<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/steve@RHS-TattonJul16.gif"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3674" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/steve@RHS-TattonJul16-300x200.gif" alt="steve@RHS-Tatton(Jul16)" width="300" height="200" /></a>Another strenuous day in which it didn't rain but of course like all the perversities in life I was thinking it was too warm and wished we would have a cooling shower.

It seems the RHS official photographer was on site and I was, for once, doing something useful rather than drinking gallons of tea. Actually I think I'm not drinking enough because I'm not visiting the toilet at all. A combination of bright sunshine and the garden taking shape has lifted everyone's spirits. We're ready as a team for the coming days.

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During these long days I've had time to reflect on what is going on with the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) gardening events. They are promoting gardening from both a personal level (what gardening can do for an individual) and a commercial level (how it impacts on the economy). What it doesn't do is consider how these events impact on the environment. All day long there a cacophony of engines from machines moving heavy objects, generators providing power and huge lorries delivering equipment. The impact on the environment is huge and in just over a week's time all the gardens will be broken down and removed from site. Yes a great number of the general public get huge pleasure from these events - Chelsea, Malvern, Hampton court and Tatton - but it should never be considered as environmentally friendly. They don't even do recycling on site and there is a lot of plastic going into landfill from Tatton.