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Boat bed starter


Boat bed starter

Brighton beach - someone's just started a boat bed - I'll have to go back in a few months to see how it's getting on!



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What a lovely idea!

13 Jul, 2011

 

I've seen pictures of boats in full bloom, and they look amazing, but this is the first "starting" one I've ever seen, so I had to take a pic.

13 Jul, 2011

 

I've also seen photos of fully grown boat beds but, like you. Fran, I've never seen one at so early a stage!

16 Jul, 2011

 

I wish there'd been someone around so that I could ask how long since it had been planted, but even if there had been, I doubt that I'd have thought of it in time

I just tried Goggling "Brighton Beach boat with flowers" on the wildest off-chance; it got me some more pictures of blooming boats, but not this one

16 Jul, 2011

 

I repeated your search & found 2 that look like your picture. This first one is the nearest:

http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/828567/blue-boat-on-brighton-beach/

This second one is possibly the same boat but with the flowers fully grown:

http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/59139/flowers-in-boat-on-brighton-beach/

Looking at your picture again I think the first link above is the same boat you photographed as the background looks similar! Have a look at the links & see what you think!

18 Jul, 2011

 

just had a look.

The tags confirm that this is Brighton Beach - the winching gear in the backgound is the same, but the post just behind the bow in my pic isn't in the other one - either that's a very new addition or the boat's been moved

They both might be of a previous year's planting scheme, but I could'nt find any dates on either photo or tag to say when they were taken.

still, well done Brighton - or some Brightonese [?] - for keeping it up

18 Jul, 2011



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