It’s that depressing flower show again, full of forced plants and taking over the television schedules
Have you been to the Chelsea Flower Show this year? Did you find it a little bit depressing? I thought so. For me, it’s like New Year’s Eve — every year I feel I should go and have fun, and every year, almost without fail, it’s a disappointment.
The biggest problem is the crowds. They make the struggle around the show ground a test of stamina and ingenuity. Whenever I hear someone say ‘I just love people-watching’, I suggest they visit the flower show’s loudly trumpeted gardens on Main Avenue. That’ll soon cure them.
The RHS have done their best to relieve the problem, by limiting timed-entry ticket sales, extending the show by a day, and all of that, but the beast just keeps growing.
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