Kent Garden Show

Winter, or at least late Autumn arrived early this year. Much of the rest of the country had a good Bank Holiday Monday, not here in Kent where we experienced strong winds and leaden skies. The only positive was that it did not rain.

We'd booked tickets to go to the Garden Show with Al and Liz, so despite the conditions poodled off to the show at the Kent County Show Ground.  As you might expect there were endless plants for sale as well as all sorts of garden accessories. There was not much interest in garden furniture or hot tubs on a day like today. Much interest was shown in an outbuilding called a Hot Hut, a wooden structure with a central fireplace which was more in keeping with the inclement British weather.

Suprisingly, only one place was selling petrol strimmers - I've been looking out for one for a while. I thought there would be a few to look at, but it was not the case.

While you would expect to find all things gardening at the show there were some interesting stalls that it was hard to link to cultivating your plot; writing wills for example (there were two of them), new front doors and replacement windows and treatments for sore and tired feet. (I suppose I could see some connection with gardening here).

We did find a plant that Susan had been looking for for a while and there were some bargains to be had at the end of the day. We would have bought more if we'd had one of those crates on wheels that everyone else seemed to be pulling.

I was expecting to find colourful, interesting subjects for a blip, but it was not to be. The best I could do was this magnificent sculpture constructed from driftwood, costing £2200, but very well done and very lifelike.

We stuck it out as long as we could, to get our moneysworth from the afternoon but we gave up in the end, retreating from the fray to warm up with scones and tea, then Toad in the Hole and rice pudding with rhubarb.