You were right hostafan... Paul has a partner named John. Good spot.. I never notice that type of thing unless it's flaming obvious. Young fellow didn't mention family life, and older fellow has a wife.
I love seeing all the scenes at Wisley in the final. That was my local RHS.. I used to take my first baby there every few weeks for the first year of his life. They are extremely baby friendly (even a soft play area indoors, and kid friendly gardening discovery area), and baby buggy friendly too!
Did you know that Wisley is known locally as " The Surrey Creche"
Some think it's gone waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too baby friendly. I'm not living near there now, but if you turn up at opening time, you can't move for yummy mummies/ grannies with buggies.
Just watched the final on catch up Sooooooooo pleased for Sean if I only had a smidgen of his flair I'm not envious my garden has a theme even if no one else can understand it and horticulturally it's spot on
Real life gardens have to be horticulturally spot on or they fail, that is what every gardener knows and one good thing about the judging at overly-lavish Chelsea.
The designers at Chelsea need to push their plant knowledge in order to do something new with design, so twenty years in the field probably prepares them well whereas, we can see from the competition that a keen interest in a subject doth not maketh a horticulturalist.
I'm afraid to say that no corner of our world is free from the make-over phenomenon that begun in the garden and now creates instant designers. I wish the winner luck but it takes away the Years of graft that earns you your stripes
In my job, research, if you make a coc-up you are treated to the hobnailed boot with the steel toecaps treatment, anywhere from size 6 for a minor hit right up to size 13 for a whopper!
BUT! I would have hated being put under the pressure the contestants were put under, I would never have entered!
I thought the best garden won on the whole. That urban chic thing filled me with horror both at the "you can't build that it will fall over" stage and the finished article with its very boring planting. Liked the botanist's garden but do wonder about the horticultural practicalities of growing bananas outside in the UK. I liked the ideas behind Sean's garden but someone definitely needs to take away his box of tricks and impress on him that less is more.
It will be interesting to see the garden at Chelsea and also to see if any of these contestants goes on to have a career in design. As Hostafan rightly says, dreaming and doing and getting people to hire you and then following their brief is a whole different kettle of fish.
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)."
I am looking forward to seeing the Chelsea garden up close and personal, although overall I did not really like any of the gardens, even though I enjoyed the programme concept.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
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You were right hostafan... Paul has a partner named John.
Good spot.. I never notice that type of thing unless it's flaming obvious. Young fellow didn't mention family life, and older fellow has a wife.
(not that it matters, of course).
I love seeing all the scenes at Wisley in the final. That was my local RHS.. I used to take my first baby there every few weeks for the first year of his life. They are extremely baby friendly (even a soft play area indoors, and kid friendly gardening discovery area), and baby buggy friendly too!
I actually like Ann-Marie's outfits.
I love the colors, and the jewelry, and her hair. Might be the Art teacher in me. I want to be just like her.
Blue Onion.
Did you know that Wisley is known locally as " The Surrey Creche"
Some think it's gone waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too baby friendly. I'm not living near there now, but if you turn up at opening time, you can't move for yummy mummies/ grannies with buggies.
Just watched the final on catch up Sooooooooo pleased for Sean
if I only had a smidgen of his flair I'm not envious
my garden has a theme 
even if no one else can understand it
and horticulturally it's spot on
Real life gardens have to be horticulturally spot on or they fail, that is what every gardener knows and one good thing about the judging at overly-lavish Chelsea.
The designers at Chelsea need to push their plant knowledge in order to do something new with design, so twenty years in the field probably prepares them well whereas, we can see from the competition that a keen interest in a subject doth not maketh a horticulturalist.
I'm afraid to say that no corner of our world is free from the make-over phenomenon that begun in the garden and now creates instant designers. I wish the winner luck but it takes away the Years of graft that earns you your stripes
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Thanks Edd, hope to have a look sometime!
Cheers!
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In my job, research, if you make a coc-up you are treated to the hobnailed boot with the steel toecaps treatment, anywhere from size 6 for a minor hit right up to size 13 for a whopper!
BUT! I would have hated being put under the pressure the contestants were put under, I would never have entered!
I thought the best garden won on the whole. That urban chic thing filled me with horror both at the "you can't build that it will fall over" stage and the finished article with its very boring planting. Liked the botanist's garden but do wonder about the horticultural practicalities of growing bananas outside in the UK. I liked the ideas behind Sean's garden but someone definitely needs to take away his box of tricks and impress on him that less is more.
It will be interesting to see the garden at Chelsea and also to see if any of these contestants goes on to have a career in design. As Hostafan rightly says, dreaming and doing and getting people to hire you and then following their brief is a whole different kettle of fish.
I am looking forward to seeing the Chelsea garden up close and personal, although overall I did not really like any of the gardens, even though I enjoyed the programme concept.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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