My Garden

As Web Editor for RHS Online one of the best bits of my job is going to Chelsea - and the other RHS shows - especially being able to look around before the show opens and see how things are progressing. It's not a big 'jolly' though by any figment of the imagination - long days, early starts... Read more..

Having spent the last gawd knows how many weeks creating and uploading the pre-show content for Chelsea Flower Show, it's now all in place. And even better than that - I'm off the show tomorrow. I'll be camping at the showground and in the Press Tent for the next four days - well not literally... Read more..

I've arrived. I'm well and truly encamped in the Press Tent at the showground. I've set up my computer and sleeping bag (well, not really, but it's an idea!) and I can now wander out into the heart of the show and see what delights this year's Chelsea has to offer. It all looks very... Read more..

When you're having fun. We were so rushed yesterday I didn't manage to get time to put up a blog! Exhibitors were busy too, either starting, finishing or generally tidying up their displays. Devine Nurseries did turn up and quickly got down to sorting out the display. He soon overtook some of... Read more..

... that, as usual, before the show opens to the public it's a sea of fluorescent yellow and orange - from the hi-vis vests that health & safety demand. Once your eyes acclimatise to this shocking colour clash, you realise that it's business as usual at the world's greatest flower show... Read more..

So, my first stint in the Press Office at Chelsea 2009 is over - I've rolled up my sleeping bag and made my way back home. This morning the web team is finishing off the live coverage working on the video and slideshow of pictures in the Great Pavilion. We're all working at half speed, just staring... Read more..

Well, as I pointed out in my last blog, I had to come down to the show again today to get some pics and coverage of the last floral arrangement and florist of the year sections. When the alarm went off at 3am it was a bit of a shock to the system - it was an even bigger shock when it went off 5 minutes... Read more..