After the exhausting gloom of the planning enquiry that I wrote about recently, we set off for the Home Counties and the RHS's Hampton Court Flower Show. \u00a0We stayed in a hotel of decaying splendour which was once a fine place to stay \u2013 though not recently. \u00a0The day at the Show was wonderful: such beauty \u2013 and a pleasure mixing with people whose working lives are dedicated to it. \u00a0I was particularly taken with the bonsai, one of which was about 100 years older than me \u2013 and, it should be said, in better shape.<\/p>\n
One thing perturbed me; in the long tent filled with stands every one seemed to have a prize. \u00a0Is there grade inflation amongst the peonies, I wondered.<\/p>\n
And there was no litter. \u00a0Why was this? \u00a0Was it because of the sort of people who went there? \u00a0Or that, unlike, other events \u2013 Glastonbury comes to mind \u2013 were there just a lot of convenient bins? \u00a0Well, there were bins \u2013 but there were at Glastonbury as well. \u00a0I came away not thinking about the bins or non-litter, but about the flowers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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