Chelsea!!

Rewilding garden best in show? I'm not sure I can accommodate beavers here in my water-free garden. I am planning a small pebble water bubble area though, so maybe they'll move in!
I agree Katie59 that a there is a difference between a show garden and a real one. It's good to get a snapshot though of what is out there in the specialist nursery world. I visit open gardens when i can and find that very interesting.

Get the amelanchier, we have a mature one and it is beautiful, lovely blossom that comes early in spring followed by the leaves and lots of berries that the birds absolutely love.
My friend and I go to a garden show every year so we have done most of them several times. Our favourite is Hampton Court but on the last occasion we were on a coach in a traffic jam for two hours without moving. We are off to Hyde Hall in August, our first visit.

I hope other designers won’t be tempted to go down the landscape route in future. I’d rather see naturalistic planting incorporated into gardens of all shapes and sizes whether urban or rural.

Chelsea Flower Show innit!

Thanks buffyfly
As long as the berries aren't toxic to dogs.

Out of stock in two garden centres I've checked online so they must be a popular choice.

Exactly what we were saying yesterday merlotgran.

It's ok Callistemon, I wasn't sure about toxicity and dogs so I looked it up. There are no problems with the berries at all. They are similar to blueberries apparently and we can eat them, put them in pies etc! Trouble is the birds (pigeons are the worst) strip the whole tree within a couple of days, in fact it's amusing to watch them trying to balance on the slender branches whilst fending off other birds who want to eat them too!!

buffyfly9

Get the amelanchier, we have a mature one and it is beautiful, lovely blossom that comes early in spring followed by the leaves and lots of berries that the birds absolutely love.
My friend and I go to a garden show every year so we have done most of them several times. Our favourite is Hampton Court but on the last occasion we were on a coach in a traffic jam for two hours without moving. We are off to Hyde Hall in August, our first visit.

Hyde Hall is our local RHS Garden, I hope you enjoy it.

We go regularly sometimes take the GC as they love the Bees flying to and from their Hives.

The restaurant and cafe use produce grown on site.

Just caught up with last night’s 7pm visit. Alistair McGowan doing Monty Don and Adam Frost was brilliant! ?

No idea where Chelsea is heading these days , so many sponsors have backed out over the last few years and more to follow I think.
Best in Show was not a garden, it was a landscape !
Much prefer Hampton Court to Chelsea.

I agree the best in show was not a garden. Where were the flowers? and apparently Monty didn't agree with the judges decision. Lovely to see Adam again presenting. Carol Klein just went around hugging everyone.

buffyfly9

It's ok Callistemon, I wasn't sure about toxicity and dogs so I looked it up. There are no problems with the berries at all. They are similar to blueberries apparently and we can eat them, put them in pies etc! Trouble is the birds (pigeons are the worst) strip the whole tree within a couple of days, in fact it's amusing to watch them trying to balance on the slender branches whilst fending off other birds who want to eat them too!!

Oh, perhaps not - we have a pigeon problem already, don't want to encourage them!

Disappointed with this year at Chelsea, I don’t consider the winner this year to be a garden, it reminded me of an overgrown wilderness, wouldn’t want to sit in it, eat in it or entertain.Find Carol is too over the top. Glad this wasn’t the year I went as it’s the highlight if the year for me.

It seems to be all about landscaping. Whilst that’s important, it seems to dominate Chelsea nowadays. I have always felt it’s a very cliquey show, with people looking after their mates.