Chelsea Flower Show

MerylStreep

Aveline

It's nice to see possibilities though.

Some people are just fun sponges 😟

Cheap and nasty.

No, not at all. Some people love nature, and plants, and gardens- real ones, for RL. So glad you understand, as a professional, Mikaru, thank you.

Fleurpepper

MerylStreep

Aveline

It's nice to see possibilities though.

Some people are just fun sponges 😟

Cheap and nasty.

No, not at all. Some people love nature, and plants, and gardens- real ones, for RL. So glad you understand, as a professional, Mikaru, thank you.

But you’re assuming Chelsea is just about the show gardens Fleurpepper, and it’s a million miles from that, as are all the RHS shows. I’m a member too, I try to go to a few shows every year, and I’m to be found in the marquee, looking at the trade stands, or listening to the experts. The show gardens are a small part of the total package, they are the dressing, not the substance.

So glad you understand, as a professional, Mikaru, thank you.

If I’d known this was going to turn into a thread of smug declarations I’d have kicked off with my hort qualifications and professional achievements in the OP. 🤣🤣🤣

Not quite sure you understood my comment about the 'professional' bit. It is not about the qualification, but what you do with it. Same as animal breeders, for instance.

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I am a RHS member, regularly visit their gardens, love Chelsea and all other RHS shows.

They do a lot for encouraging eco friendly and sensory gardens etc.

Far more than showy plants

It's not about the qualification, per se, but what you do with it.

I am glad that Mikaru, as a professional, understood the spirit and meaning of my comment. I am fully aware that many professionals will not- for all sorts of reasons- including commercial and financial ones.

The star of this afternoon’s coverage was Joanna Lumley’s jacket!

I want one. 😂

Loved her hat as well!

Sorry not keen on flower or garden shows, just a collection of pot plants, we do visit a lot of real gardens that change from month to month.
Best of luck to RHS if they do make £5m, we are members bit the crowds at Chelsea just dont appeal.

merlotgran

The star of this afternoon’s coverage was Joanna Lumley’s jacket!

I want one. 😂

Loved her hat as well!

I want her trainers!

Casdon

Fleurpepper

MerylStreep

Aveline

It's nice to see possibilities though.

Some people are just fun sponges 😟

Cheap and nasty.

No, not at all. Some people love nature, and plants, and gardens- real ones, for RL. So glad you understand, as a professional, Mikaru, thank you.

But you’re assuming Chelsea is just about the show gardens Fleurpepper, and it’s a million miles from that, as are all the RHS shows. I’m a member too, I try to go to a few shows every year, and I’m to be found in the marquee, looking at the trade stands, or listening to the experts. The show gardens are a small part of the total package, they are the dressing, not the substance.

Quite right Casdon, as you might find out, Fleurpepper if you followed my links.

I do know that not everyone bothers with links though.

merlotgran

^So glad you understand, as a professional, Mikaru, thank you^.

If I’d known this was going to turn into a thread of smug declarations I’d have kicked off with my hort qualifications and professional achievements in the OP. 🤣🤣🤣

Some people love nature, and plants, and gardens- real ones, for RL.

I'm feeling terribly smug now because I love nature, plants and real gardens.
Plus I'm terribly good at growing weeds which are just a plant in the wrong place.

That's why I like The RHS Chelsea Flower Show because it gives me ideas about natural gardens, plus plants and weeds to grow for attracting bees and other pollinators.

Forgot to mention, I’m into (British flowers) flower arranging, and Jonathan Moseley is at a number of the RHS shows doing demonstrations, he’s one of my favourites, so talented. The shows attract some of the best speakers in the country, on all sorts of topics.

It’s definitely not all about pot plants Katie59, I’m guessing you’re not into gardening or you wouldn’t say that.

Is it a terribly British thing, do you think?

A cousin of mine used to specialise in wild flowers, and won several gold medals at Chelsea. He’s retired now..

Grandma70s

A cousin of mine used to specialise in wild flowers, and won several gold medals at Chelsea. He’s retired now..

Creating a wild garden is quite difficult and hard work, Grandma70s.

My neighbour has succeeded, I've tried with part of ours but not very successfully!
Some plants want to take over.

Callistemon21

Is it a terribly British thing, do you think?

Probably - I don’t like imported flowers, they are so expensive to produce, and there’s nothing more beautiful than locally grown flowers in season. I try to grow as many as I can myself, and Jonathan Moseley does the same, and supports Flowers from the Farm, so he gets my vote.

This is interesting:

We are pleased to announce that this year’s winner of RHS Chelsea Sustainable Gardening Product of the Year 2023 is Lindum Wildflower Turf. The judges reflected on the sad reality that the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world and that the nation’s biodiversity is under serious threat. Lindum’s Wildflower Turf goes some way to help address this
www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/news/2023/sustainable-garden-product-of-the-year

I can't post the image but it's in the link.

We have a couple of flower farms near us; one uses glass jars for displays, so recycling jam, coffee jars etc. so they get a second lease of life!

It’s recorded, so I’ll be watching later. I always go to the RHS Hampton Court flower show in July. So looking forward to it.

I love watching Chelsea. Much of it is unobtainable for me nowadays due to health issues but I can dream

Were you not interested in the Donkey Garden, Fleurpepper.

“It’s definitely not all about pot plants Katie59, I’m guessing you’re not into gardening or you wouldn’t say that.”

That’s a peculiar thing to say Casdon .

I’m clearly into gardening, I’m an RHS member and visit a lot of other gardens, we also have a large garden of our own that I try to keep as I want it to look, despite the weather challenges.

Chelsea is about designers, horticulturalists and everything in between selling their wares.

It is a shop window, nothing more or less where everything must look it’s best to attract custom.

I don’t mind Chelsea, but it bares nothing to the reality of real gardening.

I used to go regularly-ish, but the crowds do not make for a pleasant day out which ever day you go.

Thank you Katie, and I feel the same. And I am not assuming anything about Chelsea- I am very aware.

Yes, we visit many gardens, amazing, fabulous,- RHS or not, in the UK or not, but real, as in they move and change with the seasons- just like mine- but of course so much better, and serve as inspiration.

Chelsea is about fashion, trends, creating unrealistic and un-attainable desire for constant change, and for business and money.

Some people change their gardens as they change their kitchen - as said above. ecological nonsense, to my mind.