Friday morning -- early. Just about to leave for London for my last day at the show. It's been a fantastic week and lots of fun on the exhibit, around the show and in the Secret Garden Diary room.
On Wednesday we welcomed Margaret and Brian from Redditch our competition winners - a lovely couple and it was a great pleasure to show them around our exhibit, a few of the show gardens and share a Pimms listening to the band.
Thursday saw a lively day with the arrival of Susan Daniels the opera singer. She arrived ready to deliver an aria or two at the masked ball and attracted lots of attention in her rich pink silk gown. She then sat on the throne of knowledge and gave tips on how to revive a flagging rose by singing to it.
In the afternoon Carol Klein came along to do a little filming. She too entered the ecret Garden Diary Room and sat on the throne of knowledge to give us the benefit of her years of experience as a nurseryman and a gardener.
The Scotts team have been fantastic and we've loved working with them. We've all seemed like one company and I hope we'll work together again. - That, after all, is a big part of the magic of Chelsea - meeting old friends, making new ones and sharing in our interest in gardening.
I always love the journey home from the show when its on - that Chelsea magic spreads through the London streets, the underground and onto the train home as show goers carry their armfuls of leaflets and purchases and chatter about what they've seen. That commuter world, often so grey and silent is suddenly lifted with colour - the effect of the spirit of gardening.
More later................
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