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RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the Other Bits

By Ozhene @papaver
Much as I enjoy the gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show, I enjoy the other bits just as much and some, probably, even more.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the other bits I love the large sculptures, I am sure I am not the only person who walked past this one humming the theme from The Godfather.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the other bits I like musing whether the boy is running away from the stags or just completely unaware, should we all be shouting 'its behind you' in true pantomime style?
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the other bits I like looking through one thing towards the other.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the other bits Even in the Floral Pavilion some stands dominate with sculpture as well as plants.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the other bits This tribute to the Queen for her 90th birthday was drawing quite a crowd.  It is simple and dramatic.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the other bits Some others, a little more subtle.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the other bits and some are huge.  I adored these tree sculptures, they worked perfectly on the Bowdens stand.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the other bits I love the willow badger, I would happily have him wandering around my garden.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the other bits But when it cameto plants this year, it was the proteas and the leucandendrons that really caught my eye.   I might have spent a little too long in front of these beauties.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the other bits I also stood in front of many of these Podophyllum 'Spotty Dottys'.  Can you see the red flowers hanging down?  Please tell me I am not the only person who has never seen the flowers before?  They are not a plant that has hugely attracted me in the past but the flowers warmed me to them.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the other bits But the leucadendrons stole the show for me.  Expect to see a purchase soon.
I end this post with this image as it made me smile,
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Part 2 - the other bits it sums up the day and the event for me.
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