Myself and one or two colleagues were mooching around the Royal Hospital recently admiring the smart, new black tarmac just laid around the Ranelagh Gardens, until we were struck by the challenge of retaining the smart, new look until the show opens on 19 May. Suffice to say, the new black paint is already on order…!
In contrast, the grass on the football pitches has not had the best winter, but we’re planning to give it a good feed next week, so hopefully by the time the visitors arrive at the show it’ll be looking lush and green. Which reminds me – in 2007 one mysterious exhibitor managed to spread thousands of Portulaca all over the pitches. We were left with a massive crop of the stuff which we spent the rest of the year trying to get rid of!
Needless to say, in 2009 I’ll be keeping a careful eye on exhibitors who might be spreading their seeds asunder.