This week has been HCPFS 2011, the world's largest flower show and put on by the Royal Horticultural Society in partnership with the Daily Telegraph.
We visited as members of RHS on Tuesday - a sunshine and showers sort of a day - and I volunteered for RHS on Friday which was really quite wet! The Show Gardens were once again very impressive and we liked the Chris Beardshaw Garden: The Stockman's Retreat with the Worldskills London 2011 Team. The Naked Garden (David Domoney) where the plants had their roots exposed in perspex containers of aerated water was something completely different, as was the World Vision with its grass dome and inverted dome floating on a blackwater lake. There were six English Poets' Gardens where we came across the Duchess of Cornwall on a private visit, as well as a host of small gardens, the best of which was a sunken garden with a vertical planted wall of heathers. There was one called 'Cultivating a Palaeontologist' with rocks from the Cretaceous period and a satchel with a dinosaur poking out of it. The schools' Scarecrows were very jolly and the Conceptual Gardens provided food for thought.
This year the RHS has a great area divided into three sections: The RHS Experience that explains all aspects of the work the charity carries out as well as how these projects are funded through the members and RHS Enterprises; the Edible Garden with its beautiful plantings - a hop garden, vineyard, reed bed, orchard and decorative veggie garden, with some live geese as well; and lastly the GYO Marquee with some amazing displays from many nurseries specialising in vegetable and fruit growing. There was also a display of landscapes painted using all sorts of food instead of what one would usually expect.
Here are a couple of videos with my impressions of the show, which despite the weather did not disappoint. I hope you enjoy the videos.
RHS
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
Miles Davis
Ravi Shankar
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