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Chelsea Flower Show 2006
By admin | June 18, 2006
The Chelsea Flower Show 2006 provided some very intersting (not to mention fun) days out. Exploring the world of flowers, new breeds and of course hob nobbing with the exhibitors and exhanging tips and tricks for garden watering and encouraging that perfect flower to bud and bloom
The RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) Show, never fails to capture the imagination. The spray of colours and aromas that are first sensed and smelt from the (ever long) queue outside is enough to get even the timid gardener drooling with anticipation.
Unfortunately there was not an automatic hose reel in sight !
This year a number of awards were presented to unsuspecting recipients.
- The Daily Telegraph Garden, designed by Tom Stuart-Smith, now six-time Chelsea Gold medal winner, was awarded an RHS Gold Medal and Best in Show in the show garden category
- Six Gold Medals were awarded to Show Gardens: Cleve West for his Saga Insurance Garden; Chris Beardshaw for The Chris Beardshaw Wormcast Garden - ‘Growing for Life’ at Boveridge House; Andy Sturgeon, who also won a gold last year, for the Cancer Research UK Garden; Dean Herald for the Fleming’s Nurseries Australian Garden presented by Trailfinders; Marcus Barnett and Philip Nixon for The Savills Garden; Sarah Eberle for her first Show Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Walking Barefoot with Bradstone.
And just in case you were wondering how a show of this magnitude could go off with the usual British Hose Pipe Bans in place… this was the following notice issued by the Chelsea Flower Show organisers:
The RHS finalised details of a voluntary hosepipe ban for Chelsea Flower Show. It is likely that exhibitors in the Grand Pavilion will be using extracted water from large containers to irrigate their exhibits.
The Society is under no obligation to review water use at its shows but, in the present conditions, it intends to lead by example.
All water used during the show, including for catering and toilets, is metered; a team of consultants is working out how much is used on exhibits so an alternative supply can be found. Traditionally water comes from two below-ground storage tanks filled with mains water. Alternatives include filling them with extracted water brought in by tanker or drilling an on-site borehole - these are being discussed with Thames Water. Exhibitors could then access this water from standpipes.
Now thats what I call responsible !
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