Chelsea flower show

[Snadger]

Have I missed sumfink? Has someone started a thread about show?

Personally I don't usually bother with it as it's a bit 'arty farty' for my taste.
This year I've enjoyed the television coverage though............must be getting old!

[Flummery]

Well I've watched it. It confirms some of my prejudices but I like to see what's going on in the gardening world. The year they first featured Cloud Pruning I tried it on my privet hedge. It looked like I was totally p*ssed when I cut it!

[lettucegrow!]

Have been too busy to post about it as I've been glued to it. I was wondering if anyone had posted abut it. I managed to go last year after being offered a free ticket and loved It is farty but I look at it as cat walk gardening-interesting but not realistic. They had live chickens there this year!! Caused quite a stir!

[piskieinboots]

....I look at it as cat walk gardening-interesting but not realistic.

My take on it too - coverage this year has been excellent

I love it, have attended two previous shows over the last seven years and plan to go again next year

[CaroltheCarrot]

I would love to go but too far for me ,fife show and gardening scotland for me next weekend

[bramble]

I watch it every year and love it but I notice in the past few years there seems to be more and more talking and not enough of showing us all the flowers and gardens.
Just my opinion.

[Flummery]

I also wish that when they do the round-up of pictures at the end they'd actually put on the screen the name of the plant. (and turn off the bladdy music!)

[elsie-scot]

Didn't watch all of it, but what I saw was alright and the extra bit on interactive was quite good. The bits I saw though seemed to have people from a very different background than me!

[Alison]

Coverage was OK but didn't like the photography bits - have no interest in seeing what Paul McCartney's daughter can do with a camera............... OH asked if I wanted to go one year so we might make a mini break of it some time but to be honest I like the more local and less high browness of Tatton which is on my doorstep so will probably continue looking on the TV. Over the years I'm finding the gardens less inspirational and wish that more of them would contain plants which would actually flower at the same time and therefore show a more natural view - I don't mind them forcing things but having a plant that would look its best in March next to one which peaks in autumn annoys me as it always seems a bit like false selling. Probably just me though

[Two_Sheds]

wish that more of them would contain plants which would actually flower at the same time and therefore show a more natural view - ... Probably just me though

Not just you at all. I can't see the point (at all!) of having a "garden" full of forced plants. You can't replicate it ... so what's the point?

[piskieinboots]

Probably just me though

No, I don't think it's just you Alison - I totally take your point on the forcing - a natural Chelsea would be very good to see, although I'm not sure how much interest it would get for the media.

Whilst I have been a couple of times and plan to go next year to take MiL - if I'm honest it's better on TV insomuch as your feet don't hurt

[valmarg]

Having visited the show for many years. I think the TV coverage is very poor. You would think, as a result, that the only exhibits at Chelsea were the 'show gardens'. If it's not a show garden its not worth showing on TV.

What used to be known as the marquee, and is now known as the pavilion is not given much of a look. Carol Klein and someone gave it a quick wazz round, but nothing in detail. When we used to go it was by far the most interesting part of the show.

valmarg

[Snadger]

Sorry, I've got to disagree to some extent about the forcing.

Medwyn's won the best in show and there was no way he could have had those veggies at the peak of perfection without forcing!

Just look at whats ready in your allotment now...........thats what he would have had to work with!

Part of the skill, I believe is to have everything at their peak of condition on the day of the show, whether the show be in May or January!



Medwyn's Exhibition Vegetable Seeds

[Alison]

Sorry, I've got to disagree to some extent about the forcing.

Medwyn's won the best in show and there was no way he could have had those veggies at the peak of perfection without forcing!

Just look at whats ready in your allotment now...........thats what he would have had to work with!

Part of the skill, I believe is to have everything at their peak of condition on the day of the show, whether the show be in May or January!



Medwyn's Exhibition Vegetable Seeds

Ah but that's not what I said - what I have a problem with is the show gardens exhibiting things that couldn't sit side by side. If they did a full garden full of August stuff then I'd have no problems but they do things months apart and sit them next to each other which seems irrelevant to me. What Medwyn does is totally different and I wasn't commenting on the likes of him.

[Snadger]

Ah but that's not what I said - what I have a problem with is the show gardens exhibiting things that couldn't sit side by side. If they did a full garden full of August stuff then I'd have no problems but they do things months apart and sit them next to each other which seems irrelevant to me. What Medwyn does is totally different and I wasn't commenting on the likes of him.

Point taken...........and in that case I would agree with you!