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Chelsea Flower Show

Low allergen garden wins gold at Chelsea Flower Show

25/05/2017 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  6 Comments

What a coup!! You see those round little yellow tickets saying OPALS? They are there to tell you, on a scale of 1 – 10, how badly that flower and its pollen will affect you if you have hay fever or allergic asthma. And they are all over the gold-winning Birmingham City Council …

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Hay fever hits Chelsea headlines – well, almost….

24/05/2016 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  3 Comments

For the last 20 years or more I have been dutifully trecking off to Royal Hospital Road for Chelsea Flower Show's press day in the vain hope of finding a low allergen show garden. So I was more than frustrated (I was unable to go this year) when I heard an item on the Today …

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The weirdness of the human psyche

29/06/2014 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  1 Comment

I have just been reading a report of a study on allergic rhinitis sufferers (35-40% of the US population). Despite the fact that immunotherapy has been around for nearly 100 years, is recognised as the best treatment for allergic rhinitis and is the only treatment which actually …

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Alas, still no allergen-free gardens…

21/05/2014 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  19 Comments

I am, yet again, totally baffled........ There are around 12 million hay fever sufferers in the UK, approximately 20% of the population. And there are around 25 million amateur gardeners, approximately 40% of the  population – and that is not counting those who garden for a …

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Congratulations to the Royal College of Pathologists on their low allergen garden!

26/05/2012 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

So, another Chelsea Flower Show is nearly over – and even though we did not get a low-allergen show garden, we did get an excellent display from the Royal College of Pathologists in the RHS Environmental Zone in the Grand Pavilion:  Urban Greening – Not to be Sneezed at! Plants …

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