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Darlings- Where else can you run into Twiggy, Steven Hawking, Ringo and The Queen of England in the same afternoon? Why at The Chelsea Flower Show of course!
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We couldn’t have had a more beautiful opening day for the show; almost 80 degrees in London and not a cloud in the sky .
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The Parrot tulips reminded me of my favourite Emanuel Ungaro dress…
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and I can’t wait to plant these “Globemaster”s in my garden!
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Sweet!!
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.The vegetables were positively cartoonish they were so perfect
Were they organic? It would be hard to believe…
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Here come the Judges…and they don’t exactly look like push-overs
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I so wish you could smell these!
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We can grow these (I’ve had them in my garden before but I’ve forgotten what they’re called 
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MY “Sterling” ROSES are so big, smell deeevine and are almost six ft. tall right now! (don’t look at my nails)
I am sorry (OK-thrilled) to say that the roses, due to the harsh British winter, were not nearly as impressive as our Santa Barbara babies. Hardly worth even photographing. The peonies on the other hand…
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I want these in the garden too- so lovely
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And lastly, the tropicals were creepy fun!
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These things are BIG – about the size of a large gallon jug of milk (as opposed to a small gallon :) )
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Ah well…back to reality tomorrow…bills to pay, bags to unpack, and a new project about to commence…but more on that soon. It’s a blessing to return to a beautiful place and such gorgeous weather and so far…no jet lag!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!!
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