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Whatever it is that you are looking for... we aim to cover it somewhere within these pages.
(Please check the section on Floral Shows in the UK at the bottom of this page.)
Your search for wildflower Seeds can be accomplished within the wildflower pages.
Silk and dried [everlasting/artificial] plant material now has its own section.
Bulbs include tulips and lilies and many other beautiful seasonal specialities.
Also, floral art and floral photography are covered.
And the 'Courses' page has courses in garden design, floral art, etcetera.
Many people are looking for specific blooms... like daisies, roses, hawaiian, lilies, lotus blossoms, and tulips. Some search by color, for example, purple... or season, like Fall or Easter or Spring or Summer.
The above searches should be covered within the fresh flowers section... Please look on the 'Flower' page.
As a 'by-the-way', if you are searching for Seeds [be they, garden, wildflower, or vegetable]... you can do no better than click the following link... Flowers Seeds from the World Renowned Thompson & Morgan ... unless, that is, you are from Australia, New Zealand or South Africa, as import restrictions apply, SORRY!
Thompson & Morgan seeds come with full cultural instructions AND a guarantee... and their website is a mine of useful information.
Flower Shows in the UK
The Royal Horticultural Society [RHS] holds regular shows in London. It is holding a Plant Roadshow in Cardiff in 2005. Add to this shows at Wisley and then you have the list of regular shows... a list follows:
Malvern has both a Spring and Autumn Show
The world renowned Chelsea
Hampton Court Palace
Gardeners' World Live [Birmingham Exhibition Centre]
and Tatton Park.
Follow the link to the RHS to get details and dates The Royal Horticultural Society has a most interesting website, crammed full with useful information. It is also possible to purchase from them lovely videos of past Chelsea Flower Shows and other interesting videos and books... and even to join the RHS!
Here in the UK we are very lucky in our expert television coverage of all the major Floral Shows.
We can view them as just a wonderful aesthetic spectacle... or as a learning experience... or both. It doesn't matter which, but, in truth, for all those who enjoy plants in any way... they are a real joy!
To this list of shows held by the Royal Horticultural Society, add a list of Agricultural Shows which incorporate Floral sections... like the Royal Show at Stoneleigh near Kenilworth in Warwickshire [UK] held in early July... and you have a formidable list before you begin to mention the shows held in villages and towns up and down the country.
Late summer also sees the Sandringham Flower Show (Norfolk, UK) which used to be always visited by The Queen Mother. If you are a royal watcher it is a very good place to visit.
As well as all these possibilities to view plants there are many, many, gardens which are open to the paying public either individually, maybe all year round, or as part of the National Gardens Scheme... we are truly well catered for!
Cornwall is particularly well blessed with gardens to visit, the Spring being a wonderful time there.
Incidentally, if you are a dog lover and take your dog on holiday with you, then be assured there are plenty of gardens which welcome dogs on leads.
And, if you are interested in South African flowers... then there is a place in Cornwall which specialises in them too!
I could sound a bit like the Cornwall Tourist Board... but I really don't think there is anywhere to beat it, especially in Spring!
