It is true that AT is better at Chelsea than MD because he's a natural performer and likes people and also knows what it's like to do a garden (Gold medal to boot). However, even when he was there it was very repetitive so clearly the producer and director need a rocket up their behind.
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I had a lovely time at Chelsea today. So much to see. The gardens look so different in real life. Much much smaller.
I really dont get the gardens that aren't gardens at all. The one with the blocks - it was as awful in real life as it was on the telly box for me. I find too much representation really quite pretentious. More suited to an art exhibition than a garden show.
Uselful to see things in real life that I only usually see advertised in magazines, like garden arches and garden buildings.
will defo go again but will make sure to get there early to avoid the huge crowds.
I agree with you about some of the gardens. Over the years there have been some truly hideous gardens, based more on representing a thought or emotion etc. This years Bermuda garden looks awful, and the Seedip garden was just plain stupid with all that copper piping.
Why not just make real gardens that people might actually want to copy at home?
Investor panics over Brexit meant fewer sponsors for main gardens, hence there being only 8 this year. pretty late on the RHS did a deal with Radio 2 to celebrate their birthday by having gardens to represent the 5 senses. They've done really well to get them together in a very short space of time so I reckon congrats all round to the designers, the garden builders and the Radio 2 DJs who got involved.
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)."
Perhaps we should be careful about what we wish for. Those of us of a certain age will recall that once upon a time, Chelsea warranted little more than an extended Gardeners' World programme. As times have changed, the coverage has become more extensive (in terms of hours of TV at least). But perhaps it's the old adage: more is less. I feel that the coverage has become repetitive and spread thinly, with time wasted with fillers (how to crystallise edible flowers tonight.) Nicky Chapman wittering. C'lebs pontificating. Fortunately, my telly has an off switch, which, having seen the proper Best in Show (People's Award) given to Chris Beardshaw, was more than enough for me.
Some will doubtless enjoy it all, so fair play to them.
Re-reading my post I can see that it is, at best, ambiguous. What I meant was that, having seen that Chris Beardshaw got the well-deserved people's award, I turned the tv off. And I agree that he probably deserved a gold. He was robbed!
I fail to see why the BBC should not aspire to excellence rather than regurgitating the same old same old every year.
I also fail to see why the RHS section that organises the show thinks it's OK to have main gardens that are more about hard landscaping and water than plants. It's a horticultural society after all and a flower show. Me thinks they may have forgotten. I shall be writing, as a concerned member, to remind them.
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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That's a good idea FB.
It is true that AT is better at Chelsea than MD because he's a natural performer and likes people and also knows what it's like to do a garden (Gold medal to boot). However, even when he was there it was very repetitive so clearly the producer and director need a rocket up their behind.
I had a lovely time at Chelsea today. So much to see. The gardens look so different in real life. Much much smaller.
I really dont get the gardens that aren't gardens at all. The one with the blocks - it was as awful in real life as it was on the telly box for me. I find too much representation really quite pretentious. More suited to an art exhibition than a garden show.
Uselful to see things in real life that I only usually see advertised in magazines, like garden arches and garden buildings.
will defo go again but will make sure to get there early to avoid the huge crowds.
Pleased you had a nice day Tootles.
I agree with you about some of the gardens. Over the years there have been some truly hideous gardens, based more on representing a thought or emotion etc. This years Bermuda garden looks awful, and the Seedip garden was just plain stupid with all that copper piping.
Why not just make real gardens that people might actually want to copy at home?
And why did Chris Evans have a garden there, whats his connection to gardening? I don't get it.
Investor panics over Brexit meant fewer sponsors for main gardens, hence there being only 8 this year. pretty late on the RHS did a deal with Radio 2 to celebrate their birthday by having gardens to represent the 5 senses. They've done really well to get them together in a very short space of time so I reckon congrats all round to the designers, the garden builders and the Radio 2 DJs who got involved.
Perhaps we should be careful about what we wish for. Those of us of a certain age will recall that once upon a time, Chelsea warranted little more than an extended Gardeners' World programme. As times have changed, the coverage has become more extensive (in terms of hours of TV at least). But perhaps it's the old adage: more is less. I feel that the coverage has become repetitive and spread thinly, with time wasted with fillers (how to crystallise edible flowers tonight.) Nicky Chapman wittering. C'lebs pontificating. Fortunately, my telly has an off switch, which, having seen the proper Best in Show (People's Award) given to Chris Beardshaw, was more than enough for me.
Some will doubtless enjoy it all, so fair play to them.
It's a gardening programme...I love it... don't knock it guys!!!
P.S Chris Beardshaw did deserve the award-he should have got a gold.
Re-reading my post I can see that it is, at best, ambiguous.
What I meant was that, having seen that Chris Beardshaw got the well-deserved people's award, I turned the tv off. And I agree that he probably deserved a gold. He was robbed!
I fail to see why the BBC should not aspire to excellence rather than regurgitating the same old same old every year.
I also fail to see why the RHS section that organises the show thinks it's OK to have main gardens that are more about hard landscaping and water than plants. It's a horticultural society after all and a flower show. Me thinks they may have forgotten. I shall be writing, as a concerned member, to remind them.