These are blog posts that Philippa Pearson has made.
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When I tell people that I'm doing two show gardens this year, Chelsea and Hampton Court, the usual reaction is 'you must be mad!'. This statement is usually accompanied by a great rolling of the eyes, gasps of hot air, wild arm gestures and an intense gaze that makes me feel that maybe I've said something to upset them. I normally smile delightfully back in the hope that I have convinced people that I'm not mad (honest) and that I'm fully in control of all my facualties. Convincing myself is, however, another story. I know Tony Smith did three show gardens last year in a row, good chap, and has lived to tell the tale so it can't be all that bad, really, can it? (And he's doing two this year, as well)
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Last week, after a delightful three hour drive on the M25 negotiating the roadworks near Rickmansworth, I arrived at Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants near Whitchurch, Hampshire to see how the perennials are doing for the Chelsea garden. I was expecting to see neat rows of pots full of brown soil with the occasional green shoot pushing it's head above the parapet. Instead I saw masses of lush foliage and buds forming, ready to push upwards and produce spikes of glorious flowers in a few weeks' time
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