RHS Great London Plant Fair

My dear Neighbor My took me to Royal Horticulture Society´s Great Plant Fair on 11th April (today).

It had such a magical flowers that I just wanted to share them with you all. It was also fun opportunity to "interview" some of the eldest Plant Fair guest´s to know how it was on earlier days.

I met wonderful elderly gentleman Mr.Peter Myers whom with I had interesting chat.

He told me that he have been participating in each plant show, every year after second world war.. so I guess we could call him a one serious enthusiast. He told me than in the "old days" Gardeners where more specialist to certain flowers and results of breeding where more interesting, as these days everyone grows a little everything. I suppose he is right.. I was lucky enough to find my self something interesting, almost forgotten lilies and bought two different type of lily tubers, I will show you how they are when they grow. Mr. Myers posed for photo with me and was exited to appear in such a modern thing as Blog, a I told him I am writing one and would like to have a photo of us if he think it is appropriate. He was very sweet.

All and all I think I was one of the youngest participants.. if you look closely photo of general view... people do not wear light grey hats, it is their silver grey hair that shines in afternoon sun. I was welcomed to this "secret" group of gardeners as there where not many young people around there. I loved it, I just realized how much I miss ones again my Grand mother "Mamma" as it would have been so lovely to get to work with her in her lovely big garden that she cared with such a tender and loving hand.

I wish I had kind of place one day.  I hope you enjoy the photos.. there are lot´s of them as they where all so lovely that I simply could not choose what to leave out.  

I left home from there with Vine ( not going to start making Wine.. ) Lemon tree, lily bulps that I mentioned before and with great mood after seen so much beauty and polite friendly and welcoming people.. all I need to HUGE garden now!!! 

Mr. Myers and Me

These little daffodils smelled amazing!

My Garand Mother´s favorite flowers

Very Stylish Gentleman!

I remember we having these in our garden when I was child

No, these are not chilies, they are flowers!!

Flower competition

I really liked the way things where displayed

Daffodil competition

They are picture perfect!

Dear My, my friend

This is not painting, they are real flowers!

Professional Gardener

One of earliest known Tulips, and oh what a beauty

Name of this early tulip

I am so fond of tulips that I might join Tulip Society!

All these books from flowers where also beautiful

One of my favorite flowers, look what a color!

This is her with her whole glory

My in action with her camera

Reminds me of Water Lily

But grows in a pot

These lovely Gentlemans where also exited to get photographed

Me and Chinese "garden decoration" She was marketing some show there

I hope you have enjoyed my reportage from plant fair, I certainly enjoyed visiting in there.
Thank you My,  for taking me there, and one more time: Happy Birthday for you it was fun day ones again, and our mutual Birthday lunch was delicious! Oh, almost forgot, thank you for my Birthday gift, I got fabulous Lemon tree from My!

Ideal Home Show in London 2012

My dear Neighbor My was kind to invite me to Ideal Home Show withe her, it was amuzing.
We wondered around a little tried some delicious foods, and sat down for proper English afternoon tea, to the tearoom they had created to the show space. it was quite nice I thought. I specially liked their dishes! Little cups and cup holders and all where different. Some new some old and those tea pots where all different! Just what I like. It would be my ideal way of dishes.. nothing matches so if something brakes, you may by what ever you wish to replace as long as there are some kind of floral theme going on.
I will not keep you longer on my ever long texts.. so see what we where lucky enough to see!

there was lot of all kind of things for sale.. I like these ones a lot!

This must be British thing.. as they really don´t exist in Finland.

Loved the dishes! ...and menu.

My and me having afternoon tea! (look My´s new dog print bag! I love it!)

These little garden houses where fab but expensive..

Lanterns made from old gasoline tanks. Nice idea!

 Ideal Home Show Home. I did not like it.. I felt it was too much like Ikea, and already seen so many times. 

Kitchen.. what is with all this Black and white theme..

I kind of like sofa and collection of those pictures but still IKEA..

This could be nice with different colors.. too restless with all these contrasts.

These little chairs are cute!

Again not my kind of bathroom, but sill , ok, some new ideas.

Would feel claustrophobic in this room.. and colors, no need to say more.

This house was my great favourite, it was Princes Art and craft house, it had such a welcoming feeling that I could have just go and take a nap on a sofa.. I loved it´s soft colors and fact that there was so much things that where hand made, specially to this house. Wall papers where amazing and they really had payed attention to details. Enjoy! 

House from outside

Little bathroom just next to main entrance, great location!

Loved these seating areas that where created to windows.

 I love this bench, would be easy to make one, if finding old garden bench, just little sanding and white paint, and new cushion and pillows it would be perfect! 

House was full of symmetrical details and setups.

In reception room there was also this seating area.. think cool winter nights..

Light in a house was warm and soft, which made taking photos little difficult, but hope you get my idea how this was. I love those two dogs on a window. I had one like that when I was a child.

Linen curtains long enough to hang on the floor.

Pay attention to the way they have hanged art work on the walls above. I really like it. 

This little utility room was my favourite!

  This little "work space" was between kitchen and reception room. I like it´s old fashioned feeling, and open shelves.

Kitchen was made from separate units!

 
Great idea was to make Kitchen from this kind of separate cupboards that you can move. It seemed to be very functional and gave nice feeling to the space. 

I have always liked having arm chair in Kitchen.

Look at this beautiful wallpaper! Whole house was just like one kind of dream world for wallpaper lovers.. like me.  They all where prints of old originals that are found from old houses.

One of my friends like this one quite certainly.

Staircase leading to first floor had beautiful painting! Love that board up there!

Master bedroom had lot of floral theme but it was still calm.

I think it was Brilliant the way they had done  certain things in the house. Much Floral theme here but all colors where matching and it made it still calm and interesting, and very warm and elegant.

...and again wooden bench here.. and 4 poster bed.

Same color theme continued in master bedrooms bathroom.

Look how furniture and wall paper are matching!

Nursery had sheepskin on a floor, and lovely antique bed

Whole house had a bit of a Tudor type of Hunting cabin type of a feeling going on, 
but very elegant and soft. Take a special glimpse again to wallpaper below. One of the fun ones ina house. Nice idea also to hang pretty dresses on a wall!

Second bathroom in 1st fl. I like this Art Noveau pot!

This was my favourite bedroom. Insect prints everywhere.

I am not a big fan of insects.. but in a prints they work amazingly well! Even on rugs, and pillows, everywhere. It had sense of humor the way I like it, but it was still very elegant. It took while to realize that everywhere was just insects...sounds scary but in real it is lovely! There was some kind of seating place made to every window, I think it is nice idea, you can sit, admire view, read a book and take a glimpse to outside world time to time.

Lovely place for reading!

Butterfly wallpaper in "insect room"

Love this wall paper too, why did I not take better photo out of it!

Second room for little older kid upstairs was lovely also, it had fun colors but it still looked some what calming and soft.  After this last bedroom there was stais (out side the building) to go out.. I wonder what is there in real life if wanting to build up this house.

Little Garden area, and doors leading from kitchen to patio.

I hope you enjoyed the photos of my favorite things in ideal Home Show.. there was so much to see that it was hard to decite what to show to you. But I think it was fun to show how differently people think from "what is good and nice interior designing" some like more modern "Ikea style" and I.. love old fashioned style that will never go off from "trend".  


There was also quite nice things to garden, but most of the little Garden houses that where fabulous where build so close to each others that it was impossible to take sensible photos of them.


..oh and I did by something to my self from there: different kind of Lily tubers and also some other flowers... so will have lot´s of color in my little garden soon!