Matron goes to Hampton Court

Summer has finally arrived! temperatures of nearly 30degrees in London and a glorious day at the Hampton Court Flower Show.  Nowadays, growing fruit and vegetables is becoming an integral part of these established shows. The RHS are now reflecting the needs of gardeners out there.

The Garlic Farm on the Isle of Wight are masters at creating beautiful show stands and I learned a new thing yesterday.

Do you know what 'Grapping' is?.. I didn't

so that is different to 'Plaiting'...

One of my favourite places is to visit Seeds of Italy, the lovely Paolo Arrigo is the 7th generation in this family firm which dates back to 1783.  There are some wonderful varieties of veggies on sale here.

And the lovely Monty Don was there too... minus his dog Nigel...