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Chelsea photos 2016

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087

    Here are the pics I took in the Pavilion:-

    http://s211.photobucket.com/user/Obelixx_be/library/160525%20Chelsea%20-%20small%20gardens/160525%20Chelsea%20pavillion?sort=2&page=1

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    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)."
    Plato
  • Flowerlover3Flowerlover3 Posts: 219

    Does anyone know what plant it is in the Bank of Canada garden - small blue flowers, planted in the foreground with the red poppies?

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087

    If that's the Berber inspired garden they were wild lupins.

    I have now rescued the pics from my phone - another couple of hundred taken after the real camera battery expired - and have loaded some new ones on the Pavillion album above.  Hosta, clematis and iris alert! 

    Now to load the other gardens onto an album.  Some of the phone pics are a bit fuzzy but you'll get the general idea.  Lots of repeats too as I change focus point to get plant combos and labels in for my new garden projects.

    Last edited: 29 May 2016 18:01:47

    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)."
    Plato
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087

    Pics of main gardens, all grouped together and, where I could, with the name at the beginning but not always possible to snap that.   Starts with Andy Sturgeon and finishes with Yorkshire.  Again, lots of repeats to show different detail in planting.

    http://s211.photobucket.com/user/Obelixx_be/library/160525%20Chelsea%20main%20gardens?sort=9&page=1 

    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)."
    Plato
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328

    I enjoyed all those, thanks Obelixx - great that you've got some good photos of the gardens I failed to photograph for one reason or another.  image

    Here are a few photos of some of the Fresh gardens:

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    Honeysuckle Blue dye plants garden

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    Revive Imperial garden (complete with ventilated woman...)

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    World Vision garden.  How do you cut the grass?

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    Modern Slavery garden (People's Choice fresh garden) 

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    Urban Connections.

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087

    Good photos.  I don't usually bother with the Fresh gardens as they are usually too far removed from my concept of a garden.   Glad the Modern Slavery garden won best.  It was very good.

    For that grass?  A mountain sheep?

    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)."
    Plato
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328

    A few plants mostly from the Pavilion which appealed to me (there were more but the photos, taken on my phone, didn't work very well):

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    image Grenada's display

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    image Hydrangea 'Fireworks Blue'

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    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Lovely photos Liri. I was going to suggest tying  a couple of sheep on there too! 

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    I'm off to look at obelixx's pix now  image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328

    I agree about the usefulness of the Fresh gardens, Obelixx.  Since it was my first Chelsea I looked at EVERYTHING.  image

    Finally, some odds and ends:

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    One of the "artisan studios" had folk woodworking using traditional tools.

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    The fabulous poppies

    Now some sculptures which caught the eye...

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    This and the next one are actually fire pits - just beautiful.

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    This table made me laugh!

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    I think that's about all...  image

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410

    Thankyou so much for sharing Obelixx and Liri.  Made me realise just how much of the floral pavilion I missed - a half day ticket means you run out of time.  Fab pictures from you bothimage

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