Columbia Road/Street

[prodigal gardener]

This weekend my lovely brother took me for my first visit to Columbia Road Market. Well I was like a kid in a sweet shop and I bought these.......







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Mum gave me a Aspidistra (?)



and then today the sorriest looking Morning Glory you have EVER seen produced this



Im happy ;D ;D ;D

[prodigal gardener]

Oh forgot bought a jasmine aswell, gonna have to find a home for that ! My brother bought a Tree Fern (bloody show off) Its a great place, even in the p'ing rain - Good job its 200 miles away - I would be permanently skint

[Weeterrier]

You had a good day then Karlslass? ;D
lovely selection, and I agree about your brother!

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WT, did you pop onto the Royal Oak (if it's still there)? Lovely old-fashioned pub. Columbia Road's great!

[Missredhead]

please ignore my ignorance, but where is Columbia road/street?

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Just behind Bethnal Green/Shoreditch in London...great flower market on Sundays.

[Missredhead]

oh, My nan used to live in shoreditch.

might have to take a look one day soon

[Weeterrier]

drunkengardener said:

WT, did you pop onto the Royal Oak (if it's still there)? Lovely old-fashioned pub. Columbia Road's great!

Might have done, Oh Drunken One, but I wasn't there, it was Karlslass done it! ;D

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:)Oops...can anyone spot the deliberate mistake?

[purplejulia]

I know the Columbia Road Flower market well. My OH will not take me there in the car cos I buy too many plants. So I have to take the bus now and limit what I buy. I have bought a magnolia tree there and loads of spring bulbs. On one occasion I bought a load of bulbs from one stallholder all nicely put in separate bags. I walked off without a care in the world and then it suddenly occurred to me that I had no idea what bulbs were in the various bags. I had to go back and show the stallholder my purchases so I could write down on each bag the name of each bulb. I felt about an inch high, but it hasn't stopped me going back.
It does get really crowded around late morning. The market is open between about 8am to 2.30pm.
PJ

[beejay]

Aaah, a regular haunt of ours! You have to get there very early in the summer to guarantee parking close by - could not possibly go without a car, but then Mr bj is as bad as me!

A favourite Sunday morning is Columbia Road market, lots of nice reasonably priced purchases & a breakfast. Then on to the Tate Modern just as it is opening for 2nd breakfast (they do excellent bacon butties) followed by a bit of culture then home for the Sunday papers & probably a snooze having reached a severe energy gap by that time.

I love just watching some of the stall holders as they chuck the boxes of bedding around & do the old "No, i'm not selling this for £3 etc etc

[Chuckles]

Is this the same Columbia Road as the gardening programme I've seen odd times, with whats his name, the cute fair haired guy Sorry think I left brain under my pillow this morning

I'm greeeeeeeeeeen with envy if it is, lovely lovely plant stalls

[piggingardener]

Is this the same Columbia Road as the gardening programme I've seen odd times, with whats his name, the cute fair haired guy

Sven Wombwell?

[Chuckles]

Thats him PG thanks for that, been bugging me all day ;D

[prodigal gardener]

Hi Chuckles - yes it is the very same - although Sven wasn't there Its really good,I am trying to think up an excuse to go again, but Karl's not having any of it he is no fun

Note to DG: Didn't see no pub - was too busy seeing what I could buy !!!!!! Dont drink at 8.30 on a sunday morning anyway and nor should you