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Frolicking with the Freefolk!

I mentioned in my last post about Hardys Chelsea stand and their involvement with Candides Festival of Flowers, well I zoomed down to see it for myself!

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Can you believe that even after 20 years of drooling over Rosy and Rob Hardys plants, heading straight for their stands at EVERY show I’ve EVER been to since I started my career in Hort, totally fangirling and completely admiring them both that I have NEVER been to their nursery…. Seriously!? Can you believe that!

Its a shocking admission to make but however a perfect storm of events stuck a rocket up me and I made it down to see their latest creation.

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Chelsea 2021 – The virtual Chelsea!

Its a virtual world for Chelsea for the second year running and if you, like me, are hanging out for your flower fix here’s how to access it!
Also brag alert, the header photo was a garden I helped build back in 2007!

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I’ll be sad to be missing the flower marquee again

Given the weather maybe the fact that the Chelsea Flower Show has gone virtual again for 2021 is a blessing in disguise. Relentlessly cold, the task of bringing enough plants to that peak of perfection would have been tougher than ever! But with this being the second year of no Chelsea how will that affect a very niche industry of show gardens and what can we expect from this years virtual Chelsea?

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