Show gardens & plants

The Show is all set up and ready for the opening tomorrow, but today it was the turn of the Press, invited guests and celebreties to have a look round. This is one of the ‘low cost high impact gardens. Designed by Mike Harvey and built for a budget. The chairs are made out of dismantled wooden pallets. The glass bubbles suspended from the pergola are tea-lights. These are Eremurus (fox tail lilies), the flowers gradually open from the bottom of the stem, so they last ages. I use a plant identifier online, it always helps me with my plant. The blue plant is Eryngium, it’s happiest planted in a sun in well-drained soil. Dosn’t it look good with the dark lavender and daisies. This is Contemporary Contemplation, one of the bigger show gardens. The ornamental grasses (Stipa tenuissima) waft about beautifully in the breeze. The tall white flowers are agapanthus. The green and white colour scheme is very cool and restful isn’t it. I had such a good time, it was so nice to meet up with some old friends and say hello to people that I’ve only ‘spoken’ to on twitter. I also met some lovely designers. I thought long and hard about featuring this post because it is frankly a little self indulgent. There’s something about street art that I really like,as long as it’s done legally, I’d be a bit miffed if someone used my fence for their art-work. It’s a rather unconventional art form,but it certainly brings colour and humour to what would often be a drab site and it’s free. I took these photos in Bristol at the See No Evil exhibition last week, where international artists from all over the world took part. What’s the difference between graffiti and a mural? I remember that the organisers were a bit concerned about the graffiti, and during the course of the week before the show opened, it was altered and a rather alarming manga section was removed. But, hats off to the R.H.S. for going with it, maybe it’s time we saw more graffiti in gardens?
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