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If anyone is going I'm on stand EA 34 where I will be demonstrating my latest multi plant list garden plant advice encyclopeadia CD-ROM.
Please come along and say 'Hi'.
I exhibited at Chelsea for the first time last year and we had a very good show. For the past 5 years I've exhibited at Hampton Court and last year we had rain wich was not so good. Cars had to be towed out by tractor and they very nearly closed the Show. Once you're in it's a good show for visitors but not very good for exhibitors. It's very expensive and the RHS are cramming more and more exhibitors in and some are pretty naff. Last year we were next to a company selling twee fibre glass painted boots with tweeting birds. made in China, another selling silk umbrellas also made in China. I gather from other exhibitors that their sales were 60% down on the previous year.
The show gardens are well worth seeing. Fabulous works of art and passion with so much effort put in. You can also get some great plants. You will also find beutiful sculputes and water features.Well worth a visit.
Hampton Court feels a duller, more average and trying to offer something for the whole family. Plants have to compete for attention with fashion catwalks and non-gardening shopping malls. I don't think comparing Hampton Court and Chelsea is appropriate. They are separate species.
And regarding transport, I don't own a car so getting to Chelsea is so much simpler than getting to Hampton Court.
That goes for any other LJN member who may be attending. I may see you there.
With the media - particularly TV, driving fashion and taste we need Chelsea to attract media attention and inspire people disconnected from growing things to discover the value of gardens.
However with fewer skilled gardeners around most people need easy care planting schemes. The irony is that the planting style that has dominated Chelsea in recent years is a complex mix of herbaceous perennials. Perennials are hard work when planted in clumps. How on earth are you meant to maintain them when they're all jumbled up?
Is this a horticultural equivelent of the meat dress - great for the photographers but not what you'd wear to your aunty Betty's birthday bash?
In My opinion, definitely not time to say goodbye....
i've been going to both Chelsea and Hampton Court for the last 15 years.
i've been lucky enough to go for work when with the RHS, and with family and friends.
Chelsea is a Show, a spectacle.
Yes it's a smaller show ground, but actually quite big enough to house everything, and it's charm is its location.
Over the years, i've been with avid gardeners, who delve into the plants and admire (or critisise) the gardens. I've been with my husband, who enjoys it for a day off from work, a chance to have a nice lunch out, and see some garden "stuff " at the same time, and i've been with staff, who have all gone off to find the bits that they are interested in whether that be the plants, tools and machinery, gardens or the people watching!
Hampton Court is great, and a show I hardly ever miss, but in an entirely different way. You can buy stuff, rather than just order, the season is another 6 weeks further on, so the plants are completely different. There is more space, so that means slightly more room to see the exhibits, - but also means more walking. I've taken my son to Hampton Court show several times, (in fact a buggy is really good for putting purchases in- shame he's past that stage now.) and as it's open both Saturday and Sunday as well as in the week, it can be a family show.
I think there is, and will continue to be room for both of these and shows, and with Chelsea FS tickets selling out weeks in advance this year, there is obviously the demand.
p.s - I go to both shows by public transport, the train to Hampton Court is great and there are ferry boats from the station if the 20 minute riverside walk is too much at the end of the day.
I'm sure you've all noticed but I just wanted to point out that this discussions originates from April 2008.
No less relevant now as it was then though.
Well, since it's new ownership, Chelsea have bought the premiership title, and somewhat unbalanced the transfer market generally.
Normally a mid-table club, or relegation prospect, Cheslea have bought trophies through unlimited funding, affecting our normal domestic game.
Still however, failures in European football though despite the millions spent.
Is it time to say say goodbye to Chelsea F.C. ,yes.
Ah almost forgot, this is the Landscaping website, oops!!
Chelsea Flower Show, outdated, yes. Trade relevent, sometimes. To go, no. The RHS allow bits and pieces to be sold through the week, but not plants, apart from the sell off's from Gardens in the last hour of the Show.
This is an International RHS Flower Show?
Hampton Court has gained the reputation within the Trade over the past few years, as the Giant Car Boot sale. The number of Show Gardens at this Show have dropped in recent years, and space has been taken by "stands" some selling non-horticultural related products. Unlike Chelsea though, at this RHS Flower Show, plants are for sale all week? (P.S. We did HCFS between 1997 and 2005 working on and supplying many Tudor Rose and Gold Medal winning gardens)
An eye opener for us this year was Cardiff RHS Show. Almost a back to basics Show for the RHS, with plants a major factor at the Show.
RHS, are you listening?