It was hot and sweaty…the kind of weather in which a lady in a corset would swoon.
Luckily I was not in my corset yesterday…but I do want to salute the high-heeled brigade; extremely impressive…I am in awe.
The judges have their criteria, but I know nothing of that.
Here are my top ten Chelsea snapshots…views that made me go oooh; ideas I want to steal; things that I won’t forget in a hurry.
Cleve’s planting, which went from this….
…to this. Seamlessly…(somehow). The M&G Garden, Cleve West. (Gold Medal)
The tranquility of that lawn…and those squished box balls – perfection. Telegraph Garden, Tommaso del Buono & Paul Gazerwitz (Gold Medal)
Immaculate hard landscaping, and soft colours. Laurent-Perrier Garden by Luciano Giubbelei. (Gold Medal, and Best In Show)
An incredibly moving mound. No Man’s Land, by Charlotte Rowe. (Gold Medal)
A beautiful auricula in the most perfect of pots.
Meconopsis confection.
A very pretty new Gaura called ‘Freefolk Rosy’
A wall of chamomile. The Mind’s Eye, by LDC Design (Gold Medal)
An amazing outdoor table
My very own Best In Show, and somewhere I would really rather like to live…
The Topiarist Garden at West Green House, by Marylyn Abbott…
…with strawberries, and ferns, and mossy stone dogs…
Bliss… (Silver-Gilt Medal)
