Friday Flowers at Hampton Court Flower Show Part 2

This week it's the perfect vegetable garden that featured as part of the Britain in Bloom display. I couldn't resist the old greenhouse filled with blowsy Begonias.

Perfect cabbages in regimented rows.

Even the water butt gave me the "I wants" if ever there was a vegetable garden that fulfilled my fantasies this was it.

In my experience, reality is swarming with insects that devour everything, weeds that grow the moment your back is turned and everything is ready to harvest just as you go on holiday. I'll stick with the fantasy!
Finally I'll leave you with the exuberant yellow border in the same garden.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Georgie
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Friday Flowers at Hampton Court Flower Show

Here as promised are some pictures from Hampton Court Flower Show. The show was very different this year, definitely smaller, less large gardens and fewer trade stands, and those that were there I felt I had seen before, so no great detail shots.
So a big departure for me.....I photographed the gardens!! We were blessed with fantastic light and conditions, just to be in a virtually empty showground at 5.30a.m. was a privilege and a delight.

This first garden, A Space to Grow and Connect was designed for an arts and culture organisation in an urban environment. It uses recycled industrial materials and has a pavilion with a living roof, oil drums used as a wall and stacked to grow edible plants and a metal mesh stage.
I loved the colours, the planting, the use of materials and that water feature just zings!!

Another garden next week.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Georgie

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Friday Flowers

I took loads of pictures at Hampton Court Flower Show, I was there until midday on Wednesday and I haven't had a chance yet to go through them all so I'll share some next friday.
In the meantime here are some pictures I took last week.......I've been growing Strawberries!

Can you believe the colour of these Strawberry flowers? You can just see the tiny strawberries growing in their centres.

The following pictures are of a beautiful strawberry planter from Wichford Pottery that I planted up before we went away, they were left to their own devices and I think that perhaps they suffered a bit in all the hot weather. I'll let the fruit develop and then move these plants into the garden, I have more plants to pot up which will give a much more luscious looking display.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Georgie
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Friday Flowers

After a large tree fell across the road earlier this week wiping out my telephone line and internet connection, I was very impressed by British Telecom who got everything back up and running in 4 hours!
On Wednesday afternoon we lost internet connection again.....having checked for more fallen trees....I have ascertained that it is a problem with our provider Talk Talk. Definitely not impressed that it is now late Thursday afternoon and I am typing this in my local Costa Coffee (thanks for the free internet acsess!) as it is still not working at home.

To cheer myself up I have been out in the garden taking some photographs. I really must cut the grass, but it looks so lovely and meadow like I had to take these pictures first. Better cut it soon or I shall need a scythe!!

I'm very excited to say that my RHS press passes for Hampton Court Flower Show have arrived. I'm off on Sunday to have a good look round, plan my strategy and start taking some pictures. Then from Monday it's early morning starts......can't wait it's my favourite show of the year. I'll share some pictures next week.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Georgie
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