A few Fridays ago my Mother-In-Law and I hopped on the train to Hampton Court Palace to see the RHS flower show. A few years ago we went to the RHS Chelsea flower show and we had such a good time that Nathan and I bought tickets for Hampton Court for his Mum’s birthday in May. We always have a good together on days out like these, ones where we get to ooh and ahh at pretty things whilst enjoying copious cups of tea and slices of cake.
Neither of us had been to Hampton Court Palace so it was a bit of thrill being able to see the one time residence of King Henry VII. Unfortunately we did not have time to tour the palace, but walking through the grounds was magnificent, there was so much to see before we even entered the show
I just cannot get enough of the soft, delicate flowers, tendrils and seed pods of Nigella (Love In The Mist)
“Lavender’s green, dilly, dilly, Lavender’s blue,
If you love me, dilly, dilly, I will love you.
Let the birds sing, dilly, dilly, And the lambs play;
We shall be safe, dilly, dilly, out of harm’s way.
I love to dance, dilly, dilly, I love to sing;
When I am queen, dilly, dilly, You’ll be my king.
Who told me so, dilly, dilly, Who told me so?
I told myself, dilly, dilly, I told me so”
This flower show is billed as the largest in the world, it certainly was large and varied in its showcase. In comparison to the RHS Chelsea flower show it didn’t seem to have very many show gardens which was a shame as we really enjoyed that element at Chelsea. However the flower marquee was the highlight of our day and we spent a very long time in there oohing and ahhing at all of our favourite cottage garden flowers. The edible garden and rose marquee were a close joint second with all of the inspirational vegetable gardens and pretty roses.
The weather was a bit of a nuisance, the intermittent showers kept our raincoats in a constant rotation with our summer finery.
Considering that we had travelled for two hours and one hundred miles we managed to randomly bump into our village post mistress and some ladies from our local town, I overheard them chatting about Keyhaven (the hamlet neighbouring my village where my In-Laws live and where they also have their pub). Before I knew it I was interrupting their conversation and asking them if they were talking about Keyhaven in The New Forest and they were!
We had a truly wonderful day and I am sure we will visit the show again.
How lovely to 'see' you Morwenna!!Have missed you Sweetie. But what a gorgeous post, full of the most gorgeous flowers. Did you read my post about David Austin a couiple of weeks ago? It was such a fantastic day. Hope your summer is going well and the bakery is busier than ever!! Love to you, Rachel xoxox
A M A Z I N G photos!
It's one of my dreams to visit Hampton Court and its flower show!Thanks for sharing
Dearest Morwenna, oh, my! What an absolutely gorgeous post! This flower show is spectacular and on my list to see if I ever can get to England!! It is so good to have you posting once more. I bet you have been very, very busy!! I put up some photos on twitter of my first trip to Yosemite. You may enjoy seeing them…Sending you a big hug, Sherry xx
Dear Morwenna,
What a magnificent post! I have missed you! Thank you for sharing your day at Hampton Court with us. The photos are all so lovely! Looks like you had a wonderful outing with your mother-in-law. It is so nice that you have a good relationship with her! Looking forward to more of your posts soon! Happy Sunday! XOXO
I LOVED your pictures of all the fabulous flowers, what a treat! Have missed you! I think I must get to England for it's gardens are so beautiful and Hampton Court flower show is spectacular. I loved the pink hollyhocks, never seen any like those and the pink hydrangeas, wow! Thank you for letting us walk the show with you. xoxoxo
That was FABULOUS. Nobody does it like you people do — nobody! xoxo Thank you Morwenna. Oh I want those flowers. Loved it so much!