The Grand Pavilion

Bulldog Tools Forge Garden deservedly won a gold medal

This beautifully realised garden didn't miss a trick!

I long for someone to start making galvanised water drums again!

It's hard to believe this is in a marquee in Chelsea and not down a country lane

The old bellows that would have been used for the forge

Apparently there may be a wheat shortage this year - might this be the answer?

Kirstenbosch did wonderful plantings against photographic backdrops

The proteas with Table Mountain in the backdrop whetted my appetite for my trip there in September

This giant steel and copper dragonfly hovered above a display of water plants

I'm not generally one for the Florists displays but these jockeys silks were eye catching

More floraljockeys silks

Saracenias are extraordinary and very photogenic plants

This was one of several impressively beautiful saxifrages

Trinidad & Tobago's Horticultural Society's display was one of the best of the exotic displays

Raymond Evison's clematis were a major feature with a magnificent display including a tunnel of clematis

There's a wonderful display of Lady's slipper orchids - apparently with the right conditions they are not hard to grow, but not a plant for the dry so

Avon bulbs always manage one of the best displays and this year is no exception despite the trying conditions

Jim Keelings gilded terracotta flame was an impressive centrepiece to the Hillier garden amongst orange-gold azaleas