{"id":137176,"date":"2023-05-30T22:15:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T15:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/chelsea-flower-show-was-costly-and-elitist-letter\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T22:43:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T15:43:13","slug":"chelsea-flower-show-was-costly-and-elitist-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/chelsea-flower-show-was-costly-and-elitist-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea flower show was costly and elitist | Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nChristine Fuchs says her friends from Germany who had travelled to London for the show found it too commercialised Another perspective on the Chelsea flower show (26 May) was given by friends from Germany who had come to London to spend a day getting a closer look at the variety of more than 30 gardens: \u201cCompletely overcrowded and nowhere to rest. Totally commercialised, with expensive English clothing for sale and Pimm\u2019s at \u00a314.50 a glass.\u201dThey fled to the relaxing calm of Battersea Park, which is free to enjoy \u2013 in stark contrast to the flower show where \u201cno one is too young to take part\u201d, but plenty of people are too poor because you have to splash out about \u00a366 per person for a day ticket. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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