Hampton Court Highlights

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It was a very enjoyable day, despite the heavy rain. I loved some of the show gardens although I found the conceptual gardens a bit hard to understand.
The flower marquee and the Plant Heritage marquee were my favourite parts.

I was hunting for plants that would do well in my shade garden, and came away with some nice ferns, and a couple of tiarella’s I hadn’t seen before, also Bowden Hosta’s were extremely helpful with choosing a couple of hostas that the slugs aren’t so particular on.

Here are just some of the highlights

11 Jul, 2009
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Bernieh

Great photos Grindle. Loved the tropical lake garden and the wildflower garden bed. Thanks.

11 Jul, 2009

Louise1

Gorgeous photos Grindle :)
Was it as good as you expected ?

11 Jul, 2009

Grindle

It was a lot different to previous ones Louise, I think the loss of the Daily Mail house was sad, it was such a beautiful centrepiece to the whole show, and I didn't see quite so many water gardens as there used to be :(( But the Rose Marquee was fabulous. Had to keep a hold of myself with the buying too LOL

11 Jul, 2009

Theoldgunner

Great photos. The show gardens look up to the usual standard. What was the main marquee like this year?

11 Jul, 2009

Grindle

it was very good and plenty of space, top quality plants on show as usual :))))))

11 Jul, 2009

Spritzhenry

Lovely photos - you may have seen Arlene without knowing! I wonder who else was there. Did you buy any plants??

11 Jul, 2009

Grindle

LOL could well have done Spritzhenry. I was looking specifically for plants to go in a shady area, so came away with ferns, hostas, and a couple of tiarellas, although the roses were very hard to resist. I fell in love with the Leah Tutu rose :)))))))

11 Jul, 2009