Bunny’s take on Chelsea Flower Shows’ Show Gardens 22. Innovative ideas, & hacks from the Designers

[@Kay-qt2id]

Bunny I want to thank you for sharing these beautiful gardens with those like me unable to visit.

[@helenachase5627]

I cant remember what the first chap said. He said something about the workers needing to believe in your vision , not just be excited ? That resonated with me. I am just an ordinary gardener but when I take on a new project I notice people don't believe in me. I've been told I can't do it or that I will embarrass myself , etc. I just carry on . By the way bunny I defined my seating area at my little acreage with 3 lilac standards in baseless pots. In zone 3 I thought I best go baseless and use a bullet proof plant. I saw your video on the lilac and decided to add it to my landscape.

[@juliafiore120]

Thank you, Bunny for sharing these gorgeous gardens. 🤩

[@SpanishEclectic]

Thank you, Bunny, for showing us these very special gardens. I'm obsessed with the beaver habitat! She had so many fantastic points. Here in the Southwest of the U.S., we are facing a epic drought, so catchment, and filtering of water going back to the ocean are important. Rain Gardens and swales are popular; there is even a swale garden with solar powered pumps in the center median of the avenue adjoining my street. Every time I drive by it, I smile. It normally rains from late November through March, with most of the heavy rainfall in December and January. Flooding can be a huge problem. I love to see recycled and repurposed materials made beautiful.

[@tinathene]

Wonderful vlog/ interviews!!! Top notch. More extreme rainfall floods and overwhelms city drainage systems causing a short term mess sometimes mixing with sewage… When private yards are landscaped with areas that create temporary watering holes, sometimes dry surface areas get a chance to soak and trees have the opportunity to absorb what they need to give us necessary shade. Of course, in more rural areas one can entertain an entire beaver-led eco system!!! The romantic chamomile lawn and flat tree top canopies hovering above the lovely plum lupines and white allium is nonetheless my ultimate favorite- what a meditative dream garden 💜🤍💚 Thank you!!!

[@karenjcosme]

As always...perfection. When I learn about flower shows and the like, here in the USA, it never impresses me enough to be interested. At all. Thank you, Bunny, for taking time to share these beautiful, natural gardens...and poetry! Carry on.

[@giennefarcais6834]

Watching this has inspired me to get off the couch and go work in the garden - and it's 95 degrees here today!

[@katella]

Bunny has such a positive way about her. Excellent presentation. Thank you for posting for those of us unable to attend.

[@Knappa22]

I'm getting ideas just from seeing the different gardens Bunny is standing in! I'm determined to go to the CFS one year. It *will* happen!

[@beckyscheller9358]

Thank you for showing these. Love seeing them

[@aina8318]

It`s important to know how water works, I am glad they put focus on that. And also how we can save water during a drought and best make use of it in our own garden without waste.

[@juliedubberley1192]

Lulu Urquhart is an incredibly knowledgable woman, she managed to explain exactly the benefits of a beaver eco system in under 2 minutes👏👏

[@theaweavers8576]

Loved the unusual habitat

[@helenachase5627]

Here in Canada where I live the beaver are a nuisance ! We could send you some

[@elisaangel9789]

The interviews were informative and entertaining. The gardens are beautiful. I feel inspired to recreate a little of several of them in my own garden.

[@conniekeshet]

thank you! i always love hearing your questions and commentary. i always learn something, about eco systems or pathing or something. seems to add to my understanding of the gardens. Im in the middle east and had no idea of your native beavers!

[@helensmith3214]

Excellent vlog thoroughly enjoyed this. 🦋

[@mikeq6384]

Bunny, thank you for taking us on the wonderful journey through this flower show ! Another superb video !!!

[@sianscountrylife4925]

Was really looking forward to your insight on the Chelsea show ...it didn't disappoint ! ❤️

[@bluesky7226]

Chelsea is on my bucket list! Thank you Bunny!

[@blakehahn-atlantaga8510]

Wonderful Bunny! Thank you for the amazing tour!

[@lynnralph8373]

A well deserved medal.

[@saracope8488]

Thank you, from California!

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

Fascinating. Enlightening. Inspiring. We need mpore of these ecological gardens.

[@pamd1861]

This was great!! Thank you

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Such an incredible lady. Permaculture is becoming more mainstream.

[@suzanneharvey6153]

Love the smart ply Bunny. Is it easy enough to get hold of? looking for something to hide a plastic oil tank. Do you think it could be lazer cut?

[@ТатьянаБелковская]

Thank you Bunny...)

[@alisonappleton9663]

Hugh Miller’s furniture is fabulous too.

[@grendel_nz]

Playing catch up. Bandwagon jumping middling sorts. Is it a garden or just recreating a habitat?

[@marilynburke7609]

😊❤️

[@lovingthemusichoney]

Anybody know a reputable supplier of the smart ply she talks about in the last garden ?

[@rawsunnata829]

What happen to all those structures after the show ends: must they be demolished, destroyed?

[@bunnyguinness]

Many are taken elsewhere and reused but the cost and time involved is pretty high but at least there is a use 🐇

[@joannlessner1551]

Loved the two flower gardens. The others no.

[@helenachase5627]

I bet you were tempted to throw your hat in the ring one more time ! ?

[@bunnyguinness]

No! 🐇

[@RockDove5212]

The picnic blanket is perfect for children, and parents alike, to twist, sprain and break ankles on. It's incredibly ugly to the eye too. A monstrosity; plain grass would be far more beautiful. The rest of the gardens were beautiful.

[@robhunt-watts8908]

Flowers are fine, but vegetables provide food. That said, my wife has composed a list of edible flowers.

[@jobond3317]

And when will wolves and bears be reintroduced to Britain?

[@bunnyguinness]

Yes re wilding and reintroducing is a marmite topic, but was fascinated to learn about beavers 🐇

[@bunnyguinness]

Yes re wilding and reintroducing is a marmite topic, but was fascinated to learn about beavers 🐇

[@bunnyguinness]

Yes re wilding and reintroducing is a marmite topic, but was fascinated to learn about beavers 🐇

[@bunnyguinness]

Yes re wilding and reintroducing is a marmite topic, but was fascinated to learn about beavers 🐇

[@amyjones2490]

I got no problem with showing how good beavers are for the environment but best in show as a garden? I’m thinking no. Planting trees and bushes, hedgerows and swales would also help with slowing water on a slope.

[@lizedwards351]

I found the interview with Lulu boring. Gardeners’ World covered her and the “garden” thoroughly. I liked your coverage of the lesser known gardens, and the interviews with the other designers. I wish your coverage of 2022 was as informative as your coverage of 2021. I particularly liked your insightful, knowledgeable coverage of all the 2021 gardens and have watched your videos many times. So far, I’m a bit disappointed with the 2022 videos.

[@granduck1]

Please don’t take her save beaver to heart. BFF raver very destructive.

[@georgekoutsoudopoulos]

You really have to laugh at trying to create a natural habitat in the most unnatural environment possible. Creating emissions just so the RHS can make lots of money and the hooray Henries can quaff champagne while looking at fake gardens from behind a barrier. In a climate emergency the very idea of Chelsea is so difficult to justify outside from the horticultural bodies and individuals that make money from it. But thanks for the enthusiasm Bunny...I suppose someone has to like that jamboree.

[@Kay-qt2id]

We need a little joy in our lives

[@georgekoutsoudopoulos]

@@Kay-qt2id it's all that "joy" that got us in this mess.

[@granduck1]

Beaver eat trees. Totally destructive. Plus Otters come in the habitat. Otter clean out delicious fish. Beaver very hard to get under control otters terrible