I have never actually been to the Chelsea Flower Show so I am in the perfect position to tell you how to cheat.
First of all, if you are lucky enough to have access to BBC television, just watch it on TV. Only the Royal Family, television presenters and of course the judges get to wander around without crowds and actually set foot in the show gardens.
You can wander round your own garden pretending you are at Chelsea, and you could even take photos to put on Instagram
#chelseafs #gold medal #gardengold So excited, I got my first gold.
Who on Instagram could prove you hadn’t really been there. Even if your washing line, the neighbour’s fence and your mop bucket accidentally get in the picture you can pretend it is part of the design
( See designing your own garden, below )
But the best way to cheat is to go there. Perhaps there is a hole in the fence you could slip through, find a little spot of ground at the back of the refreshment tent by the bins and be a guerilla gardener. There is no need to spend a whole year planning a garden. Everything you need can be found at home, the local garden centre, builders’ skips and the rubbish tip. Anything goes; whatever your makeshift garden looks like you can claim to be encouraging recycling, wild flowers and insects. A few rocks, some old wood and a bucket or children’s paddling pool for a water feature. Then fill in the gaps with lots of plants from the garden center.
To complete the cheat wear something smart, but not too smart, stand confidently in front of your floral plot and talk to the crowds passing by, or an imaginary camera about themes and your artisan garden. Everyone will assume you are a television presenter or garden expert talking about a wonderfully original show garden.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/22/chelsea-flower-show-2019-top-garden-trends
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Couldn’t be much worse than the odious, twee, contrived ‘welcome to Yorkshire’ garden that won the ‘people’s’ award!
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Wouldn’t you love to be a presenter and go round saying what you think?
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Once upon a time, perhaps…
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Heh, heh, heh. 😀
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Are those photos of your garden? If that’s what you have around your place, you don’t need to go to the Chelsea Flower Show. 🙂 Beautiful!
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Thanks Diana, yes all pix taken in our garden, carefully selected best bits.
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Great to see your very own Chelsea flower show and I love your ideas for sharing your garden shots on Instagram! Very clever 🙂
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Thanks Debbie and the camera always lies so little snaps of flowers don’t show the rest of the untidy garden!
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Hahah this made me chuckle! So many ways to experience the flower show. Slipping through the fence is tempting, but I think watching it on TV and wandering around my garden pretending I’m there (maybe dress up for the occasion too, drink in hand) sounds easier. Lovely flower photos 🙂
xx
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Thanks, yes enjoy your own garden and pretend the Queen came to visit.
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Hmm, this gives me ideas! Not that we have anything like the Chelsea Flower Show here in Canada.
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Hello Audrey, I wondered if other countries had a similar show, but I am sure you could do your own.
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I might start a trend! 😉
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Your garden looks great! Another tip, have someone come with you, and have them ‘interview’ you while the public is watching…
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Thanks Steve – yes, would have to find one of our more respectable friends.
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