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The Chelsea Flower Show 2007

by liamssoft | May 24, 2007 at 12:29 pm

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The Chelsea Flower Show awarded best in show to a Martian landscape which caused shock and horror to the flower exhibitors. It stood out like a saw thumb but the judges agreed it looked pretty impressive.

The traditional floral displays that made the Chelsea Flower Show famous the world over were pushed aside yesterday by a Martian vista of packed earth, rocks and concrete.

The decision by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) judges to hand the Best in Show award to an “astronaut’s allotment” on Mars angered some at Chelsea. The concrete and rock garden, created by Sarah Eberle, was designed to keep an astronaut happy during a stay on Mars and was regarded as an unlikely winner because it lacked aesthetic appeal.

Thank you NowPublic photographers for your beautiful photos taken at this marvelous annual event. Keep them coming.

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Brian A Kennedy

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 04:17 on May 25th, 2007

liamssoft, you did a great job of packaging this -- good stuff.

liamssoft

at 04:21 on May 25th, 2007

Thank again Brian A
Kennedy

the NowPublic Members Photos are Brilliant.

pollyanna

at 05:33 on May 25th, 2007

Thanks for this story. I went to this flower show 20 years ago. I remember it well after all of this time. While I was there I did a strange thing and bought my hubby a leopard gecko and then brought it home on the train. Oh what fun!

Thanks so much I really enjoyed it.