Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Chelsea 2013: Great Pavillion

Whilst the show gardens grab most of the attention and headlines, the Great Pavilion is home to a far wider range of plants and smaller displays.

The displays covering a full range of interests from the bright and colourful flowers...
Binny Plants won a silver Gilt for their display




To the Bright and Colourful furniture!

Hilliers large garden won them another Gold medal this year, making it 68 in a row!

Many of the nursery stands have interesting displays like this from Lydiate Barn nurseries
Lydiate Barn nurseries
Trewidden are getting a reputation for interesting succulents, last year they had a large Aloe polyphylla in flower, this year its just a little bit behind.
Claire with another Chelsea Gold for Trewidden
Crug Farm were also back, winning a Gold for their second Chelsea appearance. (The previous one being in 2011).






It can be a long day as this exhibitor shows...

2013 is not just the centenary of the Chelsea Flower show, but also the Garden Club of America who were represented in the Great Pavilion.

Gaz
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15 comments :

  1. I love the Trewidden display. Many of my favorite plant groups in one place :-).

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  2. Wow...I have to hand it to Hilliers...it's not often you see a garden that's contemporary AND romantic...nice melding of styles!

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    1. We do love the colour scheme they have this year Scott, which they termed as 'risky'. But the different shades of pink accented by orange and red does look great and refreshing (and romantic!).

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  3. These shows are exhausting to attend. Just imagine exhaustion x 4 as an exhibitor.

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    1. You got that right Ricky. It was a very enjoyable two days there but yes we were also exhausted by Tuesday night and still recovering now. It was a fantastic two days though and back for more on Saturday!

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  4. Love the Trewidden and Crug displays especially but they're all gorgeous! The single white peony with the huge boss of yellow anthers in the Binny display is amazing, like the petals are holding the sun inside.

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    1. Those two are our favourites as well Peter :)

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  5. Beautiful displays. The amount of blooms is amazing. Lots of hard work to build up to these displays. Would imagine they're all exhausted even before the first spectator even walks in the door.
    Cher Sunray Gardens

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    1. It can be very nerve wracking and exhausting for the exhibitors Cher, with months of preparation beforehand and waiting for the results. Plus attending to the stands for a week. But the benefits are there and is all worth it :)

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  6. Fantastic displays guys. I quite like Hilliers colour palette, very uplifting.

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  7. Yay for the Garden Club of America representation... And that Thai display... Wow, just wow...

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  8. So much to see! Hilliers is fabulous. Not sure I'd want that pink in my own garden, but I have to admit it's very impressive. I love that they paired all that pink with grey and a touch of black.

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  9. Talk about over the top! I don't think I could cope.

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  10. Beautiful color and I enjoy seeing these photos! Jeannine

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