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Green Roofs are Covering the Chelsea Flower Show

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roof monaco photo Photo: B. Alter Green roofs are getting a lot of coverage this year at the Chelsea Flower Show and it's great that their popularity is spreading. Seen first at Chelsea and next year on your street... The roofs can be landscapes in themselves, with different kinds of wild flowers and places for bees and other insects to alight. They absorb rain water too. So let's see how the big and little garden designers handled them. The Prince of Monaco has wall to wall...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cold Unseasonable Weather Affects Chelsea Flower Show

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chelsea%20may%202006%20006.jpg Photo: B. Alter: Chelsea 2006 Baby it's cold outside and the flowers are feeling it. The Chelsea Flower Show, the queen of all flower shows, is feeling the pain. Due to open on May 24, 2011, garden designers are getting cold feet. It's been a strange year: a cold winter, the hottest, sunniest April on record and little rain. The result: all the flowers are ready and...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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