Join Flower magazine as we revisit our 2019 trip to London’s famous Chelsea Flower Show, which has been hosted by the Royal Horticulture Society on the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea since 1913. We enjoyed discovering new varieties of blooms and other plants, perusing the lush installation gardens, and meeting the Chelsea Pensioners—the iconic members of the UK’s veteran community who reside at the 326-year-old Royal Hospital Chelsea, where the flower show is held. Almost as celebrated as the actual Chelsea Flower Show are the bloom-festooned shops around Chelsea and Knightsbridge.
Chelsea Flower Show 2019 in Photos
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One of the beds in the Great Pavilion features the exotic and exquisite Himalayan blue poppy.
The late David Austin was honored with this visual representation detailing highlights of his life in roses.
A sea of David Austin Roses
Lush peony blooms are always a favorite.
A new peony variety, 'All That Jazz', makes its debut. (Photo by Madeleine Elmer, Fleur de Vie)
A well-hatted visitor provides scale for a soaring tower of allium. (Photo by Madeleine Elmer, Fleur de Vie)
The Savills and David Harber garden features a green wall, mature trees such as this hedge maple, and Gladwyn iris. Get the story behind this garden and sculptor David Harber.
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge teamed with landscape architecture firm Davies White to create the Back to Nature Garden. The tree house was modeled after a bird’s nest.
Children at play in the Duchess of Cambridge's Back to Nature Garden.
Nasturtium ‘Empress of India’ grows beside a raised bed of assorted herbs.
‘Orange Wellington’ and ‘Cocktail Crush’ tomatoes
A bed of South African blooms features several varieties of protea.
Hostas, large and small
Along with many other local shops, Club Monaco, on Monmouth Street in the Seven Dials district of Covent Garden, puts on an elaborate floral display for the occasion.
Floral couture reigns at Covent Garden during Fleurs de Villes, an event timed around the Chelsea Flower Show. Shown here, a mannequin sponsored by Brocket Hall is dressed in blooms by The Covent Garden Academy of Flowers. (Photo by Madeleine Elmer, Fleur de Vie)