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Melanie McDonagh

INSANE: Opinion weeds at chelsea welcome to the horticulture wars | Rare Historical Photos

HELLO, Chelsea Flower Show — and a big welcome to our friends from the country and other parts who have come on the annual pilgrimage. It’s one of those ironies that the metropolis, whose residents are least likely to own a garden, gets to host the Flower Show.

Horticulture, like everything else, is a creature of fashion and last year we were treated to a prizewinner featuring a plot that had been given over to beavers and showed no signs of human intervention apart from a hut.

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