few of my houseplants and tatton show 2016 coeleus/streptocarpus/begonias rex, my hanging basket in the veranda/some of my animal pots/new flowers on the primulina hope you like them

hi had a great day out at harrogate show yorkshire, took us nearly 3 hours to get there
i bought 9 new streptacarpus, plus yellow cape primrose, new fuchsia called dying embers very dark colours. Plus a hardy geranium called rozanne grows up to 2ft in a lovely blue
there was a big chysanthums display sorry didnt get any photos had to get the back to the coach
didnt get any orchids, bought one from a show in july cost £20 and it died within 6 weeks !
do you go to garden shows love to see any photos

Sadly, we don't have any here.

hi that a shame, we have rhs national shows all over the country from april to september biggest is chelsea in london, but cant afford to go to that one, too expensive long way to go too
each town has its own local area garden club shows, there 5 garden clubs on the wirral
i been in a garden club for about 12 years won a few cups over the years even best in show
my friend got three cups this year and best in show, it was a lovely begonia
we have a system here where people open there gardens for charity
i been to a few of those, people have lovely gardens
do you do anything like that or maybe orchid shows?

That would be interesting, but the most I get to see is my MIL's garden, lol. And no Orchid shows here either.

That must be exciting to win something for displaying your plants!

I got excited a couple years ago when I thought we were having a garden show, but then I realized it was just landscaping plants as a part of a home & garden show.

hi the people in uk have lots of allotments,small piece of land you can grow anything on, pay money to local council or private renters
we also have vegtable shows as well,i was looking at a hugh pumkin on friday at the rhs show, the work they put into it
I grown tomatos peas,carrots,strawberrys,raspberry and potatoes all in containers it the lastest thing here
you get catologue all winter for veg and flowers and bedding plants trouble is they sold bedding plants in groups of 70 to many for me, go to nice garden nursery now much better numbers

Rather than garden shows, I think people here go to big gardens and arboretums.

Here's one- a former estate of a very wealthy family
http://longwoodgardens.org/

Our 'garden shows' tend to be landscape and home improvement sales demos.

hi what a lovely garden the water display and the history of it did the indians live in this area, so interesting
our family read a lot of books you must enjoy visit there i no i would, love seeing everything the trial garden good
today we went to our favorite nursery, got some violas we both have garden cards you get discounts on plants sometimes half price or buy one get one free on most things plants, bulbs, bird food and cup of tea or coffee, but only from autumn to late spring.
big discount today was cram a 18cm pot with as many daffodils as you can and we did, for a £1, so did everyone else
I found a dark pink japanese anemone for £4 is the sale stand, which is cheap at the rhs show friday it was £10
anyone did anything good today