It's all happening now
With only a week to go before the Chelsea Flower Show, the 'Secret Stand' of the Kent Area of NAFAS was dismantled at its hideaway in rural Kent, packed up with loving care and prepared for its journey on Thursday to the Chelsea Flower Show site.
Meanwhile, hundreds of blooms will be arriving at the wholesaler in Ashford, where a 'Conditioning Team' of hand-picked ladies will be conditioning and preparing the flowers ready to be transported to Chelsea on Friday and Saturday and even Sunday if necessary.
On Thursday afternoon the team will be arriving at Chelsea when work gets underway in the Great Pavilion (site no. GPC/6) to prepare the stand. Firstly the twenty foot square stand has to be covered with carpet underlay, followed by Hessian and finally polythene sheeting. When all this is in place, scaffolding is erected and three well trained husbands will assemble the structure.
The scaffolding is left in position so on Friday morning the team can start working on the highest sections of the structure and the first delivery of flowers will be arriving. Once these sections are completed, which will be Friday afternoon, the scaffolding must be removed so the team can get to the middle sections which will be reached from step ladders.
On Saturday morning the second delivery of flowers will arrive and 'Nature's Kaleidoscope' (the exhibit title) will really start to take shape. After almost two years of planning, designing, experimenting, and even sleepless nights, the team will see their creation coming together into a wonderful exhibit which will grace the Great Pavilion and show off flower arranging and designing at its very best.
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