My Garden

Well, that's it for another year. I've finished mopping up the bits & pieces needed for the online show coverage and I think it's time to go home. I just hope the car's cruise control can steer me home!

Michelle & Dean are beavering away in the office working on the rest of the show coverage - including the live video clips - so there'll be more going up on the site during the day

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One of the exciting spectacles at this year's show is the first ever Thai Floating Market to appear in the UK.

It's a colourful sight with floating market boats, Thai girls dressed in traditional dress and a whole host of Thai cooking ingredients and souvenirs

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Sorry I haven't posted earlier today than now - it has been one (two?) of those days.

Yesterday, due to unforeseen circumstances (mainly the weather), the Online team got a bit behind in our live coverage of the show. This meant staying on the showground longer than planned then working away in our hotel rooms until late last night

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Day two, and I arrived at 8am to start gathering some more information and news stories. The gardens in the Daily Mail Pavilion looked nearly finished and well worth a picture or two. You can see them in the Photo Gallery.

In the floral marquees things, as expected, weren't so well developed. It doesn't take so long to put most of the displays together, so they rarely look finished at this stage of the build up. In fact, the marquees more resemble builders' yards than floral marquees - compost, plants, trolleys, gravel, wheelbarrows - you name it - all over the place. There's a picture of the guys from Fernatix in the Photo Gallery to prove it.
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Having taken far too long to get here - traffic congestion on the M25 (now there's a surprise) - I finally arrived at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show (hereafter just called 'the show' as it's too long a name to keep referring to it!). I love this show - even more so than Chelsea. There's lots of space, you can buy plants and there's always something new and innovative to see; this year I'm looking forward to the Climate Dome, the Growing Tastes exhibitions and the Thai floating market.

First job - get some pictures for the photos section of My Garden; they're all posted up for you to see. Read More...