Each year, the restaurants and shops in the Chelsea area of London puts on floral displays to coincide with the annual Chelsea Flower Show. This event attracts thousands of visitors to this part of London for the week in order to see the free floral displays. This year's theme is "Out of This World" and features planets, astrology, mythology, spirituality, Earth, and space. In addition to the shopfronts and restaurants decorating, the area has also created a few displays in central locations. One of them features planet Earth and is a tribute to nature lover and speaker David Attenborough's 100th birthday this month.
One of the central creations was a UFO with aliens.
Mars and Venus, as the god and goddess of mythology
Rockets
The hotel at 11 Cadogan Gardens always does a lovely display.
Tarot cards, suns and moons, unicorns, mythical creatures....
One of the other big central sculptures was a giant inflatable moon and astronaut.
The planet Earth tribute to David Attenborough is located on King's Road.
Plantary ice creams
The Ivy restaurant had a wonderful display with planets, aliens, and astronauts.
Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie, also made the theme.
And mermaids, why not.
Carrots shaped like rockets and other fruit and vegetables in planet forms.
This pink rocket looks a little like something else a little naughty.
A dragon was one of the other central displays.
Pegasus was the also a central display.
The Zodiac with all of the symbols appeared in Sloane Square, but this was impossible to photograph.
Pink sumo wrestlers
A cow abduction
A dragon battle
Two colourful parrots
I loved the daisy flowers.
Medusa
Another dragon
For previous posts on this blog about the Chelsea in Bloom, see below.
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2025/05/chelsea-in-bloom-2025.html">Chelsea in Bloom 2025</a>: Flowers in Fashion</li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2016/05/chelsea-bloom-2016.html">Chelsea in Bloom 2016</a></li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2022/05/chelsea-in-bloom-british-icons.html">Chelsea in Bloom 2022: British Icons</a></li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2023/05/chelsea-in-bloom-2023-flowers-.html">Chelsea in Bloom 2023: Flowers in Film</a></li>
<li><a href="http://almostafternoon.com/blog/2024/05/chelsea-in-bloom-2024.html">Chelsea in Bloom 2024: Floral Feasts</a></li>
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