Lovely idea. Sempervivums would look fab in this display too. I've made wooden picture frames with a fine gauge wire sheet face to display my Sempervivums in. Hung on a West facing fence,like a picture.
Your living picture frame sounds so lovely! Do you find it mostly looks after itself? Or are you out there giving it a good soak on hot, dry days? I imagine you have even less soil depth to work with than I do... Then again, sempervivums have very shallow root systems, so I guess not a huge problem from that perspective at least. I think you're right that they'd look good in my pallet – I've got my eye on them for my next project: a living roof on my shed.
For Terry, I went too. These are essentially trade shows, or rather trade fairs as they are selling to the public. The regional ones are, regional. It costs so much to stage the show gardens, most won't bother if there isn't sufficient return. So, the best is, im afraid, Chelsea.
I’ve got an interview coming up VERY SOON with the founder of the Chelsea Fringe Festival. He spoke very well about the mind-blowing costs involved in creating show gardens - easily tens of thousands of pounds for a garden with a week-long shelf-life.
A show like Chelsea gives the sponsors good exposure so they deem it worth the spend, but I can see why the same wouldn’t be true of a less well broadcast show like Malvern. I did enjoy the Gardeners’ World coverage on Friday, but I preferred Terry’s today.
Do you know about The Alpine Society? Cheap and tax deductible, quarterly magazines and regular regional fairs. They know their stuff and are endearingly obsessed.
Lovely idea. Sempervivums would look fab in this display too. I've made wooden picture frames with a fine gauge wire sheet face to display my Sempervivums in. Hung on a West facing fence,like a picture.
Your living picture frame sounds so lovely! Do you find it mostly looks after itself? Or are you out there giving it a good soak on hot, dry days? I imagine you have even less soil depth to work with than I do... Then again, sempervivums have very shallow root systems, so I guess not a huge problem from that perspective at least. I think you're right that they'd look good in my pallet – I've got my eye on them for my next project: a living roof on my shed.
For Terry, I went too. These are essentially trade shows, or rather trade fairs as they are selling to the public. The regional ones are, regional. It costs so much to stage the show gardens, most won't bother if there isn't sufficient return. So, the best is, im afraid, Chelsea.
I’ve got an interview coming up VERY SOON with the founder of the Chelsea Fringe Festival. He spoke very well about the mind-blowing costs involved in creating show gardens - easily tens of thousands of pounds for a garden with a week-long shelf-life.
A show like Chelsea gives the sponsors good exposure so they deem it worth the spend, but I can see why the same wouldn’t be true of a less well broadcast show like Malvern. I did enjoy the Gardeners’ World coverage on Friday, but I preferred Terry’s today.
Do you know about The Alpine Society? Cheap and tax deductible, quarterly magazines and regular regional fairs. They know their stuff and are endearingly obsessed.
I’m aware of their existence, but haven’t gone so far as to subscribe to their mags or attend their fairs… yet!