Crowe Garden Design - Bespoke Garden Design In Essex

The final weekend dawned with the arrival of the plants, principally from Harveys Garden Plants in Suffolk. There was also the Eucalyptus from Wales (named Dai) and we do not speak much of the Buglessoides these days but I seem to recall they travelled in from Belgium, but were not used.

 

Planting a show garden, as with any client garden, has to come under the vision of a single person. That single vision of the desired effect. Thus it was that we stuck our backsides in the air and knuckled down to the task in hand. Two delightful ladies (who I apologise to but I have forgotten their names) were drafted in to 'primp and preen'. A long, laborious and time consuming task. But they had a secret weapon to ease this exercise, homemade flapjacks by the score.

 

The Chelsea flower show is just that, a flower show, and Roger had made this abundantly clear to us from day one,remember this and  keep a focus on the quality. The planting design was a very sublime and delicate creation with a tight colour palette. As the weekend progressed it was at this stage, not unsurprisingly, that tiredness and grumpiness began to appear.

 

Alongside this though the pre-show build-up with the television and media was mounting. Now at the end of a long week of preparation it is important to remain calm and polite despite simply wishing to complete the task in hand. The publicity was important, for the sponsor, the team and the show. Deep breathing, counting to ten and the day of reckoning arrived, judgement day.