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chelsea 2019

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I went down on Tuesday afternoon;  it took 15 minutes to get through security.

Garden sculpture

 

This chap rushed about and I could not get a sharp picture!

Wild Walls

Japanese garden 'Green Switch' - I don't care for the building its unnatural colours spoil  the harmony of the space, but it won a Gold

Donkey Sanctuary:  Donkeys matter

Silo converted into an office - The Resilience Garden

Chris Beardshaw's garden- presenter Angellica Bell

Love this dragon

The Welcome to Yorkshire Garden

The Great Pavilion

Gladioli shown by Pheasant Acre Plants

Kevock Garden Plants - Gold Medal

Binny Plants's Peonies

Hart's Nursery Gold Medal & The President's Award

Wild flowers

Harkness's new climber 'Chawton Cottage'

Jacques Amand

Arisaema grifithii

Cypripediums

Cypripedium macranthos alba

Cypripedium fasciolatum x Kentuckiensis

Arisaema species

Lilium martagon 'Orange Marmalade'

Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants

Lynda Bellingham - Harkness Roses

SANBI South African National Biodiversity Institute

Protea cynaroides 'Red Rex'

Cattleya purpurata var. werkhauseri

Rotherview Nursery

Blackmore and Langdon just as they were in the 70s

Cayeux Irises

Iris 'Magnitismé 2011

Stihl Hillier Garden

Hampshire Carnivorous Plants

Long view of the pavilion

Royal Chelsea Hospital

Montessori Centenary Children's Garden

Anchusa

Manchester Garden

Beyond the screen by Joe Perkins

The Savills and David Harber Garden a bit scruffy

The Resilience Garden

Carol Klein

I went home after and hour and a quarter.   I had not visited for more than twenty years and I did not enjoy it as much as I expected to.   The Pavilion is not as good a home for plants as the old tent and I thought the light did no favours to blue tones.