Chelsea Flower Show 2018: Plan Your Visit
Photography by Jim Powell, for Gardenista.
For showing if not growing, the Chelsea Flower Show in London is the pinnacle of the garden year.
To join the happy throng this week or mingle with unexpected celebrities on Press Day is to give meaning to the idea of a “pleasure garden.” What could be nicer than promenading through the tree-filled avenues of the Royal Hospital grounds in London SW3, gossiping about people and plants?
Welcome to Yorkshire Garden
Nettles, buttercups, and shaggy grass at the Welcome to Yorkshire Garden, Chelsea 2018. Making one’s way down toward the main show gardens, a sound of sheep takes over, accompanied by native bird calls of curlew and snape.
Seedlip Garden
The Seedlip Garden is based on members of the pea family, including lupine and crimson clover. This year, however, anyone hoping to titter over lapses in judgement might be disappointed.
The impeccably tasteful Mediterranean garden designed by Sarah Price for M&G Investments. This consensus of planting may be due in part to a lack of nurseries who are prepared to supply on the grand scale to show gardens.
Mediterranean Garden
Popping up everywhere, Papaver dubium subsp.
Hospitality Garden
Our annual portrait of Mr. Kazuyuki Ishihara, landscape artist.
Pumpkin snippers (available to order at £58) are spoon-shaped so the sharp edges don’t damage a pumpkin when its stalk is cut.
BBC Garden Host Monty Don
BBC television presenter Monty Don with royal wedding florist Philippa Craddock, who created the arrangements and bouquets to celebrate Prince Harry’s marriage to Meghan Markle on Saturday. Follow our Chelsea posts this week for a behind-the-ropes look at the most-talked-about gardens.