BULB LOG AT CHELSEA 23/05/07

[Ian Y]

And some more bulb shots.

[Andrew]

Thank you thank you thank you Ian. As a teacher, it is not an event I can attend until I retire, but this is fantastic and much more better than the dreary rubbish the Beeb puts out.  

How many days do you want at the show Anthony ?

I going tomorrow (Saturday) and unless things have changed or different up there, there is no school (or maybe you have other commitments).

[Lesley Cox]

Thank you thank you thank you Ian. As a teacher, it is not an event I can attend until I retire, but this is fantastic and much more better than the dreary rubbish the Beeb puts out.  

How many days do you want at the show Anthony ?

I going tomorrow (Saturday) and unless things have changed or different up there, there is no school (or maybe you have other commitments).

"As a teacher.......and much more better....." Not as a teacher, I assume there's a slight slip of the finger or tongue here? Really picky of me considering the nice offer which was in my Inbox this morning!

Andrew, perhaps Dunblane to London to Chelsea and back to Dunblane is a big ask all before Sunday evening?

[ranunculus]

As a young English teacher from East Lancashire might contribute; "...And much more betterer"....eh, Lesley?
     

                                                                 

[Anthony Darby]

Couldn't have putt'n it be'er myself.

[Paddy Tobin]

Anthony,

Don't teachers in Dunblane never have 'sick' days?

Leaving things until you retire is, I reckon, a certain recipe for disappointment. You retire and hope to do all these things but find you are too old to undertake the journey involved etc.

Carpe diem!

Take a week next year, visit Kew, Wisley and the wonderful gardens in the area.

There will be nobody waiting to give you a gold medal when you retire, saying 'Never took a sick day out to enjoy himself'.

And, couldn't agree morer that the Beeb coverage of Chelsea is pure rubbish.

Paddy

[Ian Y]

A great well crafted display of pelargoniums with a perfect ripple running from side to side and front to back. It must take hours of work to lay them out selecting the heights to get that effect.

[Ian Y]

I could so easily get hooked on Cacti they are fantastic plants especially when you see so many perfect specimens so well laid out like these are.
Every pot scrubbed clean with fresh top dressing and each one angled to allow the observer the best view possible.

[Ian Y]

A shot of the Grand Marquee where all the floral exhibits are - this is the most interesting part of the whole show not the outside gardens or the celebrities that the Beeb show.


We are very lucky to get to go to Chelsea on Judging day - not many people see Chelsea as quite as this.


What a surprise we had when Henrik Zetterland rushed up to us, we had no idea that he was to be there. He and his duaghter had come over with some 'Swedish' plants for the Linnaeus garden.
Sandy leven and Harley milne are the other two with Fred hunt just hiding behind Harley.


Fred and Sandy were my companions for the day as we studied the exhibits.


As well as the outside Linnaeus garden there was a stand inside from the Linnaeus Society.


Sandy wanted his picture with the youthful Linnaeus.


And Fred liked this plant.


In the Evening there is a Grand doo where all the great and the good, or all those that can afford the price of the ticket come and display their wealth - the proceeds go to charity. Here they are building a table carved from solid ice to keep the boose cool.


I was dissapointed that this snatched shot came out blurry but I still like it. It shows some of the many police that are there in the afternoon when the Royals are about - just in case any of we Scots want to rebel a bit

[David Pilling]

And, couldn't agree morer that the Beeb coverage of Chelsea is pure rubbish.

TV is a world of its own... The tours with Carol Klein and Chris Beardshaw on the interactive service and available on the BBC web site at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/flower_shows/chelsea_2007/videopodcast_index.shtml

weren't so bad, there was a lot of time devoted to the AGS display in them.

[Anthony Darby]

For how long has Chelsea been open on a Saturday? I would imagine that it would be shoulder-to-shoulder - all these teachers. As for taking a day off? I'm a professional, and if I take a day off somebody else has to cover my classes and they don't get gold medals for that.

[Andrew]

For how long has Chelsea been open on a Saturday?

It was last year and I think just a few before that, as well.

[Andrew]

Just adding a couple of pictures that made me smile .

[Ian Minty]

I really like the "gnome killer" although I dread to think how much a work of art like that would cost.
How large was it?
The other one looks like a cute version of Smeagol from lord of the rings.

[mark smyth]

£13,000!! I've longed after David Goode sculptures for many a year http://www.david-goode.com/gallery.html

Everyday I thought the TV coverage would be better but alas it wasnt. 9 hours of absolute tosh.