tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post742240434375151976..comments2024-03-28T09:25:14.379+00:00Comments on Veg Plotting: Chelsea Preview #1: Order from ChaosVPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-27081772425207662142010-06-03T21:35:28.333+01:002010-06-03T21:35:28.333+01:00Yolanda - thanks, we had heaps of fun :)
CG - Ter...Yolanda - thanks, we had heaps of fun :)<br /><br />CG - Terribly Important is just how I felt. I was glad it helped me to blend in with everyone else too. I didn't want to give it back either because it was a LCGD one and it had Garden Designer of Tomorrow written on the back!<br /><br />Lu - I think you'd enjoy it with or without the rum punch!<br /><br />Frances - looking forward to when you hop over the pond again. Hopefully Chippenham can be put on the itinerary too...VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-6284424087607031312010-05-21T10:51:29.022+01:002010-05-21T10:51:29.022+01:00This is too exciting for words, VP! How lucky you...This is too exciting for words, VP! How lucky you are to see it in this stage and know what is to come. Chelsea will be a destination the next time we visit the UK, as well as St. Andrews for the Financier can't wait to play there. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-2286907883900510002010-05-19T21:26:34.377+01:002010-05-19T21:26:34.377+01:00fascinating stuff! I hadn't thought about goi...fascinating stuff! I hadn't thought about going but now think I should (especially if there is some rum punch in the offing)Lunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-7759330359528240492010-05-19T17:46:40.282+01:002010-05-19T17:46:40.282+01:00ooh how exciting. I can't believe it's gal...ooh how exciting. I can't believe it's galloping up so fast.<br /><br />Lucky you to be there during build-up! I like wearing hi-viz vests too - makes you feel somehow Terribly Important.The Constant Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-7742995541035306972010-05-19T12:40:55.697+01:002010-05-19T12:40:55.697+01:00Thanks for sneak preview and have lots of fun with...Thanks for sneak preview and have lots of fun with Victoria at Chelsea show soon!Yolanda Elizabet Heuzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506031220151023088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-69589624219876348252010-05-19T11:19:44.820+01:002010-05-19T11:19:44.820+01:00Karen - thanks, there's more to come :)
Laura...Karen - thanks, there's more to come :)<br /><br />Laura - welcome! Thanks for sharing :)<br /><br />Ewa - hello! It was a fab day<br /><br />HM - it was fascinating - the snippets about what goes on from the various people I talked to were great<br /><br />Gail - I made whole collection of those signs whilst I was at Chelsea and I hope to show some more of them soon!<br /><br /><br />PG - I did and so will we next week :)<br /><br />Joanne - I felt privileged to be there<br /><br />Keith - welcome and thanks so much for telling us all about Barbados' exhibit this year. I'll certainly stop by and say hello next week :)<br /><br />Victoria - I loved wearing my Hi Viz vest too and it certainly made sure I blended right in. It's only when I handed it back that I realised it said 'Garden Designer of Tomorrow' on the back as it was a LCGD vest!<br /><br />CIMS - it certainly was fun and I'm looking forward to my visit to the actual show next week :)VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-12889213076112873072010-05-19T01:32:26.835+01:002010-05-19T01:32:26.835+01:00Wow, I've been to Chelsea three times in my li...Wow, I've been to Chelsea three times in my life and it is always an incredible experience. What fun!compost in my shoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572258657523962702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-56149794159586058002010-05-19T00:24:25.075+01:002010-05-19T00:24:25.075+01:00Oooh, I can't wait! I'm going on Thursday ...Oooh, I can't wait! I'm going on Thursday to do a piece for the Indy.<br />Isn't that beep-beep-beeping annoying? After a couple of hours of it, I could quite cheerfully throw a large water feature through someone's windscreen. They're still at it on press day.<br />But I do like having to wear a hi-viz vest. It means I don't have to worry about what to wear (although cool, elegant people like Mary Keen and Anna Pavord don't bother but just look, erm, cool and elegant.)Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-85597148447472470432010-05-18T23:14:23.571+01:002010-05-18T23:14:23.571+01:00Hello fellow Chelsea Flower Show aficionados! I...Hello fellow Chelsea Flower Show aficionados! I'm Keith Miller from Barbados and I can tell you for sure that the team of volunteers from the Barbados Horticultural Society is definitely planning to fly to London tomorrow evening, arriving UK on Thursday morning,(Icelandic ash permitting of course!!!) laden down with about forty very large and very carefully packed shipping boxes, containing a fascinating variety of blooms and foliage, all collected from private gardens and nurseries around the island.<br />As usual, even after the tiring effects of the overnight flight, the team will travel directly from Gatwick to the Chelsea showground, joining other UK based 'Bajans' to immediately start preparing the stand.<br />This year’s exhibit, “Sugar Factory Ruins Reclaimed by Nature”, reflects the fact that as the demand for Barbados cane sugar has decreased in modern times then more and more of the factories have closed down. Inevitably, thanks to the glorious power of nature, the ruins of the sugar factories have been beautifully transformed as the benign Caribbean climate and fertile soils have combined to encourage a resurgence of a wonderful diversity of plants and flowers.<br />To represent this theme, the Barbados team will work diligently to reproduce the vibrant, tropical beauty of the island by depicting the scene of a factory ruin that has been adorned with a magnificent and exotic display of bright and colourful plants and blooms. The display will include classic Caribbean favourites such as heliconias, bird of paradise, ginger lilies, anthuriums, tube roses, orchids and banana flowers, as well as palm trees and verdant foliage.<br />Additionally, long strands of the aerial roots of the Bearded Fig-Tree (Ficus Citrifolia) will hang down from the crumbling factory walls. Interestingly, it is these roots that provided the origin of the island’s name. As early as 1511 maps showed the island as ‘Los Barbados’, which is Spanish and Portuguese for ‘The Bearded Ones’. It seems that the pendulous aerial roots of the Ficus Trees found all over the island reminded these Iberian visitors of the long beards that were popular in their own country at that time.<br /> Having won thirteen Gold, eight Silver-Gilt and one Silver in a highly commendable twenty-two consecutive years at the Chelsea Flower Show, the Barbados team is pulling out all of the stops to produce yet another superbly designed, expertly crafted and stunningly beautiful floral exhibit for 2010. This is maybe more important than ever this year because two of the team members have been representing Barbados at Chelsea for over twenty years and this might be their grand farewell to the great show - so a Gold would certainly make a wonderful parting 'gift' for them. Go girls!!<br />Anybody who is reading this blog comment and going to be at Chelsea, even during the build-up, should come and check us out in the main floral pavilion - Exhibit Stand # GPF 18. - you'll always get a warm welcome. I can guarantee that because I’ll be there myself from Saturday!<br />And, if you are interested, on the Press and Celebrity Day on Monday 24th, we have Ainsley Harriott (popular TV Chef) and the very beautiful (and intelligent!!) Miss Barbados, Leah Marville, as our Celebrity Guests. If you are lucky you might even get a drop of liquid sunshine - good old Barbados rum Punch!!<br />Best wishes<br />KeithKeith in Barbadoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351303797848672813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-48907387683187373352010-05-18T22:13:51.879+01:002010-05-18T22:13:51.879+01:00How lucky to get a look round at all the real work...How lucky to get a look round at all the real work.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905137222286141548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-33003686057555046622010-05-18T20:53:56.488+01:002010-05-18T20:53:56.488+01:00Sounds like you had a fabulous daySounds like you had a fabulous dayHelen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-57710766916473720622010-05-18T19:36:45.039+01:002010-05-18T19:36:45.039+01:00VP, That first shot is one of those delightful Eng...VP, That first shot is one of those delightful English signs~like 'way in'<br />(we would say entrance)...Thanks for the behind the scene view. xxgGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-63948449891191574642010-05-18T19:00:18.097+01:002010-05-18T19:00:18.097+01:00Really interesting to find out about what happens ...Really interesting to find out about what happens backstage.HappyMouffetardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-72868900940785274932010-05-18T18:24:39.195+01:002010-05-18T18:24:39.195+01:00that's so interesting... I read and can her yo...that's so interesting... I read and can her you talking :)<br />..<br />thanks for sneaking in and let us feel little bit of it :)<br />E.Ewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460827662984311538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-53341000171315696522010-05-18T16:42:12.573+01:002010-05-18T16:42:12.573+01:00Lovely post! I'm going to share it on the San ...Lovely post! I'm going to share it on the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show Facebook Page (we like to keep up with the big boys!!) One day I'll visit, until then thank goodness for the Internets!Laura Livengoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04101658363604076352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-82805021015799012072010-05-18T16:30:35.059+01:002010-05-18T16:30:35.059+01:00Fabulous,
I just loved this sneak peek behind the ...Fabulous,<br />I just loved this sneak peek behind the scenes<br />KKaren - An Artist's Gardenhttp://www.artistsgarden.co.uk/noreply@blogger.com