Mouth watering images from @rhschelsea
Really hope the delphiniums, foxgloves and the like survived the torrential rain that kept coming yesterday
The creative flair of the designers, contractors, growers and suppliers is simply second to none
If you are going, have a fabulous visit#chelseaflowershow #rhschelsea #rhschelsea2022
Congrats to @kategouldgardens and @knchappers on winning not just GOLD but best in category and best construction
And thanks for lifting the rope to allow me and @sophie_greenphotography to really enter the sanctuary
Totally original and perfect👌👏🍾 #sanctuarygardens #kategouldgardens #rhschelsea #rhschelsea2022
Looking forward to catching up with lots of friends and joining @greenfingerscharity on their stand this afternoon at @rhschelsea today
Do come and see the Charity’s stand on EA453 and the launch of this new Hydrangea Red Butterflies for £10 from each sold goes to Greenfingers #greenfingers #rhschelsea #chelseaflowershow #hydrangeas
Powerful punch of Red Valerium being classic case of right plant, right place holding the sand dunes together @banthamdevon
She self seeds well and loves dry free draining conditions
Will certainly see far more natural styles of planting @rhschelsea tomorrow with only one main Avenue garden being of a very formal design #bantham #dunes #droughttolerant
Restrained design, by nature. A really difficult act to follow.
#design #wildflowers #foxgloves #digitalis #digitalispurpurea #dartmouth
After only two weeks and occasional watering, delighted at how these ferns have thrived in this vertical wall of stone
Using micro ferns designed for bottle gardens, I eked out some planting pockets and filled them with peat free compost and a touch of water retaining crystals
Adding some Campanula and Erigeron later if more holes can be found #fern #ferns #verticalgarden #verticalgardening
Transformed in 24 hours this island border was over whelmed by cat mint
But important to just edit rather than destroy, with careful additions proposed by in house designer @sophie_greenphotography the plantings are designed to be drought tolerant in what is now a perfect oval edged in mild steel from @jrhillwelding
Creating a crisp edge stops the lawn from creeping and makes maintenance so easy, as does the composted bark from @countrysuppliesuk
Stunning plants from @northhillnurseries should mean the border will be a spectacle when this garden is open as part of @thegapfestival22 on 3rd June
But come and judge for yourself👌😁 #gardendesign #mediterraneanplanting #droughttolerant #oval #steeledging #goringonthames #gapfestival
Mouthwatering combo created by in house designer @sophie_greenphotography of Cirsium rivulare Atropurpurea and Allium Purple Sensation from @northhillnurseries
We originally gave the long existing client a complimentary design consult in return for a donation to @greenfingerscharity
The clients garden is opening as part of @thegapfestival22 and she wanted a flagging border revitalised for the Open Day on 3rd June
Planting finished yesterday followed by tremendous overnight rain👌🙏
Watch this space for final reveal or come to the Open Day not forgetting my garden that’s also open😮😮😁 #cirsium #cirsiumvulgare #cirsiumrivulareatropurpureum #allium #alliumpurplesensation #mediterraneanplants #gardendesign #goringonthames #gapfestival
Native foxgloves are annoying biennial rather than perennial hence this one grown from seed in 2021, planted out this Spring and now she’s thriving in my shady courtyard and in theory will then die😮😮
She might produce some offsets from the base for next year but will defo sow some seed in late summer as an insurance👌 #digitalis #digitalispurpurea #foxgloves #foxglovesofinstagram #purple #purpleflowers #shadetolerantplants
Coffee grinds at base of Hosta sieboldiana or plantain hosta doing pretty good job v the slugs
Secret is to protect the emerging shoots from day 1 and keep topping up
Birds will love you being slug pellet free👌 #slugs #hostas #hosta #hostaofinstagram #hostasielboldianaelegans #slugpellets #shadetolerant #shadetolerantplants #coffeegrinds
Delphinium Pacific Giants 1 : Slugs 0
Sown seed in Autumn 2020.
Grew on in 2021
Bulking up this year with 50% basal cuttings taken👌
High maintenance plant so an extravagant choice for my cut flower garden but reflecting the thoughts in yesterday’s Observer about impact of buying flowers grown abroad
But who is brave enough to cut the flower spike🤔😮😂 #delphinium #delphiniumpacificgiants #cutflowergarden #grownnotflown #observernewspaper
Any idea what type of bumbler nee this is relishing my tree paeony 🤔🤔
Half way through the video there’s a honey nee that dive bombs her, jealous at all the nectar she’s having😮🐝
#bumblebee #bees #treepaeony #yellowflowers
It’s got to be May; Allium christophii So perfect🤔👌 #allium #alliumchristophii #purple #purpleflowers #summerflowers #summerbulbs #droughttolerant
After the rain, the green shoots👌
The first asparagus👌🙏#asparagus #grownnotflown #growyourownfood
Amazing jetty emerging here for design by @joaldersondesigns100 with technical drawings by in house landscape architect intern @_gt_design
Using ground screws from @groundscrewcentre ( not through the liner😂😂) made light work of the creation of the subframe of @millboardflooring plas pro from @countrysuppliesuk before being topped with Southern Yellow Pine from @manchesterdeckco #groundscrew #groundscrews #decking #jetty #waterfeature #gardendesignuk
No filter required as this poppy from my @pictorialmeadows mix year 3 survives and thrives after yesterday’s fabulous rain
She has lots of cousins in tight bud so am hoping for an all star performance on Friday 3rd June when my meadow is revealed for the first time as part of @thegapfestival22
Hope you can come👌🤞#red #poppies #pictorial #pictorialmeadows #wildflowers #meadows #nomowmay #wildflowermeadows
Come and see what 120g of seed from @pictorialmeadows turns into on 3rd June when my garden is open to the public as part of @thegapfestival22
Opens at 12.30 with tours of the flowers by my 🐝🐝🐝🐝
Plant sales aswell plus tea and cakes, and donkeys to pat and groom
( and a large 🍺 at 5pm)
Proceeds on the day to @medicalaidpal @oxfamgb and @berkshirewomensaid
#opengardens #meadows #wildflowers #wildflowermeadows #pictorialmeadows #goringonthames
Ranunculus from @farmergracy performing well outside now it’s warmer; as a cut flower lasting 2 weeks👌 #ranunuculus #cutflowers #cutflowergarden #grownnotflown
Car stopper 😮😮 early purple orchid on main road to Totnes👌 #orchid #earlypurpleorchid #wildflowers
A lone pink campion comes to the Greater Stitchwort party; gorgeous white flower that thrives in the hedgerows. #wildflowers #whitegarden #whiteflowers #stitchwort #greaterstitchwort
