I took yesterday afternoon off to go to the RHS London Flower Show. It was my first time ever at the Horticultural Halls, so I geeked out a bit by taking photos of the halls themselves.
This was the entrance to Lawrence Hall, a magnificent art-deco building.
And it looked even more fabulous inside. I wasn't as impressed with Lindley Hall, across the road.
I liked two of the front garden designs. I'm a bit of a sucker for blue lights as an accent in any garden (I can't wait for there to be enough sunlight for my blue solar lights to charge up!):
And Hubster officially wants one of the Gnewt electric scooters being exhibited in this garden:
I did drool over the Crug Farm display, but I'm not a big fan of Schefflera, and they didn't have a single non-flowering plant. I enjoyed Burncoose Nursery's exhibit, and am looking forward to perhaps being able to buy a Podocarpus "Blaze" sometime in the future.
And World Of Ferns had the sort of display I could have spent my whole salary at. New Blechnum varieties, loads of unusual Doodia, and more Pteris varieties than I could possibly cram in my bathroom:
Sadly they hadn't brought any Polystichum andersonii as "they're looking really tatty at this time of year". I guess I shall just have to order off the internet instead.
I did come away with a new leaf-baby though. I'll introduce you later.
This was the entrance to Lawrence Hall, a magnificent art-deco building.
And it looked even more fabulous inside. I wasn't as impressed with Lindley Hall, across the road.
I liked two of the front garden designs. I'm a bit of a sucker for blue lights as an accent in any garden (I can't wait for there to be enough sunlight for my blue solar lights to charge up!):
And Hubster officially wants one of the Gnewt electric scooters being exhibited in this garden:
I did drool over the Crug Farm display, but I'm not a big fan of Schefflera, and they didn't have a single non-flowering plant. I enjoyed Burncoose Nursery's exhibit, and am looking forward to perhaps being able to buy a Podocarpus "Blaze" sometime in the future.
And World Of Ferns had the sort of display I could have spent my whole salary at. New Blechnum varieties, loads of unusual Doodia, and more Pteris varieties than I could possibly cram in my bathroom:
Sadly they hadn't brought any Polystichum andersonii as "they're looking really tatty at this time of year". I guess I shall just have to order off the internet instead.
I did come away with a new leaf-baby though. I'll introduce you later.
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