Joanne's Cottage Garden: HAMPTON COURT TWO

Saturday, 11 July 2009

HAMPTON COURT TWO

Where would we be without all the lovely Nurseries? These are just a small selection but such wonderful displays and much food for thought.

I hope you enjoyed seeing these, I certainly enjoyed my trip to Hampton Court RHS show. If you click on the picture they should go bigger.

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Rob (ourfrenchgarden)11 July 2009 at 15:16
It's like all my Christmas's have come together.
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Helen/patientgardener11 July 2009 at 16:17
You must have got there early to get photos of the stands with hardly anyone in.
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Charlotte Weychan11 July 2009 at 16:35
Lovely pictures and thank you for taking me to Hampton Court through your blog! Wanted to get there, but just couldn't make it!
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Carolyn11 July 2009 at 19:52
I certainly enjoyed the tour! Wish I could pick up a few of their plants for my garden.
Thank you,
Carolyn
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Liz11 July 2009 at 22:02
Wonderful photos, I would hate to go though, far too much temptation!

Amongst all those photos somewhere I spotted my mystery plant! :) Oh I can't wait for mine to open!!!
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Maureen11 July 2009 at 22:58
Lovely pic's, I am so glad you took these ones as I didn't so it's nice to see them again.
Did you buy anything ?? silly question really I bet you did !!
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Ellie Mae's Cottage12 July 2009 at 04:43
Very impressive nursery! I love just strolling around them and look at everything - only problem is that when I do I that I end buying stuff I didn't need. -Jackie
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Joanne12 July 2009 at 08:30
Thanks for all your comments. It was a priviledge to go to such a wonderful show but I wish I had chance to get my head around my new camera first.
Liz I suspect your mystery plant is going to be lovely if it is the one I think I lost my original during the snow but have some baby seedlings in the greenhouse.
Maureen I wondered who would ask. I find that when faced with such a choice I tend to end up not buying anything. It's what I take away in my mind that counts ideas for a later day. At present I am struggling to find room for what I have grown.
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Anna12 July 2009 at 11:09
Thanks for the tour Joanne - some absolutely beautiful displays. Those alliums look breathtaking !
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elephant's eye8 August 2009 at 11:30
I wish I could have bought that metal "thistle" water feature I posted - but we can't bring that home on the plane. They even impounded our apples at Cape Town airport, due to fears of plant disease/pests.
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Elephant's Eye8 August 2009 at 11:32
PS I loved Jekka's Herbs. I even got to talk to Jekka herself!
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I have X rays and scans showing signs of osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid arthritis. I have been retired early from the Civil Service having lost my job not to mention my earning potential.

My illness seemed to progress through my body not affecting the same joints left to right at the same time. I had bursitis in left hip, right hip, left elbow. I had synovial thickening in both wrists. At that time I could not lift and hold a magazine so lifting a kettle I could only do if a third full and with two hands. Each joint in my hands fingers feet and toes were affected. I had swallowing difficulties and many other symptoms. None of this describes the endless and awful pain whenever I moved or the tiredness but inability to get quality sleep.

Two years ago my GP gave me Amoxicilin for a sinus/throat/chest infection. All my arthritis symptoms improved. The course ended the symptoms deteriorated I started a second course the symptoms improved. The improvement was more significant than when I had started taking steroids. This led my GP to suspect Lyme Disease. I laughed because we do not travel abroad but she said they had had other cases in the surgery in the early stages of tick bite and Erythma Migrans rash. She said, but you have not had a bite. I said oh yes I have I had two on my ankles with rashes, March 05 this was confirmed on her computer at the time I had seen a locum doctor. My worst symptoms were waking up feeling rigid and having to painfully flex every joint in my body before struggling to get up. The only other time I had experienced this was in May 2003 during a flu like illness like no other I had ever experienced. At that time I had a bite and similar rash on my right foot which lasted like the other rashes about four weeks. I had also consulted the surgery and it was dismissed as a virus. I walked our dog daily in the woods adjacent to our house where the deer roam, prime tick area.

Thus started my very lengthy search about Lyme Disease leading me through http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/ to a doctor who specialises in this illness. He confirmed my GP's suspicions. I never had a positive blood test but then they are antigen tests and there is much research that shows they are unreliable. In my case the year of steroids and many weeks antibiotics could have affected the results. So with a clinical diagnosis and following ILADS International Lyme and Associated Disease Society guidelines I continued on antibiotics for two years. Both my doctors continued to treat me despite the Health Protection Agency advising against long term antibiotics. I am now nearly 100% recovered I have no pain or muscle weakness. I can walk upstairs something I could not do for three and a half years. I can garden do house work and live a normal life. I still need to pace myself and with only a few months to 60 will not be looking to return to work.

Life is such a joy.

Sadly there is much controversy about Lyme Disease and doctors in UK are taught that it is so rare. Well where I live in Guildford I have been in contact with a dozen other people with it so perhaps not so rare as HPA would like us to believe. I am in touch with nearly 2000 other patients through a chat line Eurolyme most had been misdiagnosed with several other illnesses.

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One day there will be many more people who are helped with their chronic illnesses when IDSA starts taking note of what our courageous LLMD’s are doing following ILADS Guidelines.

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