I’m back from a few days away at the Chelsea flower show, and what an amazing week it’s been.  I think I picked the best 2 days to go, weather wise, as it was glorious sunshine, and although our stand was under the shade of the avenue of Lime trees, I had the opportunity to go and look around in the sunshine. 

I spent some of my time there working on the show stand, offering advice and assistance to the people who came on to look around.  For those of you who came on and bought something, I’m sure you’ll agree you bagged a real bargain!!

It was great fun to answer all the questions you had, and for those who I promised, below are the names of the plants which featured in the planters -
Iris ‘Deep Black’ and Tierella ‘Pink Skyrocket’.

Iris ‘Deep Black’	Tierella ‘Pink Skyrocket’	Planters

It was great fun celeb spotting, and I had a brief chat with Diarmuid Gavin (who’s garden by-the-way really was stunning).  I also caught a couple of cheeky snaps...

I’m back now though and although I have only been away for 2 days, the Spear & Jackson garden seems to have grown loads.  The seedlings in the prop house have really grown and so too have the newly planted herbaceous perennials.

 
Tool of the week