Tatton Park

Our visit to the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show was thankfully a dry one and we managed to miss the downpours. It was not particularly sunny on press day, in fact quite dull and heavy, but there was just enough sun for a pair of sailor's trousers on occasions and the dull weather did not diminish the brightness of the gardens. Below is a pic of East meets West - This fab garden, designed by Dan Sterry of Urban Vision which was really one of the best I have seen at Tatton in several years and really deserved its Gold one of only two large show gardens to win one, the other being the fab Cheshire O8 Year of the Garden.

I also liked Cheshire Al Fresco which I thought deserved more than a Silver but then I am not an RHS judge so I do not know by what criteria the garden was judged.

We were delighted that Pip Probert managed to get both her gardens finished and we really liked her Acqua Life, designed for the whole family, with activity balanced with quiet space.




There were some really lovely displays in the Floral Marquee as well such as the wonderful Alliums (top of page).

It was a very mixed week weather wise so if you went to Tatton I hope you were lucky enough to have some periods of really nice weather. Tatton in the sun is like nowhere else, it really is a great place for a major flower show and hopefully now the end of the first decade has arrived we can look forward to another ten years of really great shows with our own special northern flavour.