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Shop 'Til You Drop
You can buy anything for the garden at Chelsea, whether it be an antiquity, a garden seat, pair of loppers or a book, and even order (but not take home with you) a plant.
Retail displays abounded from magazines subscriptions to secateurs to lawn tractors and greenhouses.
Architectural antiques had some lovely old pieces well displayed with topiary twists and inspired planting. Beehive compost and rubbish bins and recycling sheds offered an attractive solution for dealing with the 'back office' side of gardening. Covetable sculpture and unusual water features abounded. And everywhere furniture, pots and structures for the garden. |
Architectural Heritage show us how it is done |
Only on Eastern Avenue can you actually buy something to take home. Here the sellers of garden tools, some 'gals' and chaps in country tweeds standing, quite puzzlingly, in a plastic tub of water - then, ahh... and we realise that they are selling terribly posh water-proof leather boots!
We found New Zealand botanical printmaker Bryan Poole in his custom designed sleek and modern stand. Customers admired his unique and vibrant botanical etchings. We just had to take one home. 'A very successful Show', he declared, determined to return again next year. |
Bryan Poole at Chelsea 2001 |
There is just everything imaginable to be found here, all sorts of essential garden equipment such as irrigation equipment, garden lighting, even 'bee houses' for wild bees, and, of course, garden secateurs, tools and stakes. Everyone seemed to be carrying a set of 2m long stakes about as they left for the tube and home. Pity their fellow travellers! |
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Innovative displays from Pret A Pot
Striking water features from Avant Garde
Attractive 'beehive' compost or recycling bins from the Old Grain Store
Very practical nets from Knowles Nets
Elaborate ironwork from beds and gates to candelabra
A bucolic scene in the midst of Chelsea | |
