I don't know anything about grasses but if I can read the stand number correctly (GPH5?) it is Eversley Nursery's stand according to the catalogue.
Maybe they can help you with the grass...
Victoria....I'm so so grateful to you...I didn't think of looking for the stand no.. I have found the nursery and been onto their website...very nice it is too. and I do believe I have found the grass in question...Ampelodesmos Mauritanicus....lol... what a mouthful....
..after all that... I have found it's not very hardy in Britain...[sad face]... I had wondered why I'd not heard of it before..I think it's a type of Arundo...oh well,....never mind
Mauritanicus is the clue. I find none of the pennisetums or stipas is hardy enough in my garden but carex, molinia and miscanthus are very happy. Many of them can be grown from seed so have a look here - http://www.plant-world-seeds.com/ I've been very pleased with them.
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I got the nurseryman / woman side of chelsea and their displays are fantastic & their dedication must be over whelming.
But why do the city of Birmingham have a display ( even though I thought it was by far the best one shown on t.v ) what have they got to gain from it ? But who see's the show gardens & thinks " oh must get one of them " Do the designers get a tap on the shoulder from Premiership players who ask them to build them the same down the road a little bit ?
Places like Birmingham get prestige and recognition which must be a help when fighting funding cuts from the Council. Town and Parks departments are not to be sniffed at. Alan Titchmarsh and Roy Lancaster both started in their local department. At Tatton there's a whole section on municipal plantig and displays with medals and prizes to be won and career paths to be smoothed.
The nurserymen and women get loads of orders from their stands at Chelsea and so, undoubtedly, do the garden designers so yes, it's all about networking and generating business. Lots of the gardens end up in a new home too.
A few years ago one was bought lock, stock and barrel by a man who wanted an instant garden for his new home. Some, such as the Alzheimers or Hope for Heroes get rebuilt at homes or hospitals which provide special care. Bunny Guinness's potager garden was rebuilt in a London school to help with teaching their curriculum. Chris Beardshaw built one of his gardens with teh help of the special needs kids who lived in the home and garden that inspired it.
Don't be fooled by the superficial glamour. Lots of good stuff comes out of Chelsea and is aided and abetted by the RHS.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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Victoria....I'm so so grateful to you...I didn't think of looking for the stand no.. I have found the nursery and been onto their website...very nice it is too. and I do believe I have found the grass in question...Ampelodesmos Mauritanicus....lol... what a mouthful....
...your a star !
..after all that... I have found it's not very hardy in Britain...[sad face]... I had wondered why I'd not heard of it before..I think it's a type of Arundo...oh well,....never mind
Mauritanicus is the clue. I find none of the pennisetums or stipas is hardy enough in my garden but carex, molinia and miscanthus are very happy. Many of them can be grown from seed so have a look here - http://www.plant-world-seeds.com/ I've been very pleased with them.
My problem is all those gardens look nice and what I want my garden to look like. Borrowing bits for each does not make a masterpiece alas!
All good photos Obelixx - you have made me want to go next year. I wonder if I could hire a van to take home what I would like?
I got the nurseryman / woman side of chelsea and their displays are fantastic & their dedication must be over whelming.
But why do the city of Birmingham have a display ( even though I thought it was by far the best one shown on t.v ) what have they got to gain from it ? But who see's the show gardens & thinks " oh must get one of them " Do the designers get a tap on the shoulder from Premiership players who ask them to build them the same down the road a little bit ?
Places like Birmingham get prestige and recognition which must be a help when fighting funding cuts from the Council. Town and Parks departments are not to be sniffed at. Alan Titchmarsh and Roy Lancaster both started in their local department. At Tatton there's a whole section on municipal plantig and displays with medals and prizes to be won and career paths to be smoothed.
The nurserymen and women get loads of orders from their stands at Chelsea and so, undoubtedly, do the garden designers so yes, it's all about networking and generating business. Lots of the gardens end up in a new home too.
A few years ago one was bought lock, stock and barrel by a man who wanted an instant garden for his new home. Some, such as the Alzheimers or Hope for Heroes get rebuilt at homes or hospitals which provide special care. Bunny Guinness's potager garden was rebuilt in a London school to help with teaching their curriculum. Chris Beardshaw built one of his gardens with teh help of the special needs kids who lived in the home and garden that inspired it.
Don't be fooled by the superficial glamour. Lots of good stuff comes out of Chelsea and is aided and abetted by the RHS.
..thanks for the link obelixx...that site looks really good....
Fair point well put
But I guess I must just be stuck in the local flower show, summer fete kind of gardening with talcum powder on your onions & marrows in wheelbarrows
I think you need to be more open minded and try a new experience.
There are some amazing displays of veggies - one done by veg growers from WG Robinson - http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/chelsea-photo-galleries - and the others on the Waitrose stand where they mixed fruit and veg with flowers for some amazing. Both very inventive and there are also potager and mini allotment displays in the floral marquee - http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/chelsea-photo-galleries and a very good one all done by schools in the RHS school gardening project which is in my photos.