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Post by thecleaninglady on May 31, 2008 8:03:47 GMT
Best of luck 4P
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Post by Tig on May 31, 2008 19:47:06 GMT
Make sure you get your face in shot if they come round with the cameras 4P, and take your camera so that those of us who can't go can have a good look at the garden on here  x Tig |
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Post by 4pygmies on Jun 2, 2008 6:30:05 GMT
Teehee! Here I am, ready to go in about an hour....been up for hours....I feel like I used to when we went off in the Dormabile (sp?) for a camping trip several centuries ago  Sooo excited! Thanks for all your good wishes and I shall be avoiding any cameras like the plague, obviously.....  Please come and say hello if you happen to be at GWLive. Tum tiddley dee.......  ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2008 21:26:14 GMT
Teehee! Here I am, ready to go in about an hour....been up for hours....I feel like I used to when we went off in the Dormabile (sp?) for a camping trip several centuries ago Sooo excited! Thanks for all your good wishes and I shall be avoiding any cameras like the plague, obviously..... Please come and say hello if you happen to be at GWLive. Tum tiddley dee....... ;D Oooh, sorry I missed your departure Myrt but got everything crossed that it goes well for you. oooOOooooOO and yes, pictures please. I demand pictures. And I demand that you're in one of them. Not a "back of the hat, face covered up" one neither. Take care Tarq xx |
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Post by bagpuss on Jun 3, 2008 11:39:14 GMT
Hi 4P I hope everything goes really well at GWL. I am really looking forward to going this year (I'm going as a treat for my birthday). If you let me know what your stand name is or roughly where you are, I will certainly try and find you! Good luck.  |
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Post by Amo on Jun 3, 2008 19:29:34 GMT
Bestest of luck 4P and team!!!!!! I'm sure it will the most wonderful experience and you never know, your own slot next year?  ? |
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Post by Dutchy on Jun 3, 2008 19:42:38 GMT
Good luck 4P.
When is the show?
Me being one of those continental nimpooknownothings.
Yes please pictures ;D
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Post by Ruthie on Jun 3, 2008 19:48:51 GMT
Hope it all goes brilliantly 4P. Sorry I won't be there to see it!
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Jun 7, 2008 19:58:27 GMT
We heard from 4P today...she's having a brilliant time and all is going well. ;D
She's also taking lots of photographs.... ;D
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Post by Tig on Jun 7, 2008 20:05:49 GMT
That's good to hear CPB, I will look forward to seeing them, I hope they have done well with their garden |
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Post by 4pygmies on Jun 8, 2008 21:33:08 GMT
Hello! I've borrowed a laptop briefly so I thought I'd say hello and give you a progress report: THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER! ;D It really is such fun - I've spoken to Toby Buckland every day! Coo! It's really interesting to see how all the pros are getting on - they have MASSIVE machinery and loadsa money......and stacks and stacks of plants....but everyone is soo friendlyand encouraging. We are virtually finished now and are just tweaking things- the assessors come round tomorrow and Prue has to do a presentation in the afternoon to the judges ( ), then it's Press Day the following day when the GW cameras and presenters arrive. I am really pleased with our garden - I think it's quite beautiful - and so do others too, which is very encouraging. You can't really miss our garden - it's called Go Native ,a little gem of native plants and an oasis of green and calm....PLEASE do all come and say hello if you are visiting. I have taken lots of pictures but haven't the techy skills to put them up until I get home - sorry.... Gotta go to sleep now - very very tired she is..but 'appy ;D |
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Post by Shrubrose on Jun 8, 2008 21:38:44 GMT
Oooo 4P, Toby Buckland - he's a new favourite of mine. Oi loikes 'im, oi does ;D Lucky, lucky you. Strikes me your garden is the sort of thing he'd love.
Great to hear that you've really enjoyed it - love the name. We're hoping to get down on Sunday. I know it's the last day but we cant get there before then. Will you still be there?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2008 12:25:18 GMT
Hello! I've borrowed a laptop briefly so I thought I'd say hello and give you a progress report: THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER! ;D It really is such fun - I've spoken to Toby Buckland every day! Coo! It's really interesting to see how all the pros are getting on - they have MASSIVE machinery and loadsa money......and stacks and stacks of plants....but everyone is soo friendlyand encouraging. We are virtually finished now and are just tweaking things- the assessors come round tomorrow and Prue has to do a presentation in the afternoon to the judges ( ), then it's Press Day the following day when the GW cameras and presenters arrive. I am really pleased with our garden - I think it's quite beautiful - and so do others too, which is very encouraging. You can't really miss our garden - it's called Go Native ,a little gem of native plants and an oasis of green and calm....PLEASE do all come and say hello if you are visiting. I have taken lots of pictures but haven't the techy skills to put them up until I get home - sorry.... Gotta go to sleep now - very very tired she is..but 'appy ;D Please take loads of photo's 4P ;D |
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Post by Tig on Jun 9, 2008 18:17:06 GMT
So glad you could borrow a laptop and give us a quick update 4P, sounds as if you are really having a wonderful time! After you have rubbed shoulders with all those gardening gurus I hope we will still be worthy of your company  Hope Pru gives a good presentation and you do well, we're all rooting for you! ;D ;D ;D Tig |
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Post by Amo on Jun 9, 2008 20:41:06 GMT
Wonder how the presentation went?!?!??! Not something I could do. And press day tomorrow!!! That bit sounds exciting.  Borrow another laptop soon 4P!!! |
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Post by bagpuss on Jun 10, 2008 12:37:30 GMT
Many thanks for the update 4P. It sounds really exciting.
I wil be there on Saturday, so hope to see you there. ;D
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Post by 4pygmies on Jun 10, 2008 19:44:03 GMT
Hello everyone! The judging was today...would you like to know how we did?
WE GOT A SILVER GILT AWARD!!!!!
I am soooo proud and pleased, I can't tell you! This is a mere whisper away from a Gold...pretty good for a couple of complete novices I think....... ;D If I wasn't so old and knackered (and I hadn't had half a bottle of bubbly) I would be screaming from the rooftops!
AND Toby Buckland's brilliant ethical garden (which we did a bit of work in) won Best in Show! (You heard it here first....) ;D
Phew...gotta calm down now.........teehee!!! ;D
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Jun 10, 2008 20:14:42 GMT
I'm sooooo proud of you 4P...and Pru  cor...I went to school with a famous person me... ;D A fantastic achievement, brilliant...just brilliant. My face hurts cos I haven't stopped smiling since I found out....well done dearie...have you had a can of scrumpy jack yet?  |
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Post by Amo on Jun 10, 2008 20:29:12 GMT
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Post by Tig on Jun 10, 2008 22:56:48 GMT
Well worth all the worry and effort then  Pictures soon  x Tig |
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Post by Shrubrose on Jun 11, 2008 6:40:50 GMT
Well done to the two of you 4P. What fantastic news - bet you didn't sleep last night ;D
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Post by bagpuss on Jun 11, 2008 10:00:41 GMT
Brilliant news. Well done 4P #wine#
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Post by thecleaninglady on Jun 11, 2008 12:47:32 GMT
 A glas of bubbly for both of you to say 'Congratulations' and 'Well Done' on your Silver Gilt Award xx
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Post by Plocket on Jun 11, 2008 16:34:48 GMT
A silver gilt? Wow that is absolutely fantastic - many congratulations to both of you. Onwards and upwards now - Chelsea next year then???  |
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Post by Dutchy on Jun 11, 2008 18:37:11 GMT
Silver Gilt ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Well done 4P Gold next year and the Chelsea beware ;D |
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Post by Yakram on Jun 11, 2008 21:09:10 GMT
Well done, indeed to get such a high accolade from the RHS. <thumbsupsmiley> The Go Native garden was fabulous and such a lot of hard work and attention to detail went into it. I hope that 4P and Prue will do a back-to-back garden at Tatton Park next year.
All of you must glue to the TV on Friday as Joe Swift was filming in the garden when we passed by. He is holding on to the garden's thatched pergola and saying something to the effect "coming up, how an allotment artist met a challenge, and what medals the judges gave out" or something like that. He had to do several takes as he kept having an attack of 'mindius blankius' half-way through a very long programme link. I hope footage the very natural garden doesn't end up on the cutting room floor.
4P will post pictures after the show finishes on Sunday, and no doubt after she has recovered.
Toby Buckland (rising star??) had an ethical garden, and Brum Allotments had done a copy of Joe's allotment (not a weed in sight). Lots of nurseries and plants in the Floral Marquee. A great day out. And we met Toadspawn and Slugger, too as an added bonus.
One very tired Yakkers and OH signing off: we set off at 8am and arrived back home at 8.30pm but it was worth it.
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Post by Chuckles on Jun 11, 2008 21:25:54 GMT
Well done you pair, what a fantasteeeeeec result. I bet you are both really proud, I hope you celebrated in style ;D
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Post by Juliet on Jun 11, 2008 21:49:46 GMT
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Post by oldmoleskins on Jun 12, 2008 7:53:13 GMT
Only just caught up with this... truly great achievement 4P and Pru, what an exciting thing to have done - when your feet have touched the ground we must have more... and assuming you're reading these accolades, your back and we want it now!
OM.
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Post by piggingardener on Jun 12, 2008 13:22:19 GMT
Well done 4P! Silver gilt is a brilliant result, I'll pop in to see you tomorrow. I'm looking forward to seeing your garden! |
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Sooo excited! Thanks for all your good wishes and I shall be avoiding any cameras like the plague, obviously..... 
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