We are having a garden party on July 1, because of the weather nearly all my
roses have been battered and ruined also troughs full of petunias, the
shrubs and fuchsias still all look good. Anyone with any tips to make up for
the lack of roses and to give the garden the WOW factor, many picky peeps
will be here to look and no doubt comment. How brave people open their
gardens open their gardens to the public I will never know :-)

kate

"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
...
We are having a garden party on July 1, because of the weather nearly all
my roses have been battered and ruined also troughs full of petunias, the
shrubs and fuchsias still all look good. Anyone with any tips to make up
for the lack of roses and to give the garden the WOW factor, many picky
peeps will be here to look and no doubt comment. How brave people open
their gardens open their gardens to the public I will never know :-)

kate

That reminds me...About 10 years ago i was Texture coating a super-rich
chaps mansion in Newbury, this was a huge job & i was there for 4 months or
so & we all got along nicely. It was also a hot summer & they was having a
garden party with a marquee & all the trimmings for their 30th wedding
anniversary. The trouble was that his wife wanted perfection & was rather
miffed that the lawn looked scorched & she asked me if i had any ideas to
rescue it, i jokingly suggested that i buy some grass coloured water based
emulsion & spray the lawn with my spray-paint unit....So we did & after a
few passes with my kit we had a lush lawn that looked rather excellent.
Regards,
Beefheart.

Capt. Beefheart wrote:
"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
...
We are having a garden party on July 1, because of the weather
nearly all my roses have been battered and ruined also troughs full
of petunias, the shrubs and fuchsias still all look good. Anyone
with any tips to make up for the lack of roses and to give the
garden the WOW factor, many picky peeps will be here to look and no
doubt comment. How brave people open their gardens open their
gardens to the public I will never know :-) kate

That reminds me...About 10 years ago i was Texture coating a
super-rich chaps mansion in Newbury, this was a huge job & i was
there for 4 months or so & we all got along nicely. It was also a hot
summer & they was having a garden party with a marquee & all the
trimmings for their 30th wedding anniversary. The trouble was that
his wife wanted perfection & was rather miffed that the lawn looked
scorched & she asked me if i had any ideas to rescue it, i jokingly
suggested that i buy some grass coloured water based emulsion & spray
the lawn with my spray-paint unit....So we did & after a few passes
with my kit we had a lush lawn that looked rather excellent. Regards,
Beefheart.

Whoops managed to reply to Capt. B's addy, so apologies if you see this
twice

I've seen the groundsmen at the Stanford Cricket Ground in Antigua water the
grass with green dyed water prior to a match! don't know how common that is
though?

Thinking about it, instant wow things might be sexy lighting, or some mature
plants from a specialist that are at their best, sculpture shaped things!
Interseting new pots with some nice new plants plonked (carefully arranged!)
in them. Just a thought

HTH

Tim
--
http://www.timdenning.myby.co.uk/

* Kate Morgan wrote, On 22/06/2007 14:35:
We are having a garden party on July 1, because of the weather nearly
all my roses have been battered and ruined also troughs full of
petunias, the shrubs and fuchsias still all look good. Anyone with any
tips to make up for the lack of roses and to give the garden the WOW
factor, many picky peeps will be here to look and no doubt comment. How
brave people open their gardens open their gardens to the public I will
never know :-)

When I got married, many years ago but at this time of year, the
reception was in my parents' garden. My mother brightened up a couple
of relatively empty patches with bedding plants, planted in their pots
a couple of days before the wedding to reduce the risk of shocking them.

--
Cheers, Serena
I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control
what goes on inside. (Wayne Dwer)

Thank you all, I have a few good ideas now, we will pray for a fine day :-)

kate
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Serena Blanchflower" wrote in message
...
* Kate Morgan wrote, On 22/06/2007 14:35:
We are having a garden party on July 1, because of the weather nearly all
my roses have been battered and ruined also troughs full of petunias, the
shrubs and fuchsias still all look good. Anyone with any tips to make up
for the lack of roses and to give the garden the WOW factor, many picky
peeps will be here to look and no doubt comment. How brave people open
their gardens open their gardens to the public I will never know :-)

When I got married, many years ago but at this time of year, the reception
was in my parents' garden. My mother brightened up a couple of relatively
empty patches with bedding plants, planted in their pots a couple of days
before the wedding to reduce the risk of shocking them.

--
Cheers, Serena
I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control
what goes on inside. (Wayne Dwer)

"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
...
We are having a garden party on July 1, because of the weather nearly all
my
roses have been battered and ruined also troughs full of petunias, the
shrubs and fuchsias still all look good. Anyone with any tips to make up
for
the lack of roses and to give the garden the WOW factor, many picky peeps
will be here to look and no doubt comment. How brave people open their
gardens open their gardens to the public I will never know :-)

kate

Lilies in pots.
and for next year plant more clematis as the rain that ruins the roses makes
them do even better! (my roses are a mess too!)

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea

Lilies are a good idea , they look and smell great and I could leave it till
just before guests arrive to put them in place. I only have one clematis
and that is a Bill McKenzie which is a terrific plant, it looks stunning
every year climbing up the side of our forest stone barn, thanks Charlie.

kate



We are having a garden party on July 1, because of the weather nearly all
my
roses have been battered and ruined also troughs full of petunias, the
shrubs and fuchsias still all look good. Anyone with any tips to make up
for
the lack of roses and to give the garden the WOW factor, many picky peeps
will be here to look and no doubt comment. How brave people open their
gardens open their gardens to the public I will never know :-)

kate

Lilies in pots.
and for next year plant more clematis as the rain that ruins the roses
makes
them do even better! (my roses are a mess too!)

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea

On 25/6/07 10:05, in article
, "Kate Morgan"
wrote:

Lilies are a good idea , they look and smell great and I could leave it till
just before guests arrive to put them in place. I only have one clematis
and that is a Bill McKenzie which is a terrific plant, it looks stunning
every year climbing up the side of our forest stone barn, thanks Charlie.

kate
snip?

You could perhaps get some standard roses in pots, too? But to be honest, I
don't think anyone is going to be able to be picky, Kate. The weather is
just awful for everyone. It's been nothing but stair rods or
straightforward rain here for days, wind, some wind, gales and now back to
freshening wind again..... ;-(

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)

snip
You could perhaps get some standard roses in pots, too? But to be honest,
I
don't think anyone is going to be able to be picky, Kate. The weather is
just awful for everyone. It's been nothing but stair rods or
straightforward rain here for days, wind, some wind, gales and now back to
freshening wind again..... ;-(

--
Sacha
Yes you are right Sacha we are all in the same boat and I am not going to
worry any more, the summerhouse has sprung a leak so guess what I will be
doing this afternoon. I do have lots of Pheasant Berry's to give to any
guest who might want them also some baby Acanthus so I should be able to
get some brownie points :-)

kate