32nd Harrogate Autumn Flower Show -a blooming success

Sunday Sept 16th brought our garden design expert Sally Tierney ( seen here with  NEHS Press Officer Mary Bond www.flowershow.org.uk  & Show Director Roger Brownbridge)www.sallytierney.co.uk  & Oxford Brookes Undergraduate Catrina Lakin ( here with the unique Robbie Williams Plant Lights www.plantalamp.com ) to the Yorkshire Harrogate Showground for the North Of England`s Horticultural Society`s annual Autumnal celebration of gardening matters. With topics ranging from the British Clematis Society to Louis- who kindly provided a Bonsai for Catrina to cherish following on from Louise Rigg`s Bonsai last year through wondrous refreshments from Yorkshire Herbal Punch, Fudge & Diane Congreve`s superlative Crusty Pie Company to the legendary Fernatix team, Neil & Sue Huntley www.plantswithaltitude.co.uk  & Elizabeth J Design, Twisters & Spirals from  Babyllon Products & recycled Zimbabwean artwork.Delighted to link up  again with Dorothy Bowser &  Fieldside Arts www.fieldsidearts.co.uk  . No Garden show is surely complete without the Bourbon Street Roof raisers !. Hampshire Carnivorous Plants www.hampshire-carnivorous-plants.co.uk & the North Of England Vegetable Championships both made for impressive exhibits whilst Keith Foster had a fine range of exhibition seeds www.exhibition-seeds.co.uk Beekeepers & Chrysanthenums make for a perfect mix with  T3 rasta plants ! Mary Bond is already planning the PR for the 2008 Spring Flower Show 24-27 April and the Autumn Flower Show 12-14 September. Sally remains amazed by the quality of Leeks and show and is already thinking about her Chelsea Flower Show displayChris Castling & Di Rutledge www.chriscastlingphotography.co.uk & www.dirutlegeceramics.co.uk  also provided a unique artistic perspective on the day ( audio online very soon )