The Chelsea Flower Show 2011 (Part 1)

By NEILMUIR1
June 1, 2011

Despite the driest April and May I can remember, Chelsea this year again raised the standards for everyone else to follow. How do you get the most famous Flower Show in the world any better? Please follow me on some trips through the legend that is the Chelsea Flower Show.

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May 31, 2011 7:16 PM CST
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Name: Cherie (Cece) Coogan
Southeastern WI zone 5a (Zone 5a)
Charter ATP Member
Neil you outdid yourself this time. The wide angle photos are ever so great. The pictures so beautiful they brought more than one tear to my eye. To think I may never see anything as beautiful as the Chelsea flower show.

Thank you my dear friend for taking me on this tour through your eyes and camera. I will never ever forget anything so beautiful.
the faster I go, the behinder I get
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May 31, 2011 8:40 PM CST
Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator
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I can't thank you enough Neil for my trip to the Chelsea Flower Show this year. I could have sat all day by that water mill. And the Patricia Kent rose looks so beautiful, like a white bowl full of lemon curd. Yum. : )
I just didn't know where to look next. I could almost smell the scent of the hyacinths.
Thank you, and thank you again Neil.
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Jun 1, 2011 1:20 AM CST
Name: Neil
London\Kent Border
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Dear Ladies, thank you for your lovely comments! You have only seen a bit as I am busy doing the second Article and there may be a third! I took 1380 photos getting jostled all the time, hours of computer work sorting photos out, but it was worth it to bring a smile to peoples faces! Cherie you are in for more treats as Chelsea went very Cottage Garden this year, and as for you Lynn it went Semp. mad. They had Yorkshire dry stone walls filled with semps to things like this.
Regards to you both and my next Article will be out Tuesday.
Neil.
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Jun 1, 2011 3:38 AM CST
Name: Chris
Ripon, Wisconsin
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Sages Garden Ideas: Master Level Seller of Garden Stuff I sent a postcard to Randy!
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What a wonderful way to start my day Neil, thank you so much! I just love the water features, especially the huge bowl in the M&G Garden, and the water running through the walkways in the Homebase Garden. These pictures really thrilled me since so many of the plants I'm crazy about are shown (heucheras, clematis, lilies) and I'm also looking forward to seeing the sempervivums. I can't imagine having to sort through 1380 photos. Thanks for sharing this experience with us. Now I have to go back and look at them all again! Smiling
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Jun 1, 2011 3:55 AM CST
Name: Neil
London\Kent Border
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Dear Chris, thank you for your comments. It is a lot of hard work, but is worth it in the end. Chelsea is the most Famous Flower show in the world, now we have Hampton Court next which is the biggest in the world! My feet and arms still ache from Chelsea let alone Hampton Court, oh well into the fray again!
Got to finish my Part 2 then there might be a part 3.
They had a stand there with one of my favorites the Candelabra Primroses, mind blowing!
The Nepenthe's from the Philippines and Malaysia were amazing!
Here is one.
Regards.
Neil.
p.s. If you like it tell others, if not tell me!
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Jun 1, 2011 4:01 AM CST
Name: Kathy
Western MA

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Hi Neil!! What a super show this year. Thanks for sharing your photos!!!!
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Jun 1, 2011 4:07 AM CST
Name: Neil
London\Kent Border
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Dear Kathy, when I have finished with all the orchid ones any you want you can have!
Regards.
Neil.
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Jun 1, 2011 5:06 AM CST
Name: Chris
Ripon, Wisconsin
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Sages Garden Ideas: Master Level Seller of Garden Stuff I sent a postcard to Randy!
Sempervivums Sedums Region: Wisconsin Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Avid Green Pages Reviewer
Wow, that The Nepenthes doesn't even look real! It's fabulous!
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Jun 1, 2011 7:34 AM CST
Name: Magga
Reykjavik, Iceland (Zone 4a)
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I know it´s not quite the same as being there but you will keep me smiling for a week at least. Great pictures Neil. Thanks for being such a wonderful guide, The colors, the smells and the sounds of water, I love it. Maybe sometime I shall be there in person. Hope you will show us lots more of your stunning pictures.
Thumbs up Hurray! I tip my hat to you. Hurray! Thumbs up
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Jun 1, 2011 7:57 AM CST
Name: Rannveig
Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Neil - fabulous photos of an amazing show Thumbs up Looking forward to part 2 Smiling
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Jun 1, 2011 11:17 AM CST
Name: Lynn
Oregon City, OR (Zone 8b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator
Forum moderator I helped beta test the first seed swap Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant and/or Seed Trader Garden Ideas: Master Level
That really is mind blowing Neil. The Nepenthes looks like a piece of art glass. How amazing.
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Jun 1, 2011 11:17 AM CST
Name: Neil
London\Kent Border
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Thank you Ladies! So glad you liked it.
Regards.
Neil.
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