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Saturday July 9, 2022
Hampton Court Flower Show
My sister got tickets for the show, and it was her first visit - which unfortunately was not really a good experience for her. We hooked up at Wisley and I think we'd have had a nicer day if we had stayed there. Instead, as we had parking available to us, we drove into Kingston, and spent over 2 hours in absolutely solid traffic the like of which I have not seen there before, and arrived at lunch time. Queues for eating were off the scale, so we did not try for a restaurant. From the limited other choices, we queued for burgers, and then sat on the ground as it was the only shade available. I had failed to brief her about what to wear, so she spent the whole time shaking dust out of her sandals. And I would say - the gardens were not as lovely as I have seen in previous years - too much scrubby wild garden/recycling/mindfulness themes - too much hard core structuring, and not enough plants.
However, the real problem was - it was too hot.
It was too hot to shop in the many lovely retail outlets, too hot to view the gardens for more than about 10 minutes at a time, and too hot buy plants.
I do hope I'll be able to persuade her to go again on a cooler year - if there ever is one, which judging by the gloomy climate predictions may be unlikely.
Posted by Christina at 6:18 PM. Category: The Garden
