I honestly do not understand the offence apparently caused by a straight answer to a straight question. We pay for every public service directly or indirectly through either taxes or license fees or both. Simples.
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)."
The RHS will be offering the prize because they think the process of the programme and the eventual garden build will attract new members and generate publicity and this further its aims to spread gardening knowledge and good practice across the wider community.
The RHS does excellent work in schools and communities as well as providing help and support and information to its members and researching and evaluating plants, methods and materials. An annual subscription to support all this costs about the same as an annual subscription to GW magazine. For this you get a monthly magazine and free entray to their own and many partner gardens. Entrance to the Chelsea Flower Show for a whole 12 hour day costs less than a ticket for two hours of premier football. Brilliant organisation worth supporting.
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)."
"The RHS said that the winner's plot is not being allocated at the expense of professional designers as their garden, like Titchmarsh's last year, will not be part of the official Chelsea judging process."
I agree obelixx, the RHS is a wonderful organization, and well worth belonging to if you visit their gardens a least a few times a year.
It's not really worth getting worked up about who is going to pay for the plot.. particularly if it is the BBC. I would imagine the cost is a fraction of what they spend on single three minute segment of a Top Gear episode. And the publicity is great for both BBC, Chelsea, and the RHS.
One would hope they could find a sponsor.. perhaps the nursery who is getting all this TV time. I would expect most of the plants would survive, and could be re-potted and reused.
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I asked a simple question who is paying for the Show garden at Chelsea, I wasn't trying to be controversial or start an online argument
They can only choose contestants from those that apply. If you think they are dire, let's hope better people apply next year.
I am also one who has enjoyed this programme not for anything to be learnt but just as entertainment.
Brenda thats why i havnt posted for some
I honestly do not understand the offence apparently caused by a straight answer to a straight question. We pay for every public service directly or indirectly through either taxes or license fees or both. Simples.
The RHS will be offering the prize because they think the process of the programme and the eventual garden build will attract new members and generate publicity and this further its aims to spread gardening knowledge and good practice across the wider community.
The RHS does excellent work in schools and communities as well as providing help and support and information to its members and researching and evaluating plants, methods and materials. An annual subscription to support all this costs about the same as an annual subscription to GW magazine. For this you get a monthly magazine and free entray to their own and many partner gardens. Entrance to the Chelsea Flower Show for a whole 12 hour day costs less than a ticket for two hours of premier football. Brilliant organisation worth supporting.
"The RHS said that the winner's plot is not being allocated at the expense of professional designers as their garden, like Titchmarsh's last year, will not be part of the official Chelsea judging process."
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I agree obelixx, the RHS is a wonderful organization, and well worth belonging to if you visit their gardens a least a few times a year.
It's not really worth getting worked up about who is going to pay for the plot.. particularly if it is the BBC. I would imagine the cost is a fraction of what they spend on single three minute segment of a Top Gear episode. And the publicity is great for both BBC, Chelsea, and the RHS.
One would hope they could find a sponsor.. perhaps the nursery who is getting all this TV time.
I would expect most of the plants would survive, and could be re-potted and reused.