If you can’t get out to the Great Outdoors then get into America’s Wild at Hampton Court Flower Show.
And that’s how my own little green-fingered one will be getting her fix of America’s heartland.
On her annual trip down to London to see The Son and Heir.
Which incidentally would be less stressful than going Stateside.
Particularly if she’d been planning to train it down Britain which can correspond to the cost of a flight to New York.
Rant over and military-style planning to negotiate a trip from Scotland to London over it’s time to zen out among the plants.
And transport ourselves in our minds and with our senses to America with expert gardeners and travel providers.
In our old friends Visit USA, and American specialists Trailfinders from July 4-9.
Land of the flora
The show-garden will take you from the dusty Californian desert…
To the fiery Aspens of the Colorado forest and the wildflower prairies of North Carolina’s sweeping plains.
While Oregon and Charleston will also be exhibiting show gardens alongside America’s Wild.
My little flower will also get the Texas vibe I’ve been telling her about since returning from San Antonio.
With Austin musicians Natalie Price and Jo James performing for gardening fans on the RHS Festival Stage.
Special relationship
Our old friend from the American Travel Fair, IPW, Chris Thompson, CEO, Brand USA said: ‘America’s Wild is a snapshot of the spectacular landscapes that shape the United States.
‘We hope that as visitors wander our garden, it will spark curiosity and inspire adventurers to discover more of the U.S. beyond the gateways and into our great outdoors.’
My own heavenly horticulturalist will be interested to discover that the America Wild Garden is designed by fab flora females like her.
Inspired Earth’s Jude Yeo, Emily Grayshaw and Imogen Perreau Callf, who won RHS Gold last year.
America on the move
When they pack up the tools at Hampton Court Flower Show, fear not.
America’s Wild will relocate to the US Embassy in London and the American Museum & Gardens in Bath.
The trees of the ‘forest’ will be transplanted to create a new Aspen grove on the hillside at the American Museum & Gardens.
And the desert and prairie planting will be housed in both existing collections.