The photo's are outstanding & I have NO trouble in seeing the beauty & workmanship / skill in producing the gardens / displays like I said previously Birmingham councils was exceptional. But why does South Africa have a garden ( I guess you may tell me that the R.H.S is a worldwide organisation )(If so why not Australia/Canada/India ect ect )(I have a feeling you are going to tell me All in previous years)
All the plant producers displays must have been a wonder to look at or they would not have paid the vast premiums they must be charged for having a stall at the show. The gardens that look as if they have always been there with moss on stones & the likes great( rather like Titchmarshes) But many of the others do not seem to resemble nothing one is ever likely to see again anywhere. Take that thing the other year by Durmaid Gavin high rised ??
South Africa is a large exporter of cut flowers which contributes a great deal to the country's balance of payments - Chelsea is a brilliant shop window for them to show off the wide variety they can produce.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Many of the Chelsea gardens get recreated somewhere after the show and Diarnuid Gavin's Sky Garden has just been installed in a new garden regeneration project in Cork.
Many of our most popular garden flowers originate in South Africa - pelargoniums, osteospermums, agapanthus, crocosmia, euphorbias, gerberas and many more as well as houseplants so it's nromal for South Africa to have a stand displaying their wares to earn potential tourist or export incomes. Same for Thailand with its garish display of colourful orchid flowers.
There's a page on the RHS website for applications to design a garden or have a trade stand so it would seem that anyone can apply but they have to pass the selection process. I'd expect the main expense would come from all the time and money spent on getting plants and display materials just right and at their peak at the right time but it would all be recouped in the value of the free pubicity.
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Obelixx I saw this thread when you first posted it but didn't follow the links as I watched all the BBC coverage on the iplayer and was all Chelsea'd out!! Just been having a look today and I think they should employ you next year, I saw a lot more of the gardens than I did on the tv. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this, they're lovely photos and much more "Chelsea" than the BBC coverage.
My pleasure Daisy. I take the photos to help me remember because sometimes it's like being in an art gallery where visual saturation is reached after about the 10th picture.
This year in particular was striking for the similarity of planting material but also the different ways they were used and I have whole beds to renovate so the photos are a handy reference point.
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The photo's are outstanding & I have NO trouble in seeing the beauty & workmanship / skill in producing the gardens / displays like I said previously Birmingham councils was exceptional. But why does South Africa have a garden ( I guess you may tell me that the R.H.S is a worldwide organisation )(If so why not Australia/Canada/India ect ect )(I have a feeling you are going to tell me All in previous years)
All the plant producers displays must have been a wonder to look at or they would not have paid the vast premiums they must be charged for having a stall at the show. The gardens that look as if they have always been there with moss on stones & the likes great( rather like Titchmarshes) But many of the others do not seem to resemble nothing one is ever likely to see again anywhere. Take that thing the other year by Durmaid Gavin high rised ??
South Africa is a large exporter of cut flowers which contributes a great deal to the country's balance of payments - Chelsea is a brilliant shop window for them to show off the wide variety they can produce.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Glad you liked the photos Dogbowl. There are some from pervious years here - http://s211.photobucket.com/user/Obelixx_be/library/1205%20Chelsea%20Flower%20Show?sort=2&page=1
and here - http://s211.photobucket.com/user/Obelixx_be/library/2013%20Chelsea%20Flower%20Show?sort=2&page=1 I was in a wheelchair after foot surgery so not so many photos. I have photos from previous years too.
Many of the Chelsea gardens get recreated somewhere after the show and Diarnuid Gavin's Sky Garden has just been installed in a new garden regeneration project in Cork.
Many of our most popular garden flowers originate in South Africa - pelargoniums, osteospermums, agapanthus, crocosmia, euphorbias, gerberas and many more as well as houseplants so it's nromal for South Africa to have a stand displaying their wares to earn potential tourist or export incomes. Same for Thailand with its garish display of colourful orchid flowers.
There's a page on the RHS website for applications to design a garden or have a trade stand so it would seem that anyone can apply but they have to pass the selection process. I'd expect the main expense would come from all the time and money spent on getting plants and display materials just right and at their peak at the right time but it would all be recouped in the value of the free pubicity.
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Obelixx I saw this thread when you first posted it but didn't follow the links as I watched all the BBC coverage on the iplayer and was all Chelsea'd out!! Just been having a look today and I think they should employ you next year, I saw a lot more of the gardens than I did on the tv. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this, they're lovely photos and much more "Chelsea" than the BBC coverage.
My pleasure Daisy. I take the photos to help me remember because sometimes it's like being in an art gallery where visual saturation is reached after about the 10th picture.
This year in particular was striking for the similarity of planting material but also the different ways they were used and I have whole beds to renovate so the photos are a handy reference point.
It was also very different from last year - http://s211.photobucket.com/user/Obelixx_be/library/2013%20Chelsea%20Flower%20Show?sort=2&page=1 Photos taken from a wheelchair (foot surgery) so not so many and fewer angles.