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SueA
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Gardeners' World Live Jun 15, 2018 7:49:30 GMT grindle and sweetpea like this

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We went to the Gardeners' World Live show in Birmingham yesterday with the tickets I won from my company pension magazine & luckily the winds there weren't too bad. Not terribly impressed with the show gardens but then that's not really the point of the show as it's mostly commercial but the floral marquee was quite impressive although parking at £12 is extortionate even though there is a free shuttle bus from the car park to the entrance. Adam Frost & Monty Don were doing talks & interviews with James Alexander-Sinclair etc. & the Good Food show was also on so we had a wander around that & sampled a few interesting products. The only thing I bought was a Ragged Robin 'Jenny' because the colour caught my eye & it's suitable for the damp border so I was very restrained!

Barnsdale garden stand

Small 'bee friendly' show garden

Bonsai display - unusual to see one all in flower

Cacti display

Carnivorous plant display, love these but don't want to risk them being eaten etc.

Flowers in small show garden

James & Monty

Small 'Mermaid' show garden

Adam Frost & Lucy from G.World mag.

Pretty lime green orchid

Shady corner display

Gorgeous black 'Starry Night' zantedeschias.

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Gardeners' World Live Jun 18, 2018 5:14:27 GMT SueA likes this

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Post by grindle on Jun 18, 2018 5:14:27 GMT

glad you had a good time, I used to go before it included the food and wine show, I think I was there for it's first year but thought it was too much. Some people have said that it wasn't as good this year as past years

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Gardeners' World Live Jun 18, 2018 7:48:14 GMT grindle likes this

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I've been a couple of times in the past I think grindle but it is very busy & commercial, I think the RHS used to support it but don't any more so the standards have probably dropped a little as well. I remember they used to have a plant swap tent where you could take spares & swap them for something else, I did that one year, can't remember what I got though, that must have been an early show because I remember a BBC researcher chatting to me in there & asking me would I like to enter the gardener of the year competition & giving me an entry form, she said they needed more female entrants, it was when it was on TV around the time Sue Beesley won, I would have died rather than try that!

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,753	Gardeners' World Live Jun 18, 2018 17:33:18 GMT SueA likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Jun 18, 2018 17:33:18 GMT don't blame you SueA I certainly wouldn't do it again, it was the scariest thing I've ever done

chrism Senior Member Posts: 433	Gardeners' World Live Jun 22, 2018 20:22:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by chrism on Jun 22, 2018 20:22:38 GMT I love the idea of going, but held off, as I don’t like extra busy places.

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Gardeners' World Live Jun 23, 2018 7:25:06 GMT

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Post by SueA on Jun 23, 2018 7:25:06 GMT

It is off-putting chrism but it's not as busy there as some of the other shows like Chelsea where everyone seems to shuffle around in a huge crowd, I'm not happy in big crowds either but there were places outdoors where you could get a bit of space & we sat in a couple of deckchairs & had an ice cream.

One of the biggest problems was hundreds of people with those plastic collapsible plant crates bumping into your legs & feet, they're very useful but some people need driving lessons before they use them!

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