By Michael Smith (Veshengro)
The end of May 2011 saw the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the prestigious annual event held in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the home of the Chelsea Pensioners.
Many a show garden, large and small, was in evidence once again and for me the ones that stood out were the M&G Garden and the Bulldog Forge Garden and we shall be looking at those gardens in more detail at another stage.
RHS Chelsea 2011 also saw the launch of the “Gardening Matters: urban gardens” report by the Royal Horticultural Society; a report that is worth a second a closer look and we shall do that at another time.
The “Miracle Gro'wers – Leaning Journey”, by Miracle Gro, the plant food people, in association with The Sun (newspaper) saw a constant stream of journalists coming and going on Monday, May 23 – the Press Day. This could, however, have been due to the fact that the Environment Secretary, Caroline Spellman, was due to put in an appearance and here she is with some of the children that have been responsible for the growing of the plants on display on the stand and many others.
I must say that the time that I have had at RHS Chelsea 2011 just was not long enough to see everything that was worth seeing and I must ensure that in the future I will make at least free for this show. I am glad, therefore, that I have booked myself in for two days for this year's RHS Hampton Court Flower Show.
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