As a member of the the Professional Garden Photographers’ Association I was able to apply for a press pass for Press Day. It is so much easier to photograph the displays in the Floral Marquee without the risk, on RHS Members’ day, of people tripping over one’s tripod, or getting in the way of the camera!
Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants
Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants
Salvia ‘Kisses and Wishes’. New Salvia, launched at Chelsea Flower Show 2018.
Geranium nodosum ‘Clos de Coudray’
A superb display, awarded a very well deserved Gold Medal.
Narcissus ‘Altun Ha’, raised by John Pearson in 1987. [Division 2 YYW-W]Another well deserved Gold Medal
W & S Lockyer
W & S Lockyer. Primula auricula display
Another well deserved Gold Medal
RHS Members’ Day. Tuesday 22 May 2018.
A very hot day with glorious sunshine. Some great Show Gardens, but others which were not so good.
The Morgan Stanley Garden for the NSPCC.
Designed by Chris Beardshaw. Awarded Gold Medal and Best Show Garden.
Meconopsis
Welcome of Yorkshire
Designed by Mark Gregory
ECO-LG Garden
Designed by Hay-Joung Hwang
Trailfinders South African Wine Estate
Designed by Jonathan Snow
The M&G Garden
Designed by Sarah Price
The David Harber and Savills Garden
Designed by Nic Howard
Wuhan Water Garden, China
Designed by Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins
The water feature was great, but the planting was boring and a shadow of what they achieved in their 2017 display. In my opinion a well deserved Bronze Medal!
I have been visiting the Chelsea Flower Show for more than 30 years; what a great day out for gardeners. Not as many Show Gardens as in previous years, but the usual mix of magnificent and controversial!
The M & G Garden, inspired by an abandoned Maltese quarry. Designer James Basson.
Awarded a Gold Medal and Best Show Garden, but…..
The Welcome to Yorkshire Garden. Designer Tracy Foster.
One of my favourite Show Gardens this year.
Royal Bank of Canada Garden. Designer Charlotte Harris.
Another of my favourites.
The Morgan Stanley Garden. Designer Chris Beardshaw.
Great planting.
Breaking Ground. Designers Andrew Wilson and Gavin McWilliam.
Breaking Ground Show Garden.
Silk Road Garden, Chengdu, China. Designers Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins.
Looking great in the glorious late afternoon sunshine.
Linklaters Garden for Maggie’s. Designer Darren Hawkes.
Linklaters Garden for Maggies
The standard of some of the Trade Stands often rivals that of the Show Gardens.
David Harber Ltd.
David Harber Ltd.
James Doran-Webb Ltd.
James Doran-Webb Ltd. Driftwood animal sculptures.
The Great Pavilion
As always some superb nursery displays in the Great Pavilion. Three of the best Gold Medal displays.
W S Warmenhoven
W S Warmenhoven display of AlliumW S Warmenhoven display of AlliumW S Warmenhoven display of Hippeastrum. Awarded Gold Medal.
Salvia ‘Kisses and Wishes’. New Salvia, launched at Chelsea Flower Show 2018.
Allium nevskianum
