tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post8589196288250594868..comments2024-03-28T09:25:14.379+00:00Comments on Veg Plotting: It's Chelsea Showtime!VPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-24718790539337606252009-05-27T09:36:26.880+01:002009-05-27T09:36:26.880+01:00BTW - there were 38 gardens at Chelsea this year (...BTW - there were 38 gardens at Chelsea this year (plus 4 in the Great Pavilion), that's loads! I've featured 28 of them, plus one still to come. If I'd got better photos of the others, then rest assured I would have included them. I still think that's more than what the BBC showed us!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-49939289968314329562009-05-27T09:27:07.687+01:002009-05-27T09:27:07.687+01:00Mary - thanks for your thoughtful and thought prov...Mary - thanks for your thoughtful and thought provoking comment. It's already been interesting to see how my thoughts have developed since my visit to Chelsea. Writing about it and putting the photographs and slideshows together has bought all kinds of details to the forefront of my mind that I either didn't see in the whirl of trying to see as much as possible in the time OR they went straight into my subconscious. Already I want to have more conversations with the designers as I have so much more I want to ask them than I managed at the time, yet I'm sure the pre-planning also enabled me to have a more meaningful discussion with them than just coming to the garden cold and just saying 'nice garden' or something equally banal!<br /><br />As for last year, Cleve's garden (the Alzheimer's one) still does it for me, not only for it's exquisite design nd planting, but also because of the issues it raised about mental health and the lack of gardens at many care homes.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-52985756910797211272009-05-26T18:18:01.959+01:002009-05-26T18:18:01.959+01:00I've just been looking through your slide show. (...I've just been looking through your slide show. (When I arrived here the other day, I'd come through 'Chrome' which doesn't cater for such things so I'm catching up.)<br /><br />Within this set of slides, there are only four gardens that I like. Of course, in real life, they might be different . . . as you have said re. planning what you do or don't want to see in advance . . . but, it's nice when that happens (not liking things) because then you aren't tempted (even theoretically) to dig up what you've got.<br /><br />As a picture-viewer rather than attender, it's interesting, a year later, to review what still stands out in one's mind. For me, it's the lavender hedge one with chicken house mostly plus a woodland one I can't describe, plus the lessons I learnt through the Alzheimer's garden.<br /><br />It will be interesting, VP, to know what you are still thinking about a year hence from now.<br /><br />MaryMary Sharpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366961487327381951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-72324098790833922902009-05-23T10:09:13.707+01:002009-05-23T10:09:13.707+01:00Yolanda - glad you liked your visit and thanks for...Yolanda - glad you liked your visit and thanks for the congrats - congratulations to you too!<br /><br />Dave - I was gobsmacked when public planting was mentioned!<br /><br />Emma - it's amazing how we take different things from the same place isn't it? Somehow the foils like foliage don't lodge in my brain, it's the stuff floating over it that does. The HESCO garden was the one I remember for colour. Laurent Perrier did have colour but in very small pockets, so the overall memory I have is of all the green hedges and grasses. The QVC garden was very restful as was Nature Ascending and I'm tempted to have a look at how the latter one fares when it's sold off on eBay.<br /><br />Carrie - the HESCO garden was lovely. I liked how they'd included rainfall runoff as part of the water features too<br /><br />Monica - it was and doing these posts has further enhanced my enjoyment of the day as I've had a really good think about what I saw. There's a lot more to these gardens than meets the eye which you find out about from talking to the designers and reading their information. <br /><br />FGG - glad you enjoyed it :)VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-63522153662364519052009-05-23T00:34:48.384+01:002009-05-23T00:34:48.384+01:00Thanks for the tour since I'll never be able to go...Thanks for the tour since I'll never be able to go. I saw lots of good ideas that I'll consider on a much smaller scale. I had fun going along with you on your slideshow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-6738985807373650922009-05-22T23:55:07.877+01:002009-05-22T23:55:07.877+01:00Oooh, eeer, aaah, sigh! Wonderful!Oooh, eeer, aaah, sigh! Wonderful!Monica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-34258772028886386972009-05-22T15:12:23.754+01:002009-05-22T15:12:23.754+01:00thanks for taking me to Chelsea, that was a great ...thanks for taking me to Chelsea, that was a great slide show. Not sure how the judges can possibly do their job! I liked the Hesco one, I could hide away in there for a while.....Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475182740888543862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-3552153256385418712009-05-22T13:48:51.025+01:002009-05-22T13:48:51.025+01:00Ah see I really did think there was more colour th...Ah see I really did think there was more colour this year. Those gorgeous meadowy plantings of deep irises and fennels in Luciano's, the masses of dark red foliage everywhere, the perfumed garden, QVC was blues and mauves, the Nature Ascendant was deep purples and reds- lots there. I think Sarah Price's two gardens in 2007 & 8 have had a lot of influence on the style of planting, softening things up a bit.emmathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03914805260939907394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-58124427475215739532009-05-22T12:14:48.648+01:002009-05-22T12:14:48.648+01:00Thanks for the pictures they are great. Hope you e...Thanks for the pictures they are great. Hope you enjoyed the piece on public planting last night, some good suggestions in there I thought and a mention of flower clocks :o)Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701889800625191274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-54962537701781809032009-05-22T11:10:13.665+01:002009-05-22T11:10:13.665+01:00Thanks for a lovely slideshow, it was nice to see ...Thanks for a lovely slideshow, it was nice to see some more gardens than the ones I saw on telly.<br /><br />Perhaps Alan was referring to his own more colourful (orange skin) person? :-) <br /><br />And congrats on your Fork 'n Monkey Gold, well done VP!!!Yolanda Elizabet Heuzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506031220151023088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-17331820679421650572009-05-22T10:42:25.543+01:002009-05-22T10:42:25.543+01:00Before I dive in and answer individually, I'm so g...Before I dive in and answer individually, I'm so glad Sylvia and CG have picked up on what I said about the lack of colour in the garden. I shouted at the telly last night when Alan Titchmarsh said there was loads of colour this year. In the Great Pavilion yes, but not in the show gardens!<br /><br />One of the reasons why The Telegraph Garden (ie Best in Show)doesn't do it for me is because I don't think there is sufficient contrast between the hardscaping and the planting. It's very tasteful and restrained, very much a 'Chelsea garden' and perfectly executed, but it just doesn't float my boat.<br /><br />Frances - I pored over the GI preview when it came out and it's a good introduction to the show. I loved the use of the Eremurus - like giant rocket fireworks!<br /><br />HM - thank you and congratulations on your F'nM award<br /><br />Maggi - thanks. Some of the gardens aren't fully in view because of all the people, but I'm pleased with how these have turned out from just using a very simple camera. Enjoy the rest of the show :D<br /><br />Anna - watch this space!<br /><br />Gail - I love that pot, so tactile don't you think? The planting in the Laurent Perrier garden was delicious, but not enough of it - there's a glimpse of it in the photo I used on Wednesday and lots more in the links I've used. I loved the Eremurus too, white alliums were a refreshing change from the usual (and rather a Chelsea cliche) mauve and I loved the white aquilegias combined with dark ones like 'Ruby Port'.<br /><br />Victoria - having watched GW last night, I see the point of it more. The inspiration's public planting in Rio de Janeiro, but the real thing is much better!<br /><br />Hermes - I was surprised by the Witan one. I expected to hate it, especially as it has glass decking. BUT I love the splash back water feature along the back wall, the planting and the play of shadows from the evening sun<br /><br />Joanne - thank you!<br /><br />Sylvia - you'd think with less gardens this year they'd have time to show all of them! However, I won't be able to show you them all either!<br /><br />CG - thank you. Your postcards from the show are scrummy.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-59267015606664888432009-05-22T10:24:44.988+01:002009-05-22T10:24:44.988+01:00totally agree with you about the colours Sylvia - ...totally agree with you about the colours Sylvia - they're definitely what you might call "muted". not quite green-and-white like last year, but still not very bright apart from the odd splash of purple or orange here and there.<br /><br />Loved the photos VP :DThe Constant Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-55977198323943370412009-05-22T10:09:59.535+01:002009-05-22T10:09:59.535+01:00Lovely photos VP, including some gardens I hadn't ...Lovely photos VP, including some gardens I hadn't seen on TV before. The presenters keep saying that there is more colour in the gardens this year but with a few exceptions (and there was exceptions last year) it all looks green and white with a bit of blue to me! I just don't see the bright colours they spoke about last night.<br /><br />Looking forward to you next post! Best wishes SylviaSylvia (England)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658826538568918452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-75448588226606412762009-05-22T09:40:41.625+01:002009-05-22T09:40:41.625+01:00Superb presentation Thank youSuperb presentation Thank youJoannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905137222286141548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-71709677236925201962009-05-22T06:17:01.449+01:002009-05-22T06:17:01.449+01:00Great slide show - thanks. Its good to see some of...Great slide show - thanks. Its good to see some of the gardens from a different angle. I like the Witan one.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-48322081257173957922009-05-21T22:26:52.408+01:002009-05-21T22:26:52.408+01:00Fantastic pictures! Strangely enough, I thought ex...Fantastic pictures! Strangely enough, I thought exactly the same about the Cancer Research garden, but in your photograph, I can kind of see the point of it.Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-55231810611620280202009-05-21T22:18:14.089+01:002009-05-21T22:18:14.089+01:00I was taken with a few of the gardens VP. Potterin...I was taken with a few of the gardens VP. Pottering in North Cumbria's use of pottery caught my eye. I've never been to a show of this magnitude and while the crowds might be an issue...the gardens would be exciting to see....Where there any particularly exciting plant combinations that you loved? gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-3360301844512002172009-05-21T20:37:00.779+01:002009-05-21T20:37:00.779+01:00Thanks for the tour of the show gardens VP. You ha...Thanks for the tour of the show gardens VP. You have taken some great photos. Looking forward to the Grand Pavillion :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-28698006921760243082009-05-21T20:10:24.965+01:002009-05-21T20:10:24.965+01:00You got some great shots there VP, especially cons...You got some great shots there VP, especially considering the crowds. Great to see you and delighted that you enjoyed your day. We will sort out that jaunt!Magginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-5922732912793632062009-05-21T19:27:04.106+01:002009-05-21T19:27:04.106+01:00what brilliant photos - thank you VP. I look forwa...what brilliant photos - thank you VP. I look forward to the Great Pavilio :DHappyMouffetardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-62686102426586024002009-05-21T18:37:00.742+01:002009-05-21T18:37:00.742+01:00Hi VP, thanks for the slide show. I just received...Hi VP, thanks for the slide show. I just received Gardens Illustrated in the mail today with some sketches and plans of some of the gardens you have shown here and in other's posts. The Daily Telegraph's use of white flowers, the Eremurus in particular always draws my attention. Will be waiting your astute analysis. :-)<br />FrancesFranceshttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com