Chelsea flower show 09

[Carol Shaw]

I totally agree, Carol ... Roy Lancaster, Geoffrey Smith, Ian Young and Maggi for the sex appeal.

Right now we just need to get up a petition 

[Lvandelft]

Ian, as I cannot see the TV programs about Celsea Flower Show here, I am very grateful that you took the time to show so many pictures.
Being a Dutchman I have one question:
I saw Allium, Amaryllis, Tulipa and ? Narcissus and many other bulbous plants, but I missed the Hyacinths

[Maggi Young]

Luit, Ian says that the hyacinths were one stand he did not photograph.... he just drank in their scent!


I miss Roy Lancaster on the Chelsea coverage.... actually, I miss Roy on TV full stop: that man's knowledge and enthusiasm is worth a hundred "celebrities"

Since poor Geoffrey Smith has departed this life, seeking his return to our screens might be a bit tricky.
Ian and I are game, we've worked with Roy before......... might there be a frock allowance for me , do you think?

[ranunculus]

I was so sorry to learn that Geoffrey Smith had passed away (February this year) ... I must have missed the announcements - a wonderful gardener and communicator, the 'Alpine' edition of his television programme remains one of my favourites.  I still have a copy on video and must remember to copy it to DVD before it gets lost.

[Lesley Cox]

Like Luit, and no doubt other outsiders,for me the BCC online coverage brings up "not available in your area" messages, so all these super posts are especially valuable to those of us who are otherwise deprived. So silly that they don't make their coverage available worldwide. We get all the TV news etc, direct from BBC. But perhaps, judging from above comments, we get the best of the show from the Forum, rather than BBC itself, anyway.

[ChrisB]

Well, just let me know and I'll sign the petition ..... I've been a fan of Roy's for a long time.

[fermi de Sousa]

There'll be a piece on Chelsea on one of the Australian "lifestyle" TV shows tonight but only because there's an Aussie entry and we're to see if they can win "Gold, gold, gold!!" again.
Thank you Ian and Ian for a much better look at the plants which is what I'm interested in!
That South African exhibit certainly gives you the feeling of actually being there and not every square centimetre of ground has to be covered in plant growth!
cheers
fermi

[rob krejzl]

There'll be a piece on Chelsea on one of the Australian "lifestyle" TV shows tonight but only because there's an Aussie entry

Who's that Fermi? I thought Flemings had been forced to withdraw because of bush fire damage. If only they had have been there, we wouldn't have had the horticultural excellence of an entirely plasticine garden (complete with plasticine gold medal). Even triumphalist shouts of "Gold, gold, gold!" are better than that .

[Carol Shaw]

Ian and I are game, we've worked with Roy before......... might there be a frock allowance for me , do you think?

One would hope so Maggi, after all our MP's seem to be able to claim expenses for all sorts of things 

[ranunculus]

Ian and I are game, we've worked with Roy before......... might there be a frock allowance for me , do you think?

One would hope so Maggi, after all our MP's seem to be able to claim expenses for all sorts of things 

They should all be DEFROCKED!!!   

[Brian Ellis]

But perhaps, judging from above comments, we get the best of the show from the Forum, rather than BBC itself, anyway.

How right you are Lesley, you aint missed much from the BBC, it's so dire I can't bear to watch it

[vivienr]

http://www.rhs.org.uk/whatson/shows/chelsea2009/show/dailytelegraph.asp

Thank you for this link, Maggi. I can see there are lots of rocks in this garden but the planting is not very alpine. Hunting around the other gardens I eventually found the Modern Rock Garden - a bit landscape-heavy/ plant-light perhaps but it has been made by a former gardener at Utrecht Botanical Garden so they should know their stuff.
  http://www.rhs.org.uk/whatson/shows/chelsea2009/urban/osonoe.asp

For those that cannot get the BBC coverage, the RHS website has some videos, virtual visits and overviews of the show gardens, but as has been said, the pictures are not as good as the ones on the forum .

[Maggi Young]

Ah, yes, Vivien ... that's the one that the Director of the AGS has just been interviewed in, on the BBC lunchtime programme 

Kit Grey Wilson gave a few hints as to what alpines were etc. but I was most excited to see a keen  Aberdeen SRGC Member, James Meff, giving his  cogent impressions of his Chelsea visit in a vox pop 

[Carol Shaw]

They should all be DEFROCKED!!!   

I agree Cliff and we can't even point the finger at one political party - they are all at it  I have various thoughts as to how we could save a lot of money on their expenses - including housing all the out of London MP's in the equivalent of a 1970s Nurses Home - complete with Home Sister to keep them all under control 

[Lesley Cox]

- including housing all the out of London MP's in the equivalent of a 1970s Nurses Home - complete with Home Sister to keep them all under control 

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Camp Mother would do it. Are you aquainted with New Zealand's Topp Twins?