Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2010

This year HCPFS was on from 6th July until 11th July and the weather was lovely. I volunteered for recruiting new members on Tuesday, which although it is dubbed a 'Members' Day' still could attract many non-members as members' guests. This means that I start early and take photographs of gardens etc. before the public flood the showground. Arriving by train, it's just a short walk along the river to the Thames entrance and at this time in the morning the boatmen haven't started their ferry service up and down the river. There are just the fishermen and waterbirds , and all the other people starting a long day's work at the flower show.

The Show Gardens are all situated along Garden Walk and this year the judges awarded one gold award to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) & Eva Airways Garden, Reflections of Thailand. It was also judged Best in Show. It represented a typical Bangkok riverside home with all the exotic plants you would expect to find there. Other awards were:

Silver-Gilt  Astellas Pharma Ltd - 'A Matter of Urgency' Campaign 

Silver-Gilt  The Copella Bee Garden 

Silver-Gilt  Girlguiding UK Centenary Garden

Silver-Gilt  Sadolin Refresh and Revive Garden

Silver-Gilt  Tyrrells Harvest Celebration 

Silver  Emmaus with Bill Butterworth An Uprising of Kindness

Silver  Hambrooks Garden Design & Landscaping Living Room

Silver  Independent Gardening Ltd / Fi Boyle Combat Stress Therapeutic Garden

Silver  Jack Dunckley Birchfield Garden

Silver  Legoland Windsor Pirates Landing

Bronze  Landscapes Unlimited in association with NPB Design Work Rest Play

Bronze  Richard Golding Garden Design / Manor Landscapes The Urban Retreat

Bronze  Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Playful Garden

Information about the Gardens and Awards can be found on the RHS website's Hampton Court Palace Flower Show pages