The Lady Garden

It’s not shocking.
FGM is shocking.
If they’d done a garden referring to THAT I’d be impressed.

Personally I think the pic of the " lady garden" is utterly horrible ( laugh)
I would like to thank you all for cheering me up with some witty remarks though (smile)! I particularly like the Cockney rhyming slang.....and ANY reference in jest to GP vagina scented candles is so funny ( laugh)!!!!

Theyve certainly not put much thought into it?- "oh its about women so lets just use the lady bits then!" Is not very original,or modern,its probably set us back at least a couple of centuries i think.

I see my emojis failed to work!!!

I think it is horrible. We know what our bits look like we don't need a sculpture in a garden festival to show us. And all this nonsense about the Body Shop always being "irreverant" and "always wanting to disrupt the norm". Since when? They sell nice smelling stuff in plastic bottles. I suspect the Body Shop is struggling and is trying to up its profile.. Is there going to be a garden with a penis and testicles next to it? Then a garden designer can highlight "what makes men different from women".

BEECHNUT and NANKATE. ???

Nannan2 - my thoughts exactly!!!

Yes! sarahcyn, now THAT would make it really worthwhile.

Exactly, Nannan2. We are a lot more than our vag (Sorry! Vulva/pudendum). The things in my body that gets the most work are the brain and my bl**dy nerves, nevermind me lady garden.

Im waiting to see when Danny Dyer slips the rhyming slang into eastenders(oh,itl be when the chelsea flower show is on wont it?).Hilarious.

Why is the female form offensive?

Title is so twee! Cringeworthy. Whenever the word ‘lady’ is used, be warned. For example Judy Chicago didn’t call her iconic piece the ladies dinner party. ?. Call it the enchanted garden or something. Embarrassingly euphemistic nudge nudge wink wink

I think the Body shop And Gwyneth Paltrow are both desperate for money and advertising.

Its NOT offensive Theoddbird! But its not something to be made fun of in wink wink euphamisms by shops/ companies wanting extra advertising either,is it

Its The Body shop exploiting our female form that is offensive! I cant believe its been backed by Royal horticultural society to be honest.

The world has gone mad! A TV show about "bringing back the bush" is to hit the screens soon; An actress with her "aromatic candles" and now this! It's disgusting or is it just courting extremes to gain publicity?

I think it’s horrible

This reminds me of the display the local college's A-level art group had some 20 years ago when my daughter was doing her exams. One student had produced quite a graphic 3D model of the moment of birth using a doll and lots of red paint. To me, it was very medical rather than artistic and obviously shocking since I remember it. I wondered whether its purpose was to shock! I couldn't understand why it had been given an A grade as it wasn't well executed. So, I wonder whether the purpose of this display is just to shock. Each to his/her own ......
Incidentally, I'm allergic to roses (romance flower?!), and have told DH if he ever gives me any I will take it he is suing for divorce.......

Whatever next..

These different euphemisms have made me chortle- my young granddaughter (6yrs) calls it her 'minnie' (goodness knows what she thinks when minnie mouse is on tv)

As for pudendum,feels like we're back in the past

I like the idea. What is wrong with the female shape? Oh come on you prudes, lighten up and enjoy! A nice scented Bush in the appropriate place, ? x

Looking forward to some birds landing on it and someone shouting, oh look - THRUSH.

I don’t have a problem with it,but to be fair I haven’t visited the Chelsea Flower show and as an indifferent gardener am unlikely to do so!
I have enjoyed this thread though?

It is stupid and unnecessary. And in today's climate, where if one person is offended by something then it has to be stopped, surely the number of people on this group alone who object and are offended is enough to get this stopped. It's the exact opposite of woke, politically correct or whatever the hell else people talk about in this mad world. Is anyone tech-savvy enough to start one of those on-line petitions to get it stopped? I'll be the first to sign.