RHS Chelsea Flower Show

**"James Allison" j*@compuserve.com**

This year's Chelsea Flower Show was packed as ever, not only with 
people, but also with seemingly more show gardens than ever. 

I managed to visit on one of the few dry days, but I was still pushed 
for time to see everything. Fortunately the BBC has put the gardens 
onto its website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/events/chelsea2003/gardens/

This will give everyone a chance to see what the trends are this 
year, even if they couldn't get to the show. I can assure you that 
some of the website views are better than what a typical visitor 
would have seen. Crowding is commonplace around the more popular 
stands.

Chelsea was gimmick laden as usual, but perhaps this was a little 
less blatant this year. The continuing drift towards more 
naturalistic gardens was evident, with profuse informal plantings. 
Chelsea gardens are rarely practical, but they do seem to reflect the 
trends withing gardening as a whole - this side of the pond.

James Allison

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