Cheerful Charlie
Barbara and wife stare wistfully at The Green Goddess
Today I wished I had an elongated ET type neck as I sploshed among the nation’s good natured garden lovers at The Chelsea Flower Show, trying to get the best view.
And guess whose garden this voluptuous Green Goddess will grace when the show ends?
A little bird told me Ringo Starr was bidding against another celebrity. The former Beatle has already paid several thousands of pounds for a stunning stumpey, part of the same display made from Canadian driftwood, according to my source.
It was impossible not to be impressed by this imaginative garden, which won a bronze. The Venus will last forever if green fingered Ringo waters her roots regularly and gives her a trim from time to line, like any other lawn. Careful round the nipples though! She even had a webcam artfully concealed on her ample body, perhaps her belly button, or big toe, watching our every move.
It lived up to its name as the Garden of Dreams, the tranquil place to lie your head and let your imagination take over.
Another favourite was the Da Vinci Code garden, very stylish and contemporary with its glass pyramid centrepiece.
It was also great to bump into Claire and John, a Fenland couple from Foras who have diversified from farming, “from seed to stone”, with their top quality classic range of natural stone planters and urns.
I also came across the dimpled and grinning flame haired Charlie Dimmock with her impressive award winning design, complete with its mandatory stunning water feature, a simply fab turquoise pool.
I certainly came away brimming with ideas, sore feet - and some stunning new clematis on order.
My thanks to Simply Social for a great day - even the sun came