May. Everything in the garden is growing like bonkers and, let’s be honest, the last thing anyone needs is to down tools, up sticks and head off to SW3 for the week. Yet here we are. The Chelsea Flower Show.
Niwaki - squeezed into a slightly smaller than hoped for stand - have joined forces with Architectural Plants and Simon Jones Studio, and this week the cloud pruned Cupressus arizonica are going in, the Douglas Fir pavilion is going up, and the Niwaki tools being laid out. Do come and see us next week, in the Fresh area, stand FR77. We’ll have the conceptual designer John Warland helping out, ready to chew the fat and spread the gossip on the latest goings on at Chelsea. Jake will be on duty all week - unless he gets fed up and ‘hurts’ his back, and on various days of the week you’ll get to meet Fiona, Will and Gary. Come and say hello!