Biggest Flower Show in the World!

The RHS Hampton Court Flower Show opened to the public today. Now lots of us (including me) won't be getting there this year but we can still keep up with all thats going on, and be inspired by the best garden designers around. Many of the designers that show at Chelsea start at Hampton Court, and Hampton Court is known for being a bit more adventurous with it's concepts, a little more cutting edge.

So I watched the first BBC 2 coverage last night with interest. I was particularly taken with the Cool Garden which got a gold medal. This garden utilised wavy lines throughout, with a background of Contorted Witch hazel trees, curved walls and wiggly copper rills. Very cool in my opinion!

I was also keen on the Mid Century Modern Garden which made made use of iconic design features and great planting - definitely the garden for those of us who love hot colours and can't get enough of orange! Even the planting has a real retro '70s feel, and I would love to slowly revolve in those bubble chairs, admiring the view.

The BBC has 2 more outings to the show on Thursday and Friday at 8pm on BBC2 so take a look, and if you cant wait that long you can catch up with goings on through the BBC website or the RHS website:

www.bbc.co.uk - Hampton Court Flower Show

www.rhs.org.uk -Hampton-Court Palace Flower Show

And when you have had a good look at all the gardens, you can vote for your favourite - the Peoples Choice award is highly prized and is the only one awarded by public vote. Voting ends at 4pm on Saturday 13th, so there's plenty of time to make your mind up. I shall be catching up with Monty to see what he recommends before finally deciding - vote here:

www.rhs.org.uk-Peoples Choice Award