Flower show flaws

sir – Am I alone in being horrified by the poor environmental example set for gardeners by the show gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show (Features, May 25)? Surely this is not the year to move mature trees and build concrete walls, regardless of the supposed mitigations that may be claimed.

Professor David Evans

Oxford

sir – The Chelsea Flower Show is becoming a political tool.

I do not want to see gardens that try to persuade me to adopt the designers’ beliefs. I want to see flowers in pleasant surroundings which would inspire new ideas for my own garden.

Erik Farr-voller

Doncaster, South Yorkshire