RHS Chelsea flower show 2013 - 1

earlier this week i went to the Chelsea flower show, it’s been happening for 100years so there was something of a celebratory air about the whole event (even a few sleb gnomes made an appearance)

there was a great deal of ‘designer rust’ dotted about the place (i never realised this photo blog would have so much influence, he said modestly) and this week’s photographs were all taken at the show

 

the first one is part of the water feature in the show garden of the Stoke-on-Trent garden partnership which is “designed to tell the story of Stoke-on-Trent’s journey from its rich industrial past to its present incarnation as a modern and vibrant city”

 

a poster for the first Celsea flower show in 1913 to which the entry price was ten shillings which was a good deal of money then as average annual earnings, for all wage-earners in the United Kingdom (men, women, boys and girls) are estimated at £51 in 1913  

average family earnings were probably between £95 and £100 annually

for a full week's work the average earnings of a man were about 31shillings and for a woman 14shillings.