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In 2017 I went to the Philadelphia Flower Show, which is supposed to be the best one in these parts. The main attractions were huge installations, flower covered windmills, bridges, hundreds of flowers suspended from the ceiling. It was fun.
This year, I took the ultimate pilgrimage to the Chelsea Flower Show. Chelsea was very different. Hardcore. There were vendors and show gardens and yard decorations, but the main attraction was basically a live catalog of every single variety of every single plant. All the lupines, begonias, fuchsias, canna, dianthus, irises, dahlias, roses, delphinium, hostas, bougainvillea, mums, gladiolas, dahlias, heucheras, primula and more more more. It was amazing. How are they all in bloom at the same time? This is one of life’s great mysteries. It was probably for the best that I couldn’t bring them back on the plane.
