"Janet Tweedy" wrote
As for Chelsea flower show those fancy structures and sculptures probably
cost more than my house.

Serve them right, many visitors are actually mistaking one colossal
structure for a satellite phone mast

Went on Tuesday, given tickets by a good friend.

Well it does look more like a Phone mast than most Phone masts!
Totally dominates the tiny garden it's in, attention seeking designer
methinks.

The only garden I thought at all realistic was the one with the big
circles... a big circle against the hedge at the back with a similar
circular hole in a wall a few feet forward of that and paths and patios at
different levels surrounded by cottage garden planting (unrealistic though
it was...*** ). That design would fit into most long and narrow gardens,
would be possible with a change of planting and is manageable, practical,
and quite beautiful.

***Tall Bearded Iris's (TBI's) won't grow overcrowded with other plants,
they insist on having their roots in full sun rather like Foxtail Lilies.

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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK