The RHS Chelsea Flower Show has always been more than a flower show. For a few days every May, RHS Chelsea Flower Show becomes a snapshot of where gardening, and perhaps society itself, is heading. This year’s show delivered plenty to admire and Ian, Ella and I were lucky enough to attend on Wednesday. There […]
Every year, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show brings fresh inspiration for gardeners, designers and plant lovers alike. But after visiting Chelsea on Wednesday with Ian and Ella, it was the planting schemes — rather than the showmanship — that stayed with us most this year. The gardens that really stood out were the ones that […]
Some gardens at Chelsea stop you in your tracks for obvious reasons — the scale, the spectacle, the budget that’s clearly been spent. And then there are the ones that stop you for a quieter reason. They have a story. You feel it before you’ve read a single word on the sign. Max Parker Smith’s […]
