Southport Flower Show
cormaic
and I took quite a few pictures as I hobbled my way around the vast
site, which I've now put up as a set of 6 web pages for the good folk
of urg. You can find the pages at.....
http://www.tmac.clara.co.uk/sport01/
...along with a few comments from myself.
I did this last year for a certain gardening web site that is
about to go bust because it never pays its staff, and because I had
such a good response, I decided to do it all again, although I didn't
get an exclusive interview with Prof Stefan Buc, Buz, Bur...the bug
bloke off GQT, you know who I mean. ;~)
Did anyone else get the chance to visit the show? I reckon it
was far better than Tatton, for half the price, although it didn't
have as many really gob-smacking gardens as last year. I don't know
which is may fave garden; that always takes a week or so of rumination
to decide, but I've certainly been re-inspired. :~)
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Rum Rat
<u...@SODOFFSPAMcormaic.co.uk> writes
> I reckon it
>was far better than Tatton, for half the price, although it didn't
>have as many really gob-smacking gardens as last year. I don't know
>which is may fave garden; that always takes a week or so of rumination
>to decide, but I've certainly been re-inspired. :~)
>
Does this mean that instead of Chelsea it might be one of these?
I do note that I have received no comments on my posting about Chelsea.
Mike
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Show. Although its much smaller it is still a full days outing.
Once again I bought too many plants...having to tell those already in my
garden to budge over to make room for the new ones :-)
Natalie
JennyC
"cormaic" <u...@SODOFFSPAMcormaic.co.uk> wrote in
> I had a cracking day out at Southport Flower Show on Friday,
> and I took quite a few pictures as I hobbled my way around the vast
> site, which I've now put up as a set of 6 web pages for the good
folk
> of urg. You can find the pages at.....
>
> http://www.tmac.clara.co.uk/sport01/
>
Interesting !!
But I found most of the gardens fairly traditional - is this because
you only took photo's of one's you liked, or were there no 'modern'
designs there ?
Jenny
Janet Baraclough
from cormaic <u...@SODOFFSPAMcormaic.co.uk> contains these words:
> I don't know
> which is my fave garden; that always takes a week or so of rumination
> to decide, but I've certainly been re-inspired. :~)
Thanks for sharing the pics Tony...from your website, my favourite
was Bryan Sutton's on Comp I page...looked more like a real garden,
with a happier relationship with its hard landscaping, than some of the others.
So what did you buy, then? :-)
Janet
cormaic
<rum...@rumTOTtub.demon.co.uk> enriched all our lives with these
words......:
>Does this mean that instead of Chelsea it might be one of these?
>I do note that I have received no comments on my posting about Chelsea.
Bloody hell, Mike - I'm allowed time off, you know! You've
gone reet narky, as Mrs Taz would say, since I pooh-poohed your grand
garden holidays scheme. Lighten up, man!
cormaic
enriched all our lives with these words......:
>But I found most of the gardens fairly traditional - is this because
>you only took photo's of one's you liked, or were there no 'modern'
>designs there ?
I took pics of what was on offer. I think Tatton has kidnapped
most of the trendy designers that once frequented Southport, as there
were no really cutting-edge designs this year at all.
There were 3 show gardens I didn't photograph because they
were so bloody boring and/or unphotogenic - one that was, basically, a
huge hardwood deck with a lawn and two chairs; one that was divided
into two rooms by a wall, but neither was particularly interesting,
and, because of the size/angle of them, I just couldn't get a picture
that did them justice (not that they deserved any) and finally, the
Topiary garden, which was just a large patch of bark chippings
littered with really cheesy topiary teddy bears, chariots, carriages,
globes and spirals.
The most impressive, visually, was the <spit> Daily Mail Red
Garden, built in reclaimed Accrington Stock Brick, but it was
desperately short on planting. The best planting was Craig Watkinson's
little back yard garden.
There was so much more I could have photo'd in the marquees,
such as the Knowsley 'we build the Jaguar here' Garden, the superb
fuchsia displays, and many of the trade display stands, but I was
limited in that the flash device eats up the little battery on my
digicam.
And there were some parts of the show we never got to see at
all, because my poor ole back couldn't tale any more. Next year, I'm
getting a 3 day Patrons' Pass, but I say that every year! :~)
cormaic
<janet.a...@zetnet.co.uk> enriched all our lives with these
words......:
> Thanks for sharing the pics Tony...from your website, my favourite
>was Bryan Sutton's on Comp I page...looked more like a real garden,
>with a happier relationship with its hard landscaping, than some of the others.
It was indeed a good garden, and well designed for one of the
larger plots, but, as a cripple as well as an ex-paving contractor, I
was really disturbed by the split road-kerb paving. The idea was fine;
the implementation left something to be desired.
Actually, my photos don't do it justice, as there is a
delightful stream that slithers down the bank on a bed of slate mulch,
but, because of the angle, I couldn't get a good image of it. Last
year, when I had a Press Pass, I was able to wander all over the Show
Gardens to get the best views, which would have been invaluable with
Brian's offering, as it cried out to be pictured from the top of the
slope looking down.
On the subject of disabled access, I was resting myself on a
bench of stainless steel in the middle of the Grand Marquees when some
gobshite woman came past, battling to get past an elderly lady in one
of those lecky wheelchairs they lend out at shows like this.
"They shouldn't let these disabled folk in here without
passing a test, first", she quipped to her hapless husband, who
trailed along in her wake, carrying her acquisitions. I tried to rap
her on the ankles with the sharp end of my walking stick, but missed.
It's not until you can't use your own legs that you realise just how
bloody lucky you are to be able to walk under your own steam. There
but for the grace of God....as the Mother used to say.
>
> So what did you buy, then? :-)
Not much actually, as it wasn't really a buying expedition.
Mrs Taz got herself a 4m specimen of Phyllostachys nigra, after which
she has lusted for years, for a bargain 20 quid. Great fun getting it
onto the open top park'n'ride bus for the journey back to the car park
- good job we had Slug Boy with us. :~)
She also added to her collection of brain plants (crenellated
Lithops) and bought a funny little euphorbia that you'd swear was a
cactus. They'll both be dead within the month, knowing the luck she
has with desert plants.
I bought some daffs and snowdrops for my winter pots, did some
more research into Japanese Maples, and forked out on a few
replacement herbs for my herb pot, including an unbelievably tangy
Grecian Oregano, but that was it - I didn't even buy any fuchsias,
although I did wangle a private invite, after hours, to a breeders'
nursery in Lymm! :~)