The Lady Garden

I've only just seen a pic of the proposed garden with a wall sculpture of wavy labia, and at the vaginal orifice an angry rabbit is peering out - or am I misinterpreting it?

I'm not a fan of using euphemisms for genitals either, but surely "lady gardens" are a thing of the past as most young women spend a fortune getting body hair ripped off removed.

Oh lucky old you Monica! Not that I care about pubic hair. Less to get dry in the mornings after my bath.

I don't think I've ever heard anyone boast about their pubic hair before. ?

That is very pretty flower Nanthewiser, apart from anything else.

Reminds me of Morning Glory a bit, although perhaps I shouldn't say that in the same breath.

I am not boasting. I just didn't realise it would change as I got older

It is not a subject I have ever devoted any thought to, until this thread. So it quite educational.

Mine has box blight

At 65 mine has gone from lush and dark brown to sparse and grey is this normal?

It also has sprouted on my top lip..

I don't get it ? Is the Lady Garden supposed to be the flowers around the tree, or the ugly thing on the back wall?
The designer has a weird imagination.

Yes, it might get people talking, but it’s really hard to get tickets for the CFS so they don’t need to attract more people.

They should do a post-menopausal vagina - represented by dried up and shrivelled plants. That would teach everyone to be aware and tend to themselves properly ❤️

The vagina is not dirty or offensive and plants are beautiful
If it means conversations about smear tests and female genital mutilation are not considered offensive i am all for it
If to don't like it don't look

??? They've gone quite mad just to pretend the chelsea flower show is still interesting in the 21st century! Its not- unless you're a keen gardening enthusiast,or the Queen.Goodness knows what she will make of it,probably be embarrassed but still try to say something 'supportive' whilst trying to pass by quickly

Apparently all the plants used are ones traditionally associated with women's health, too.

Hmmm there is no body part on me that looks like it has a screaming skull peeping out of it.......that’s what the proposed picture looked like to me. I agree there is nothing shameful about female genitalia but I really don’t want to see it on a wall, nor would I want to see an anus or a sculpture of the inside of someone’s nostril.

Had to check this out. It seems to be genuine and even more questionable in the press release which I also opened:
www.thebodyshop.com/en-gb/the-lady-garden

I thinks it’s quite hilarious, utterly tasteless and a bit ugly and boring ! Come on, at least be a bit more imaginative !! f

We didnt want to look,Buffybee posted the pic of it!

So are they saying were only 'empowered' by using of our lady bits?

I agree with Kartush.

It's ugly and horrible. I'm no prude but can't see the point of this. And why no male equivalent ?

Yes,now I've read it Seadragon,it does scream 'advertising for the body shop' at me! (And do the 'young trendies' who've removed all hair call it their 'lady' as they've no 'garden'?just wondered...)

I'm all for celebrating the human form, our bodies are pretty wonderful things when they're working, and I think it would do society good to be more relaxed and open about them in their natural form.
However, I don't think this is about that, but like everything else these days is over-sexualised. This isn't celebrating the whole female form it's a grubby bit of porn in plant form done to sensationalise and commercialise. Yuk.

No male equivalent as its promoting body shop and its founders are women.it says in the link sent by Seadragon.