought for the future. A gardener is needed to step in and take it on. A landscaper locally to me now employs gardeners to take his gardens forward.
The Chelsea gardens that go on to have another life to my mind would need drastic changes to the planting to work elsewhere. The one deep mahogony aeonium holds the pale colours together in my opinion.
I do think Monty Don is a bit of a romantic.
I understand that some gardeners find Chelsea a waste of money. It is a treat for me I need a chance to loose myself in a garden as I am limited in where I can go. My own garden helps me mentally and I will carry the vision of Sarah Price's garden for a long time. Priceless!
@amancalledgeorge Going to a crowded space, cafe, theatre, cinema, pub,restaurant is something I can no longer do . The underground forget it...
I do visit gardens and local garden centres. So TV gardening is important to me.
I do hope you have the freedom to do such things, gardening can take on many forms.
We should embrace them all and enjoy every tiny detail.
https://youtu.be/tVT8d_2ZxuE
When you don't even know who's in the team
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The Garden Museum is in the process of restoring Benton End with a view to opening it to the public in the future - this will be great at raising its profile. https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/bentonend/
Always like a Chris Beardshaw garden too - love his planting style.