i was in london at the weekend, for a few days which consisted of lots of flowers and horticulture, good food, great company (there may even have been a little prosecco but shhhh...)
first up, chelsea flower show was an absolute delight. foxgloves were everywhere, and i do love a foxglove or two. the planting and design was very wild, less manicured than previous years and very much influenced by vegetable gardening. so far, so good.
my favourite gardens were actually the artisan ones, which were nearer the back of the site. they looked like they were from a different era, almost feudal. gorgeous.
it seems all the fancy americans use bonsai-type clippers for their flowers so like the lemming i can sometimes be i thought maybe i should get down with these too, until i found a wonderful japanese company at chelsea who sold me these badboy scissors which could be the best ever and camellia oil which will keep them all clean and perfect. in your face grotty cheap plastic yellow handled scissors, i hope we never have to meet again.
the shops around sloan street did their annual chelsea homage but the best by far was the jo malone store with their cherry blossom 'tree' actually escaping through the front of the glass window. wonderful.
the remainder of the weekend was spent eating amazing tapas in exmouth market, visiting columbia road flower market and drinking late into the night in dalston/london fields with the beautiful people.
london you still have my heart.
