BLOOM IS BACK, AND WE WILL BE BACK AT BLOOM. OUR STAND IS IN THE FLORAL PAVILION, NUMBER 40. The Garden School will have a stand and I will also be doing a daily blog, and may be a little more about BLOOm 2011. Using my iPhone I will be snapping pics of gardenContinue reading “BLOOM 2011”
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A tolling bell signals that the end is nigh…
All around us people are making pots and sowing seeds. It’s Monday afternoon, our fifth day of Project Nasturtium at Bloom, and I starring to feel tired. Then a bell rings out. This signals the start of the sell off from the plant stalls, it’s four o’clock. Within a few minutes our stand is emptyContinue reading “A tolling bell signals that the end is nigh…”
Show garden moments
A few images from my early morning visits to the show gardens at bloom. It is not all glamour and glitz for garden designers. Top pic; Gold medal winner Jane Mc Corkell is busy watering her garden in the sunshine on Saturday morning, her garden is called “The Rain Garden”. Upper Middle pic; the GIYContinue reading “Show garden moments”
Floral Pavilion moments
Five days of a floral festival will have plant highlights and will produce special moments and memories. Pictures from top: dumping bark mulch this morning as rain causes a flood in front of ours and Mount Venus’ stand; notice on Camolin Potting Shed’s stand, people often handle plants and pull them out of the displays,Continue reading “Floral Pavilion moments”
Inspiring Bloom
Despite the rain, thousands of people enjoyed Bloom today. Instead of keeping people away, if anything it seemed to be even busier. Outside people wandered around the show gardens and in the floral pavilion the plant sellers were doing a brisk trade. On our stand we had our busiest day so far. Pot after potContinue reading “Inspiring Bloom”
Should have gone to…
Specsavers garden, designed by Paul Doyle. I think that having a sense of humour in the garden is important. Sometimes garden design can be too serious and self important. It is good to laugh!
The Rain Garden designed by Jane Mc Corkell
Jane Mc Corkell returns to Bloom this year performing her own style of alchemy, using steel and water to produce gold. Steel structures form dramatic shapes above the patio where a central sculpture rises from the ground. Her brief for Bloom explains the function of the garden. “Water is collected from the roof, and theContinue reading “The Rain Garden designed by Jane Mc Corkell”
Ciaran The Gardener 