Malvern Spring Show.

[Giles]

Trilliums from Chris Cooke

[Giles]

..a few more Trilliums and other bits on his stand.

[Giles]

Ian Butterfield's Pleiones

[Giles]

Phlox and mossy saxifrages

[Giles]

Myosotidium hortensia and Rheum

[Maggi Young]

Super displays and lots of plants to covet, Giles!

[David Nicholson]

Trilliums from Chris Cooke

New one on me Giles, does he/she have a Web Site please?

[Maggi Young]

Looking at the Malvern Show results  : ...... I see that ......
"In the Botanical Art competition Janet Dyer, from Midlothian, was named Best Botanical Artist for her depiction of non-native plant invaders of Britain."

Also in the Botanical Art Section, Silver-Gilt Grenfell was won by Karyn Dalrymple of
Edinburgh for (paintings) of  Climbing garden plants within my garden.

Dianne Sutherland of Macduff in Banffshire won the Bronze Grenfell Award for her depiction of  Reproductive mechanisms in flowers.

Among the Gold medal winners in the Floral marquee are Avon Bulbs and Ian Butterfield .
Jon  is correct - I was sidetracked by the mention elsewhere of the Villaggio Verde garden - this name  is also involved this year
Seen some other mention of awards so the damn things must be somewhere!

Aha! Found them via the RHS - http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/malvern-spring-gardening-show/awards

[Maggi Young]

Ross Barbour has tweeted some photos of the Schools entries with alpine troughs etc at Malvern -
https://twitter.com/OldCourtDesign/status/464405884358389761/photo/1
https://twitter.com/OldCourtDesign/status/464405309734539264/photo/1
Best overall entry from Dunnington School :
https://twitter.com/OldCourtDesign/status/464404534039568384/photo/1
https://twitter.com/OldCourtDesign/status/464058794478411776/photo/1

 Such fun!

[Alan_b]

New one on me Giles, does he/she have a Web Site please?

Chris Cooke
c/o Dundry Nursery
Bamfurlong Lane
Nr. Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL51 6SL
Chris Cooke
Tel: 01452 713124
chriscookeplants@btinternet.com
A wide range of rare and unusual hardy and half-hardy plant species.

(from http://www.plantfair.co.uk/nurseries.htm .  By implication, no web site)

[Jon Evans]

I'm sorry to have to point out that the results linked to in Maggi's posting earlier are for last year's show (2013).  I don't think the 2014 results have been posted yet.

[David Nicholson]

She can read the tea leaves on Blackpool Pleasure Beach though

[Maggi Young]

She can read the tea leaves on Blackpool Pleasure Beach though

That's just a sideline for  when  it's too wet for the donkey rides, David.

[Maggi Young]

Jon  is correct - I was sidetracked by the mention elsewhere of the Villaggio Verde garden - this name  is also involved this year.
Seen some other mention of awards so the damn things must be somewhere!

Aha! Found them via the RHS - http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/malvern-spring-gardening-show/awards  - the Malvern Show's own site is useless 
"The winner of the Best Show Garden award goes to Graduate Gardeners Ltd, for their Bringing Nature Home garden, designed with a contemporary feel but with naturalistic planting. This garden also won a gold medal, as did the Villaggio Verde garden, En su Casa en la Playa, At Home on the Beach."

Botanical Art results : http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/PDF/Malvern-Spring/2014-awards/rhs-msf-botanical-art-results

For the Floral  Marquee displays\awards : http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/PDF/Malvern-Spring/2014-awards/rhs-msf-malvern-floral-marquee-results  .... where we can learn that Avon Bulbs and Ian Butterfield both got a Gold Medal again!
Best Exhibit in the Malvern Floral Marquee: Drointon Nurseries - with Primula auriculas
Most Creative Exhibit in the Malvern Floral Marquee: Crescent Plants who won a Silver Flora medal with another display of Primula auricula  ( I'm assuming that these are both displays of what we in the SRGC would call "auriculas" rather than two displays of species P. auricula  )

[Maggi Young]

D'Arcy & Everest have tweeted this photo of their alpine trough display at Malvern - the were awarded a silver gilt medal  - tho' their tweet says "silver guilt"