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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: Maggi Young on May 23, 2016, 02:57:55 PM
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Chelsea Flower Show 2016 It's judging day at Chelsea today .... the AGS has had their display judges and awaits results - it's looking good, I think.
(Pix taken from their Tweet - here (https://twitter.com/Alpinegardensoc/status/734685119844364288) )
The display makes extensive use of troughs, which SRGC have always found to be successful with judges and public alike.
Note added 24th May - AGS wins GOLD! Well done!
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Kevock Gardens planting was also ready for the judges
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Even if you are not a facebook member you can see their set-up photos here : https://www.facebook.com/Kevock-Garden-Plants-167564876607540/?fref=ts (https://www.facebook.com/Kevock-Garden-Plants-167564876607540/?fref=ts)
Note added 24th May - Kevock wins Gold! Well done!!
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Avon Bulbs display at Chelsea Flower Show - beautiful! Pic from Facebook via Maxine Grice
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Note added 24th May - Avon has won Gold! Well done!
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In the last photo of the AGS stand in my post above .... that's this one...
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if you look closely, I think this, on the stump .....
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is Linnaeus borealis - which would be pretty appropriate today, because as this photo from the Chicago Botanic Garden reminds us, today is the anniversary of the birth, in 1707, of Carolus Linnaeus (born 1707), father of binomial nomenclature.
Happy birthday !
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Kitty Wilkins has kindly given her permission to show these pictures of the Harperley Hall Farm nursery stand at Chelsea - another display looking very good....
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Note added 24th May - Harperley Hall have bagged a Gold ! Well done!
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Re posted from a Tweet by The English Garden (https://twitter.com/TEGmagazine/status/734769588789989378) ( magazine) "Horti hero John Massey brought his exquisite hepaticas from @ashnurs to #chelseaflowershow #RHSChelsea "
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There will be no-one here who is not wishing John and his team the best of luck, I'm sure!
Note added 24th May - Ashwood strikes Gold! Well done!
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For those wondering how the Judges approach their task - this link should lead to an RHS article on consistency for judges and juries... https://t.co/LadHA0aqn4
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Maggi, thank you so much for all the photos and good information.
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Here is the result of my tootle around social media to see what pix I found about the AGS stand at Chelsea.
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The beginning....
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some progress being made ....
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couple of shot of troughs she helped plant from Kew's Joanne Everson (also an SRGC member too, of course!)
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these two from Joanne's Tweets are of the finished article.
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others from AGS tweets and Facebook posts.... from the build onwards
-you may spot Kit Grey-Wilson , the designer of this display "Out from the Woods", Tim Lever, Gemma I think ....
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Note added : there are now photos of the set-up and a list of the plants used in the AGS Gold display here : http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/news/Building+the+AGS+Garden+at+Chelsea/474/ (http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/news/Building+the+AGS+Garden+at+Chelsea/474/)
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/news/List+of+Plants+on+the+Chelsea+Garden+/475/ (http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/news/List+of+Plants+on+the+Chelsea+Garden+/475/)
and pictures of the finished display http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/news/Out+of+the+Woods+the+Finished+Chelsea+Garden/476/ (http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/news/Out+of+the+Woods+the+Finished+Chelsea+Garden/476/)
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No pix from Jacques Amand yet - but they've won Gold too! well done!
Billy Carruthers and Binny Plants have won a Silver-Gilt Medal at Chelsea for their exhibit of paeonies and other perennials.
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Fantastic to hear of such success from SRGC friends - read all the results in the Great Pavilion HERE (https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/pdf/Chelsea/2016/awards/great-pavilion-awards-1)
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Congratulations to all for their hard work in making such wonderful displays at Chelsea and thanks also to Maggi for doing the work in gathering in the pictures to share with you all on our forum.
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Maggi, thank you so much for all the photos and good information.
Thanks Margaret - nice for those of us who cannot attend to know a bit about what's happening!
And thanks to Ian for his kind words too! :-*
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News and some photos from Pam Hayward, via JohnW, about the Rhododendron and Camellia Group from Chelsea....
" ......You will be thrilled to hear that the Group has won a Silver-Gilt Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show! This is an amazing achievement and reflects all the hard work put in by Sally Hayward and David Millais to plan the exhibit, and the combined efforts of Sally, David & Andy and Jenny Fly to build the stand and lay out the plants so carefully. We are also indebted to the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh who have entrusted us with some of their most precious vireyas for the duration of the show.
Her Majesty the Queen visited the exhibit yesterday afternoon and was presented with a bouquet of rhododendrons which she can be seen with on the cover of today's Daily Telegraph and Daily Express. What better endorsement for a 'rhododendron revival' could we ask for!
Thanks to all who have played a part in this, not forgetting the Top 100 participants! The Rhododendron yakushimanum image kindly supplied to us by Jennifer Lu is attracting a great deal of attention and having the 'real thing' forming part of the scene is truly inspired. The Queen instantly recognised our favourite rhododendron and spent some time talking to Sally about it.
The BBC are filming at the stand later today.....
In addition our three associated stands: Burncoose Nurseries, Hillier's and Millais Nurseries all won Gold medals, so congratulations to them too! "
Excellent news all round, eh?
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Nice post on social media from the AGS - the pic of of three "weel-kent faces " - Ray Drew, Gemma Hayes and Tim Lever
Alpine Garden Society — at RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
"Gemma Hayes called her part in the build and creation of our Gold Medal-winning display as a 'steep learning curve'. Based at Bodnant, she says she is used to big borders but here it was more like 'painting a picture but with plants'. She got involved because her partner is none other than Tim Lever of Aberconwy Nursery.
There was quiet pride as Ray Drew co-creator of the Alpine Garden Society's Out of the Woods garden exhibit at RHS Chelsea with Kit Grey-Wilson yesterday described the display as one of the society's best yet - and today a Gold Medal - he was right!"
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He certainly was right!
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Here's a pic from Twitter of Nesta Joliffe and John Amand at Chelsea - celebrating another gold medal
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and those familiar with previous TV coverage of Chelsea will know that Big John A always has the Champagne Chevaliers at hand for celebs to try their hand at "sabrage" - where a champagne bottle is opened by slicing the top off with a sabre - it doesn't always work - as this p[erfectly timed shot proves!
The following was Tweeted with this super shot by photographer Heather Edwards @Upwiththelark
"@TheSun Cerys Matthews making a mess at RHS Chelsea Flower Show #RHSChelsea @JacquesAmandInt"
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John Massey and Ashwood's exhibit at RHS Chelsea Flower Show has been awarded with the RHS Diamond Jubilee Award 2016 for best exhibit in the Grand Pavilion as well as a Gold Medal. What a great day!
Well Done Team Ashwood!!!
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"John with Carol Klein giving thanks to the whole team at Chelsea & everyone back at Ashwood Nurseries!!! "
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John Massey with Carol Klein
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The Diamond Jubilee Award and Gold Medal sitting proudly side by side!
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Brilliant.
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Well done for all the 'gleaning' Maggi. By the way why can't I meet Cerys Matthews, one of the sexiest voices imaginable.
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She may sound good David - but would you REALLY want a woman who demolishes a good bottle of fizz so comprehensively? Goodness knows what she does when she bites the cap off a bottle of beer ....
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I could put up with that :o ;D :P
A voice from the kitchen is just saying something like "If I were Cerys matthews would you paint the bathroom ceiling............ please"
Yeh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A good range of colourful plants well displayed but I can,t help thinking "what are alpine plants?" I think we have had that one before.
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A photo of Jacques Amand's gold medal stand at Chelsea - lead by Nesta Joliffe as usual ... pinched the photo from social media - its by Jacquie Fowler
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Some people photos from Chelsea by Julia Corden...
Billy Carruthers of Binny Plants - Billy likes a fancy shirt, as you can see....
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John Massey and Carol Klein at the Ashwood stand which won gold and best exhibit in the Grand Pavilion at Chelsea. Rachel de Thame has been filming on the stand too, so some good coverage should be seen on TV.
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David, SRGC President, chatting by the gold medal Kevock Stand of Stella and David Rankin
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The lady in cream, second from the left from David Rankin looks a lot like Rannveig Wallis.
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Yes, I thought that too, David - but I wasn't sure. I think it must be Rannveig.
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The TV spot on John Massey was a superb highlight of last night's Chelsea coverage. He has achieved two of my ambitions - he can grow Hepatica and he got a cuddle from Rachel de Thame!
The Ashwood achievement is really well deserved and he's such a great chap as well.
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From the Favbook post of AGVL - Amici del Giardino Lucio Viatori -
"Congratulations to one of the founders of AGLV, Matteo La Civita, for the silver gilt medal won at Chelsea Flower Show in London yesterday as the designer of Flora Toscana display in the Great Pavilion. First time at Chelsea, almost gold and interview with Monty Don tomorrow!"
And Matt is an SRGC member/forumist too, of course!
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http://www.aglv.org/ (http://www.aglv.org/)
Amici del Giardino Lucio Viatori
Via Forte del Bosco 28
34170 Gorizia
Italia
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The bbc had a strange incarnation of a Monty Python character on last night, complete with handbag. I was late watching it and didn,t get the joke. Montys comment about Rhododendrons and neutral soil was puzzling. A pity the R. sino-grande was not in flower. That is one Rhododendron I wish I had room for. Inverewe Gardens is perhaps the best place in the UK for this family of plants.
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Ian - Invereww is glorious, but the well-named gardens in the "Glorious Gardens of Argyll " (http://www.gardens-of-argyll.co.uk/festival.php) group are all pretty amazing. For instance, the garden of those wonderful SRGC folks, Sue and Mike Thornley, of Glenarn. That garden is featured with a visit from Carole Baxter in this week's programme, which can be seen in the UK on Sunday morning on BBC2 or on the BBC i-player later.
The programme notes say.... THIS WEEK... In the Beechgrove Garden, Jim is dealing with hardy veg in the veg plot.
Brian Cunningham, Head Gardener of Scone Palace is back at Beechgrove to finish the new alpine garden planting.
Carole also visits Mike and Sue Thornley at Glenarn Gardens in Rhu, near Helensburgh. This garden dates back to the 1920s and 30s and is best known for its stunning collection of tender rhododendrons that are planted in a sheltered Himalayan glen.
Programme FactSheet : http://www.beechgrove.co.uk/module_uploads/2/Factsheet_2016_-_prog_9.pdf (http://www.beechgrove.co.uk/module_uploads/2/Factsheet_2016_-_prog_9.pdf)