RHS Chelsea on BBC HD

mjr600

Hitting two of my passions in one, gardening and technology, the BBC have surpassed themselves by providing coverage of RHS Chelsea in High Definition.

I'm not a fan of Chelsea, it is a little too 'up itself' but the picture quality in HD is drop dead gorgeous, just like being there and a perfect advert for what HD can provide.

Lorraine Kelly should be buried in the compost and Rachel de Thame has lost too much weight but the gardens are stunning.

Life On Mars garden is my favourite.

FRUGAL_4

I am getting into gardening and have been watching Chelsea for the first time this week, is it me or have they become more interested in structures than plants, shrubs etc.

Excuse my ignorance here, but how do they get all the plants to flower so early and look so prestine, my few Lupins I have in my garden are lob sided and the leaves have a few holes in them, and they are no were near the flowering stage yet.

I hear about the cut flower border, herbaceous (sp?) border, is there a rule in general gardening that I should follow..Sorry to ask possibly a simple question but I trying to get into gardening, I enjoy pottering in the garden and have managed to grow a few things, but I think I may have planted things in the wrong areas, my flowers are mixed in the shrub border (Well I only have two borders really).

I agree mjr600 about Lorraine Kelly..how do these so called celbs find time to do gardening amongst all the other useless rubbish they do!

FRUGAL

mjr600

A show like Chelsea is a case of mans control over nature.

Some plants are deprived of light and stored in a refrigerator, some are given the reverse treatment and forced in heated glasshouses with artificial sunlight.

Anyone can do the same with enough cash.

A great garden is about design, structure and planting in harmony, combining the three is a lifelong job, you will never reach perfection because a garden is alive and just like a living thing it changes all the time.

Lupins are not a good place to start, although they can be beautiful they are THE most pest prone in the entire garden, they will be eaten alive by greenfly and you will feel defeated.

A herbaceous border is the cheapest and most rewarding style/method, planted with consideration you can have colour, flower and foliage all year round.

Planning, patience and an understanding of colour are more important than planting, four years after starting a new 40ft herbaceous border it is just starting to look good.

nodwah

Frugal -IMHO a good garden is one that the owner enjoys most. Grow the things that you like the look of, read up about those plants and give them the conditions that they need, like plant them on the shady side if they need shade etc. That's what I do generally except my problem is that I like nearly everything I see and I only have a small garden!
These fancy show gardens on the telly just annoy me, you're right they are more about fancy statues and cast iron structures and who knows what. I don't like the sort of ground force idea of an instant garden, it should grow and develop.

Kay_Peel

I only saw the first instalment, yesterday, but already that smug Alan Titchmarsh is getting on my nerves. Can't stand the bloke.

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Plum_Pie

I was watching it last night too!

I enjoyed it and learnt a bit e.g. the descriptions of roses from different parts of the world.


I would agree it doesn't have a lot to do with me personally and the kind of stuff I get up to in my garden. I also agree that too much time was spent talking about design and not enough about plants. The oxo tin in the shed of the 'Old Gate' garden was just silly!