Title Author Email author Header In a ceremony at BBC Gardeners' World Live, the first installment of funds raised from sales of Helenium 'Chelsey' was presented. Body <P align=justify>Marked by a touching speech from BBC Gardeners' World Magazine editor Adam Pasco, which praised this fundraising effort as a tribute to Terry Lloyd's life and brilliant career, a cheque for £6,702 was presented to representatives from The British Red Cross.   </P> <P align=center><IMG src="http://www.plantspotters.com/download.do/id/1002435/"><BR><EM>Left to right: Annie Burton, Sharon Charlton, Miriam Young, Chelsey Lloyd</EM></P> <P align=justify>Annie Burton and Sharon Charlton, both from Chelsey Lloyd's local branch of The British Red Cross accepted the payment from Chelsey Lloyd and Darwin PlantSpotters editor Miriam Young.</P> <P align=justify>The ceremony took place in a garden on Sunflower Street, designed by students of <A onclick='window.open("http://www.pershore.ac.uk/", "CNV", "width=800, height=400, resizable=yes, menubar=yes, toolbar=yes, scrollbars=yes");return false;' href="#" inpURLType>Pershore College</A>. This leading British college for horticultural training was celebrating its 50th anniversary with a gold themed garden, which was awarded a silver-gilt medal by the show judges. <EM><A onclick='window.open("http://www.plantspotters.com/renderer.do/menuId/55153/sf/55186/returnPage/55186/itemId/10146/realItemId/10146/pageId/55186/instanceId/55253/", "CNV", "width=800, height=400, resizable=yes, menubar=yes, toolbar=yes, scrollbars=yes");return false;' href="#" inpURLType>For more about Pershore College click here.</A></EM></P> <P align=justify>The payment of £6,702 represents funds raised to date from sales of Helenium 'Chelsey'. It is hoped that even more money will continue to be raised this summer, as plants are still available to buy, with 50p from each going to The British Red Cross International Disaster Fund. See <STRONG><EM><A onclick='window.open("http://www.plantspotters.com/renderer.do/menuId/55153/sf/55153/returnPage/55153/itemId/9701/realItemId/9701/pageId/55186/instanceId/55246/", "CNV", "width=800, height=400, resizable=yes, menubar=yes, toolbar=yes, scrollbars=yes");return false;' href="#" inpURLType>where to buy</A></EM></STRONG> for stockists.</P> <P align=justify>It is a magnificent acheivement, and both Chelsey and The Red Cross are very grateful for the generosity of gardeners who have purchased this plant. <P align=justify>The project will be extended to the USA and Canada for 2006. <P align=center><IMG src="http://www.plantspotters.com/download.do/id/1002437/"><BR><EM>British gardening celebrity Alan Titchmarsh poses with Helenium 'Chelsey' in the Pershore College garden.</EM></P> <P align=center><IMG src="http://www.plantspotters.com/download.do/id/1002438/"><BR><EM>Current host of the BBC TV series 'Gardeners' World', Monty Don, together with Chelsey the person and 'Chelsey' the plant, in Pershore College's garden.</EM> Related title Related body <P align=center>_<BR><IMG style="WIDTH: 166px; HEIGHT: 253px" height=256 src="http://www.plantspotters.com/download.do/id/1002445/" width=168></P> <P align=center><EM>Helenium 'Chelsey'</EM> was for sale at Gardeners' World Live from Rougham Hall Nurseries, Harvey's Garden Plants and Barnsdale Gardens.  <EM> </EM></P> <P align=center><IMG src="http://www.plantspotters.com/download.do/id/1002476/"></P> <P align=center>BBC Gardeners' World Magazine editor Adam Pasco hosted the presentation.</P> <P align=center>Chelsey, Annie and Sharon took advantage of the opportunity to meet several well known gardening writers and broadcasters. <BR>  <BR><IMG src="http://www.plantspotters.com/download.do/id/1002448/"><BR>Here they are pictured with Matthew Biggs, pannelist on BBC Radio 4's Gardeners Question Time and author of numerous books.</P> <P align=center><IMG src="http://www.plantspotters.com/download.do/id/1002449/"><BR>And here with TV presenter Alan Titchmash, the man voted by UK citizens as 'the person they would most like to have as their next-door neighbour'. <P align=center> Publicationdate When no publicationdate is entered, the item will be immediately visible. When you do enter a publicationdate, you should also enter the time. Visible Check when you want the item to be visible for normal visitors (when unchecked only the contentmanagers will see the item). Archive Check when the item should be archived on the archivedate. Archivedate The date on which the item should be archived (only when the archive-checkbox is checked). Discussion Check when you want to enable visitors to react to this item. Photo   Choose photo Position photo Left Right Upload attachments