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Lila Das Gupta | 15:05 UK time, Thursday, 14 May 2009
For some people, the show gardens are the stars at Chelsea. For others it's the plants they come to swoon at!
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Comment number 1.
At 15th May 2009, WHATDOTIGGERSDO wrote:Lila, love your blog. Ive watch the Obelisk with names on all four sides go up, are the names meaningful? Thanks, Doug
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Comment number 2.
At 19th May 2009, hawkeye29 wrote:Your short blog was great, but the same can't be said of ´óÏó´«Ã½ coverage of Chelsea.
I'm not interested in celebrities' gardening knowledge or the endless opinions of the presenters. Last year the only thing making the coverage watchable was Chris and Carol's tours of the marquee, but that wasn't enough, a large proportion of the exhibitors barely got a mention. Today's red button viewing was terrible, Carol and the viewers deserve to spend more time with the real stars- the plants and the experts who grow them.
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Comment number 3.
At 21st May 2009, mjones48 wrote:I have to agree with hawkeye29. A lot more coverage of the marquee and the plant and flower exhibits please and less about the hard landscape design. I would also ask that cameramen remember to pan out so we see the whole picture. Often it is like having your nose pressed against the TV screen. You just can't make anything out. More camera work of the plants and less of the presenters would be welcome too. I don't need to see their faces for hours on end! They are nice people but their voices are quite sufficient while we look at the flowers!
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At 21st May 2009, EBBELS wrote:I agree with those who would like to see more coverage of the Great Pavillion rather than the gardens. Why is there no coverage of dwarf and slow-growing conifers? Adrian Bloom has shown the way with his excellent books and garden in Norfolk.
Carol Klein unfortunately made a couple of howlers in the pavillion today. When enthusing on the stall showing mostly members of the "Mint Family" (Labiatae), she did not realise that figwort (Scrophularia spp.) is a member of the large "Figwort Family" (Scrophulariaceae) and that "good king henry" (Chenopodium bonus-henricus) is a member of the large family Chenopodiaceae.
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Comment number 5.
At 22nd May 2009, daffgrower wrote:I notice that as usuall you just like the TV press you only mention suppliers of that put on regular displays as RHS Shows should you as a charity provide information of specialist organiation and suppliers as well for instance the source of all daffodil information is The Daffodil Society which has been around longer than the RHS Daffodil and Tulip committee of the RHS. They Have a website and also have a compresive list of suppliers from the UK as well as the USA and the southern hemisphere do us all a favour prmote the purpose you were set up for and granted charity status.
The Daff grower
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