Monthly Archives: May 2011

1RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011 : Part 5 – Mathew Dickinson

Following on from yesterday’s floristry demonstration by Simon Lycett, today I’m featuring Mathew Dickinson‘s arrangements at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show last week. Mathew made four arrangements including the beautiful spring rosemary bowl above. And below are details of the … Continue reading →

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Rona 1 Comment

2RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011 : Part 4 – Simon Lycett

Following on from my previous posts about the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, today’s post features the first of three floristry demonstrations which I saw in the Talking Flowers Marquee last Wednesday. You may remember Simon Lycett from one of my … Continue reading →

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Rona 2 Comments

6RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011 : Part 3 – The Great Pavilion

I hope you’ve enjoyed the posts from the last two days featuring the gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Today’s post is simply some eye candy for a Sunday in the form of flowers in the Great Pavilion. If … Continue reading →

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Rona 6 Comments

6RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011 : Part 2 – The Artisan & Urban Gardens

As well as the big Show Gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show which I featured in yesterday’s post, there are also some smaller gardens. These are the Urban Gardens and the new category, Artisan Gardens, which has replaced Courtyard … Continue reading →

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Rona 6 Comments

1RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011 : Part 1 – The Show Gardens

On Wednesday, I went to the 89th RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London…and what a wonderful day out it was! I’ll be sharing my time there with you, starting off today with the Show Gardens. At Chelsea this year, there … Continue reading →

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Rona 1 Comment

13Stock – a wonderfully fragrant flower

Yesterday, I had such a wonderful day at the Chelsea Flower Show in London and took a lot of photos and notes! Over the coming days, I’ll be sharing my visit with you on my blog. In the meantime, today’s … Continue reading →

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Rona 13 Comments

6Introducing textile designer, Jenny Arnott…

I recently discovered the work of textile designer, Jenny Arnott. With a background in printed and embroidered textiles, Jenny has created a lovely range of accessories and textiles, including cushions, lavender bags, buttons, badges and magnets, as well as stationery and … Continue reading →

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Rona 6 Comments

3A sunny spring day at the Chelsea Physic Garden

You may remember from my post last Friday that I mentioned a wonderful visit to a very special London garden. Well, today’s post is about that garden, the Chelsea Physic Garden. I visited it with Lisa from Lisa Cox Garden Designs and … Continue reading →

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Rona 3 Comments

0Beautiful summer bouquets from Jane Packer Delivered

I hope you had a lovely weekend. It’s going to be a very floral week in London this week with the RHS Chelsea Flower Show taking place. Today is Press Day and the Queen will be paying the show a visit, along … Continue reading →

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Rona Leave a comment

5More beautiful watercolour paintings by artist Rosalie Pryor…

You may remember that last month I wrote a post which featured some beautiful watercolour paintings by the very talented artist, Rosalie Pryor. I’d originally come across Rosalie’s work when reading the May edition of Red magazine. And I was delighted … Continue reading →

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Rona 5 Comments