Chelsea Flower Show 2015

[Tim Ingram]

Have a look at the Chelsea Blog on the Kent Hardy Plant Society website - www.hpskent.co.uk/yesterday-at-chelsea/ - they are really doing the Society proud! We are not involved with this this time but have enjoyable (and exhausting) memories of doing four displays with the HPS previously. This one already looks to be one of the best of all and it's fun to watch it being made.

[Maggi Young]

Busy bees!  I'll be hoping their hard work is rewarded with a medal.

Edit:   Kent HPS won a Silver -gilt Medal - see reply 19, next page. 

[ichristie]

Cyril and I were at Chelsea yesterday met up with the usual mob and for once it was coolish with very heavy rain we managed to see lots outside spent a lot of time in the floral hall a long day but enjoyed very much will post a selection of pictures, cheers Ian the Christie kind

    Acers
    Alliums
    Auriculas - this is the display of W & S Lockyear , which won a  GOLD Medal
    Avon Bulbs 1  - another Gold Medal Display
    Avon Bulbs

[ichristie]

next

    Binny Paeonies
    Binny
    AGS - the Alpine Garden stall
    Cactus under water
    Cup of tea

[ichristie]

more

    Dragon 1
    Dragon 2
    Elephants
    Floral art
    Frog chorus

[ichristie]

More I know my pictures are all over the place but we dodged the rain some are outside and more in the floral hall, Ian

    Glass scuptures
    Hilliers 2  - Hilliers wond their 70th Gold Medal!
    Hilliers 3
    John Amand 1
    John Amand (2) - Amands won another Gold to their tally

[ichristie]

next

    John Amand 3
    John Amand
    Kevock 3 - Kevock won their 3rd Gold Medal in three Chelsea outings
    Kevock
    Kevock1

[ichristie]

more

    Medusa 1
    Medusa
    Pots
    Sculptures 3
    Stone sculptures

[ranunculus]

Super photos, Ian … love the large backdrop images on the AGS stand, hope these can be replicated for publicity efforts around the UK … I have never been to Chelsea, so your tour is giving me a vicarious insight into the floral hall and beyond.

[ichristie]

A selection with the Thai orchids 100,000 flowers it really was outstanding.

Thai orchids
Viking invaders

[DaveM]

Yes, Ian, a very enjoyable day yesterday despite the rain and cold. Just checked the RHS website and brilliant news with Kevock getting GOLD, also GOLD for John Amand, and SILVER-GILT for Binny Plants. CONGRATULATIONS to them all. All wonderful displays, I'l  post a few pics later.

[Maggi Young]

Delighted to learn that Avon Bulbs have won Gold, as do Tale Valley, and Lockyers auriculas while Harperley Hall Farm  has silver-gilt and Bluebell Cottage has silver.

Well done to them all!

 The full list of winners in the Pavilion can be seen here :
https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/pdf/Chelsea/2015/Awards/chelsea-2015-great-pavilion-awards

[Maggi Young]

Harperley Hall Farm Plants  have topped their Silver Git medal with The President's Award - these pix from their stand are  theirs- from Twitter - well done to Gary and Paul and their team!

[Maggi Young]

Avon Bulbs  won Gold - these photos from their Twitter page/ from Maxine Grice

The Avon stand
Avon's Alan Street filming and interview with Carol Klein for TV
Avon's Gold Medal Card
Stand with "Seedheads" sculpture by  Ruth Moillet

[Maggi Young]

Jacques Amand International won  Gold - the latest in a long line!

Getting the Alliums set- Friday 14th
Podophyllums 1 and 2
Amand Pleiones
Gold Card