RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2014
the_lostprophet
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Time for this again already - just down the road from me so it's busy on the roads around here!
We'll see what the BBC coverage is like - let's hope it's better than its coverage of Chelsea. From looking at the RHS' website, the show gardens and summer gardens are far prettier and less pretentious than Chelsea's were this year - purple is popular again though. The gardens actually look like gardens rather than conceptualised spaces as at Chelsea. My favourites are The Flintknapper's Garden (show garden):
http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-hampton-court-palace-flower-show/exhibitors/Hampton-gardens/the-flintknapper%E2%80%99s-garden-%E2%80%93-a-story-of-thetford
The NSPCC garden (summer garden):
http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-hampton-court-palace-flower-show/exhibitors/Hampton-gardens/the-nspcc-legacy-garden
and The Forgotten Folly (summer garden), which looks like some random cute little garden from Devon or Cornwall:
http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-hampton-court-palace-flower-show/exhibitors/Hampton-gardens/the-forgotten-folly
We'll see what the BBC coverage is like - let's hope it's better than its coverage of Chelsea. From looking at the RHS' website, the show gardens and summer gardens are far prettier and less pretentious than Chelsea's were this year - purple is popular again though. The gardens actually look like gardens rather than conceptualised spaces as at Chelsea. My favourites are The Flintknapper's Garden (show garden):
http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-hampton-court-palace-flower-show/exhibitors/Hampton-gardens/the-flintknapper%E2%80%99s-garden-%E2%80%93-a-story-of-thetford
The NSPCC garden (summer garden):
http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-hampton-court-palace-flower-show/exhibitors/Hampton-gardens/the-nspcc-legacy-garden
and The Forgotten Folly (summer garden), which looks like some random cute little garden from Devon or Cornwall:
http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-hampton-court-palace-flower-show/exhibitors/Hampton-gardens/the-forgotten-folly
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Thought it was over-crowded, over-rated and a bit tacky. Nothing compared to Chelsea.
Live just down the road too. Apparently the road's were chock-a-block yesterday and that was just a press day.
I couldnt agree more!
Eh? But there has to be space for all sorts of programming in the schedules. Not all of us think this is a crappy flower show - I enjoy watching it. I also put up with plenty of stuff I dislike without complaining in the thread about the show in question.