Burgon & Ball Edible Garden
I’ve never been to the Hampton Court Flower Show before but I’m a HUGE Chelsea fan (I know, I know, very unfashionable of me – I should be ranting about the elitism of the RHS, the extortionate ticket prices, the lack of relevance of the show gardens to the man on the street etc).
But this year the Chelsea tickets had sold out before I’d got my act together. So I thought I’d give Hampton Court a try.
People had told me that, whilst Chelsea is all about showmanship and design, Hampton Court is more about the plants themselves. And true to form, there were lots of nurseries exhibiting and selling plants. Add a generous helping of grow-your-own, plus a few places selling antique galvanised garden paraphernalia (my current craze) and I felt like a child in a sweet shop.
Managed to capture some of my favourite things on camera, starting above with a detail from the Burgon and Ball edible garden; a table full of plants good enough to eat.
And below;
- lentils on the plants of Italy stand (a first for me, had no idea what lentils looked like when they were growing);
- giant cabbages (wow);
- edibles skillfully inserted into an ornamental garden (why doesn’t my garden look like that?!);
- and finally, these lablab beans caught my eye (have bought the seeds to trial next year).
Lentils at Hampton Court 2011
Cabbages at Hampton Court 2011
Hampton Court 2011
