Darragh McCullough: It didn’t matter whether you wanted to eat, drink, look or pee at the Chelsea Flower Show — it was torturous

Krittiya Hutjumpol from Wexford does yoga in the Virtual Haven Garden by Darragh Collopy ahead of last year’s Bord Bia Bloom Festival in the Phoenix Park. Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Darragh McCullough

Mention Chelsea Flower Show in certain circles and you get plenty of oohing and aahing.

I was not in those circles until more recent years when I staked a good chunk of my farming income on flogging flowers to Joe Public.