Posted on 05/18/2009 4:25:34 PM PDT by llevrok
HRH Prince of Wales kissing the hand of his mother the Queen after being awarded Royal Horticultural Society Victoria Medal of Honour.
At a preview of the Chelsea Flower Show, which opens on Tuesday, the Queen presented her son and heir with the Royal Horticultural Society Victoria Medal of Honour.
There was consternation at the show when Jekka McVicar, who is on the ruling council of the RHS, breached the rules by placing a garden gnome called Borage in the middle of her display of organic and culinary herbs. The rules clearly state that any brightly coloured creatures – including garden gnomes - will lead to disqualification.
Mrs McVicar, who has won 61 RHS gold medals, took evasive action before the judges arrived and removed the gnome for some well earned rest. "He's my lucky mascot," she said. "This is the first time we've had a water feature. He went fishing and he got spotted. He's now asleep."
The Queen, who is patron of the Royal Horticultural Society, rarely misses the Chelsea Flower Show while the Prince has often entered his own exhibit. He also won silver in 2001 for his Islamic garden.
The Prince has spent more than 25 years developing his own organic gardens at Highgrove in Gloucestershire which includes a wild flower meadow with 30 different varieties of endangered plants.
Giles Coode-Adams, President of the RHS, said he was an ambassador for good gardening practices. "The work that the Prince of Wales does to promote and contribute to good gardening practices and the cultivation of plants, sustainable gardening and the environment are core to the RHS," he said.
Katherine Jenkins, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart and Dame Helen Mirren were among the stars attending the preview.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
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