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  • Carrying a bunch of beautiful flowers, a lady walks along a Chelsea street accompanied by a friend after having just left the Chelsea Flower Show, in London England on the last day of the show when members of the Royal Horticultural Society and the general public are invited to purchase those plants and shrubs that have been displayed all week. It is the perfect summer May afternoon in west London, when lovers of horticulture have gathered from across the country to admire the ultimate in plants and flowers in the grounds of Chelsea Hospital. With its pink blooms hanging from the main bulk of the shrub, the Fuchsia is resplendent in the late sunshine, a scene of quintessential English gardens and long summer days.
    chelsea_show01-26-05-1989.jpg
  • A lady is sandwiched between her just purchased flowers in the back of a white van, returning home from the annual Chelsea Flower Show. It is a summer May afternoon in west London, when lovers of horticulture have gathered from across the country to admire the ultimate in plants and flowers in the grounds of Chelsea Hospital. With its pink blooms hanging from the main bulk of the shrub, the Fuchsia is resplendent in the late sunshine, a scene of quintessential English gardens and long summer days.
    chelsea_show02-26-05-1989.jpg
  • Pensioner Jim Burrows cuts leaks by his shed overlooked by a giant eletricity pylon at Leys Road allotments, East London.
    electricity191-20-01-2008 .jpg
  • Pat Marden rreaches up to attend an arch of apples at the East Malling Research, Kent, England that provides science-based plant and food solutions to industry and Government. As a  Horticultural Technician Pat and her colleagues work for this organisation which is the principal UK provider of top-class horticultural research and development for the perennial crops sector. They have for example, genetically fingerprinted all 2300 apples and over 250 pears of the National Fruit Collection and used DNA markers called microsatellites to produce individual profiles for trees. Looking upwards we see Pat balanced on a tapering ladder to reach leaves and branches that form this feature in the laboratory gardens and which has eight similar arches.
    orchard01.jpg
  • A woman in red striped top looks at home next marquees of a similar pattern and colour as he leans against the nude male figure of a garden ornament at the Chelsea Flower Show, the annual event held by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in London. Her friend bends down and the statue with a hand on his leg has a smile on his face.
    flower_show-26-05-1989.jpg
  • A plant and flower buyer walks away from the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show on the lshow's last day.
    chelsea_flowers-26-05-1989.jpg
  • Assorted flowers such as tulips and bluebells are growing in spring sunlight, in front of a back garden shed in south London, on 16th April 2022, in London, England.
    sony_test-09-16-04-2022.jpg
  • Assorted flowers such as tulips and bluebells are growing in spring sunlight, in front of a back garden shed in south London, on 16th April 2022, in London, England.
    sony_test-10-16-04-2022.jpg
  • Alongside the timbers of an old pallet, an old lampshade has been upcycled to be repurposed as a plant pot in which to grow rhubarb in a south London back garden, on 9th April 2022, in London, England.
    garden_lampshade-03-09-04-2022.jpg
  • Alongside the timbers of an old pallet, an old lampshade has been upcycled to be repurposed as a plant pot in which to grow rhubarb in a south London back garden, on 9th April 2022, in London, England.
    garden_lampshade-04-09-04-2022.jpg
  • Alongside the timbers of an old pallet, an old lampshade has been upcycled to be repurposed as a plant pot in which to grow rhubarb in a south London back garden, on 9th April 2022, in London, England.
    garden_lampshade-02-09-04-2022.jpg
  • Alongside the timbers of an old pallet, an old lampshade has been upcycled to be repurposed as a plant pot in which to grow rhubarb in a south London back garden, on 9th April 2022, in London, England.
    garden_lampshade-01-09-04-2022.jpg
  • A younger woman pushes full watering cans in front of her mother at the family vegetable allotment plot, on 30th May 2021, in Nailsea, North Somerset, England.
    allotment_women06-29-05-2021.jpg
  • A younger woman pushes full watering cans in front of her mother at the family vegetable allotment plot, on 30th May 2021, in Nailsea, North Somerset, England.
    allotment_women05-29-05-2021.jpg
  • A mother and daughter water their veg at the family vegetable allotment plot, on 30th May 2021, in Nailsea, North Somerset, England.
    allotment_women02-29-05-2021.jpg
  • Hollyhocks and a coastal seagull overlooking rear gardens, on 19th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach30-18-07-2020.jpg
  • Fruit and veg waste rotting in a south London compost bin.
    oranges_compost02-05-07-2015.jpg
  • A scarecrow guards crops by a Gloucestershire country garden dry stone wall
    garden_scarecrow01-14-09-2013.jpg
  • Eaten away rhubarb leaves growing in home-grown vegetable plot in a Somerset back garden.
    garden_vegetables04-21-08-2013.jpg
  • A family in their greenhouse potting shed on a north Somerset farmstead.
    potting_greenhouse03-04-05-2013.jpg
  • Detail of organic vegetable and fruit matter decomposing inside a home garden composting bin.
    compost_detail5-27-May-2011.jpg
  • Detail of organic vegetable and fruit matter decomposing inside a home garden composting bin.
    compost_detail3-27-May-2011.jpg
  • An official from the Giant Vegetable Olympics attaches the winning pumpkin contestant with a sash honouring its great victory at the Bay Tree Nurseries, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. Reaching round the immense girth of this specimen is awkward and frankly, a ridiculous pursuit. Sponsored by Garden News Magazine and hosted by the nursery owner, these vegetables can weigh up to 300kg, their growth accelerated by special fertilizers and genetic hormones.
    vegetable_olympics03-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Two judges wearing identical tweed jackets are assisted by two other officials, also wearing the same red sweatshirts, are measuring oversized runner beans during the vegetable Olympics at the Bay Tree Nurseries, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. With obssessive detail, they are discovering to the very millimetre which of theseplants might win this category for the largest runner bean of that year. In the foreground are other kingsize veg examples like marrow and courgettes though the really impressive growth comes from the pumpkins which weigh up to 308,2 kg. These runner beans measured up 39 1/2 in
    vegetable_olympics01-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • On a dark evening in the Welsh countryside eight ventilated hemispherical glasshouses called Solardomes have been 'painted' with gels and with coloured flash strobes while a torch has streaked whiter light in this scientific facility. Replicating climate change and its effects on plant-life, this experiment run by the University of Aberystwyth has run for 20 years, its research being invaluable to our understanding how rising levels of greenhouse gases (CO2) will affect photosynthesis and therefore plant food growth. By increasing the levels of such gasseous pollutants are we now more sure of how the biology in seminatural grasslands alters. Glowing red, the Solardomes sit like futuristic houses on another planet. Surrounding hills are dark on this evening but there is still detail in the fast-fading sky. ..
    solardomes.jpg
  • In a field at the town of Boofzheim in the eastern French Alsace region, an elderly Frenchman harvests some of his self-grown carrots crop. Having left his old bicycle standing at the kerb of a narrow access road and in front of a field full of maturing maize, he bends down with much effort to dig in his fork or spade into the rich Alsace earth and lift out his vegetables to take home. This landscape is typically French or German (Alsace borders the western side of Germany and saw much tragic action in WW2) where maize is a nutritious foodstuff for cattle and also for ducks and geese who are force-fed it locally in the making of fois gras and pate.
    french_farmer10-12-1997.jpg
  • An elderly woman waters her veg at the family vegetable allotment plot, on 30th May 2021, in Nailsea, North Somerset, England.
    allotment_women07-29-05-2021.jpg
  • A mother and daughter water their veg at the family vegetable allotment plot, on 30th May 2021, in Nailsea, North Somerset, England.
    allotment_women03-29-05-2021.jpg
  • While planting new shrubs into fresh soil, a south London couple stand on a wooden pallet in the middle of their front garden during a weekend refurbishment of their home's plot, on 14th March 2021, in London, England.
    sarah_rafi02-14-03-2021.jpg
  • Hollyhocks and a coastal seagull overlooking rear gardens, on 19th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach29-18-07-2020.jpg
  • Fruit and veg waste rotting in a south London compost bin.
    oranges_compost01-05-07-2015.jpg
  • A detail of rotting vegetables in a garden compost bin.
    compost_detail01-21-01-2014.jpg
  • A detail of rotting vegetables in a garden compost bin.
    compost_detail02-21-01-2014.jpg
  • Flowerpots stored by fencing in the corner of an English back garden
    garden_flowerpots01-30-09-2013.jpg
  • A scarecow overlooks a public vegetable allotment in a south London park plot.
    scarecrow_Garden01-05-09-2013.jpg
  • A pensioner stoops to lift home-grown beetroot in his Somerset back garden. The home-grown organic crops have been sown and nurtured on this privately-owned land in a rural location. Rows of salads, rhubarb, beets, onions and other assorted veg and flowers thrive on this good soil, helping to feed the family living in the nearby bungalow.
    garden_vegetables06-21-08-2013.jpg
  • Assorted home-grown vegetable plot in a Somerset back garden. The home-grown organic crops have been sown and nurtured on this privately-owned land in a rural location. Rows of salads, rhubarb, beets, onions and other assorted veg and flowers thrive on this good soil, helping to feed the family living in the nearby bungalow.
    garden_vegetables02-21-08-2013.jpg
  • Rhubarb growing in home-grown vegetable plot in a Somerset back garden.
    garden_vegetables03-21-08-2013.jpg
  • A family in their greenhouse potting shed on a north Somerset farmstead.
    potting_greenhouse06-04-05-2013.jpg
  • A family in their greenhouse potting shed on a north Somerset farmstead.
    potting_greenhouse05-04-05-2013.jpg
  • A family in their greenhouse potting shed on a north Somerset farmstead.
    potting_greenhouse07-04-05-2013.jpg
  • An image of a butterfly is attached to a young tree trunk surrounded by wild flowers in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. London's Olympic Park, at just under a square mile, is the largest new park in the city for more than 100 years. The planting of 4,000 trees, 300,000 wetland plants and more than 150,000 perennial plants plus  nectar-rich wildflower make for a colourful setting for the Games. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park23-10-08-2012.jpg
  • A handful of perfect strawberries with a Morrisons supermarket slogan next to a covered floor polisher.
    strawberry_poster2-20-July-2011.jpg
  • Detail of green shoots of growing runner bean plant in back garden.
    green_shoots3-27-May-2011.jpg
  • Detail of green shoots of growing runner bean plant in back garden.
    green_shoots2-27-May-2011.jpg
  • Detail of green shoots of growing runner bean plant in back garden.
    green_shoots1-27-May-2011.jpg
  • garden_waste3-27-May-2011.jpg
  • garden_waste2-27-May-2011.jpg
  • garden_waste1-27-May-2011.jpg
  • Detail of organic vegetable and fruit matter decomposing inside a home garden composting bin.
    compost_detail1-27-May-2011.jpg
  • Two officials manhandle a gient pumpkin specimen into position onto its plinth before judges arrive to choose winners. Wearing the same red sweatshirts, the two men heave, push and manoeuvre the massive pumpkin into line while the strain shows on their faces at the Bay Tree Nurseries, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. Sponsored by Garden News Magazine and hosted by the nursery owner, these vegetables can weigh up to 300kg, their growth accelerated by special fertilizers and genetic hormones.
    vegetable_olympics02-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • An active middle-aged, middle-class husband and wife seen in their neat rose garden one warm summer's day
    english_family-15-06-1996.jpg
  • Ventilated hemispherical glasshouse Solardomes replicate global warming for plants with CO2 levels experiment
    solardomes01-05-06-1992.jpg
  • Razor-wire and fencing protects garden shrubs and plant stocks at a town garden centre in Kourou, French Guiana.
    esa_guiana34917-08-2007.jpg
  • An elderly woman works at the family vegetable allotment plot, on 30th May 2021, in Nailsea, North Somerset, England.
    allotment_women04-29-05-2021.jpg
  • A mother and daughter admire the progress of their veg at the family vegetable allotment plot, on 30th May 2021, in Nailsea, North Somerset, England.
    allotment_women01-29-05-2021.jpg
  • While planting new shrubs into fresh soil, a south London couple stand on a wooden pallet in the middle of their front garden during a weekend refurbishment of their home's plot, on 14th March 2021, in London, England.
    sarah_rafi01-14-03-2021.jpg
  • A scarecrow guards crops by a Gloucestershire country garden dry stone wall
    garden_scarecrow02-14-09-2013.jpg
  • Beetroot, lettuces and leeks in a home-grown vegetable plot in a Somerset back garden.
    garden_vegetables01-21-08-2013.jpg
  • A pair of gloved hands in a greenhouse potting shed on a north Somerset farmstead.
    potting_greenhouse01-04-05-2013.jpg
  • Elderly friends eat lunch on their laps during a mid-day rest at the Chelsea Glower Show. With trays balanced on their knees and sitting on a bench, the man and lady have salads and strawberries and cream and a glass of Pimms - all very English at this most British of annual seasonal summer events.
    show_picnic-20-07-1989.jpg
  • Detail of organic vegetable and fruit matter decomposing inside a home garden composting bin.
    compost_detail4-27-May-2011.jpg
  • An elderly gentleman prunes his precious crop of fresh red roses from his front garden that sits astride the small River Wandle at Carshalton, south London. trimming off their heads, he s dressed in a straw hat and white apron. He is a very active gardener, the nurturing of plants and flowers being his passion now that he is of retirement age after a lifetime of work. Now he enjoys the rewards of his labours from mother earth in this lush plot of his that looks every bit the perfect English cottage garden despite it being in an urban inner-city.
    elderly_roses09-15-1993.jpg
  • Balancing a huge basket of Fuchsias on her head, a lady walks along a Chelsea street accompanied by a friend after having just left the Chelsea Flower Show, in London England on the last day of the show when members of the Royal Horticultural Society and the general public are invited to purchase those plants and shrubs that have been displayed all week. It is the perfect summer May afternoon in west London, when lovers of horticulture have gathered from across the country to admire the ultimate in plants and flowers in the grounds of Chelsea Hospital. With its pink blooms hanging from the main bulk of the shrub, the Fuchsia is resplendent in the late sunshine, a scene of quintessential English gardens and long summer days.
    chelsea_flowers_ladies-26-05-1989.jpg
  • Discarded leftovers of picnic food and drink on the grass during the annual Chelsea Flower Show, the annual event held by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in London. Plates of shellfish and puddings plus bottles and corks from champagne and Bucks Fizz, for example, are seen on the catering tays on a patch of grass near show pavilions.
    leftovers_rubbish-26-05-1989.jpg
  • Sitting among others in long grass a middle-class lady reads the high-circulation Daily Mail newspaper during a lunchtime break at the Chelsea Flower Show, in London England. The front page headline reads 'Icy Blast from the Kremlin' in an echo from the darkest days of the Cold War, when western media fuelled the insatiable appetite for propaganda. But this scene is from May 1989 before the fall of the Berlin Wall and when the eastern states of the Warsaw Pact were still ruled by their Communist masters. Visitors to this annual horticultural event either sit in the cool shade or like this woman who appears comfortable cross-legged in sandals and a summer dress, stays under the hot mid-day sun with her tabloid format paper spread and with her possessions kept in a shoulder bag.
    chelsea_lady05-26-1989.jpg
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