Over the past week Chelsea has been awash with colour and beautiful flowers as the stores surrounding Sloane Square and Duke of York square have been competing to win
Chelsea in Bloom. Organized to coincide with the
RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the theme for this year’s 10th Anniversary Chelsea in Bloom event was ‘Fairytales’, with each shop displaying works of flower art inspired by childhood fairy tales.
On sunny Thursday evening I invited
Jasiminne to join me down at
Duke of York Square for a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party with the lovely
Mina and
Angie. We soaked up the sunshine and marveled at how pretty the Pimms garden was. Nestled right in the centre of the square, everything was Alice in Wonderland themed – from the waitresses outfits to the Pimms bar.
We then headed over to Monica Vinader where Sasha from
Liberty London Girl was hosting a fabulous shopping event. I bumped into a couple of friends there and we had a good catch up, while Jasiminne found a shared love for all things
Malaysia with Sasha. We cooed over Sasha’s gorgeous little dachshund #LovelyLettice, and sipped on champagne.
Jasiminne and I decided to leave everyone to it and go for dinner at Polpo, however sadly due to the crowds leaving the flower show, there was a 25minute wait! On our way to the next restaurant we discovered the Mary Quant and Liz Earle flower displays…
We tried every other restaurant in the area and all of them were the same long wait, so we decided to part ways and head home, but not before snapping some last minute photographs of the gorgeous Pop-Up Champagne Bar from The Botanist on Sloane Square.
Unfortunately we didn’t get to see a lot of the displays because the Rickshaws stopped at 6:30pm and we didn’t fancy walking all over Chelsea, but usually there’s a Rickshaw running throughout the day that takes visitors around the area for free.
Sadly I’ve been really busy the past coupla days so haven’t had a chance to get this up sooner (one of the downsides of working full time while running a blog!), and the Chelsea in Bloom displays are being taken down tomorrow, but you should definitely pop along next year and take a look! There’s such a wonderful atmosphere in the squares and around the area, everything is buzzing and looking oh so pretty. Just make sure you book a table at a restaurant so you don’t end up eating McDonalds chips on the train home 😉
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Catherine Lux
Catherine Lux is a veteran travel blogger by night and the Head of Content Marketing at Amazon by day. Originally from Surrey, she spent four years living in Australia (2007-2009, and 2016-2018), and now lives in London. An ex-party girl sometimes prone to relapses, she loves nothing more than sharing her fine dining and luxury travel experiences with her loyal readers.
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Fabulous photo of you on the Liz Earle swing, Catherine! The floral displays are stunning and nice that you had 2 events so close by to go to
Suze | LuxuryColumnist
Thanks, I love that photo so much! They really were beautiful, and very handy that they were so close by!
C x
Your dress is perfect for the Chelsea flower show. The Alice pop up is wonderful perfect with the themed window displays they have really outdone themselves this year and you look like you had wonderful fun Lucy x
Thank you, Jasiminne and I both agreed to wear florals to tie in with the event haha!
C x
I absolutely LOVE the photo of you on the Liz Earle swing Catherine! That's a framer 😉 So sad to miss this – I adore Chelsea and it looks so stunning decked out in all those flowers!
Polly xx
Follow Your Sunshine
Ps. also love that you matched your dress to the theme…excellent work
Ah thank you! Same, it's definitely one of my favourite parts of London!
C x
Your photos are incredible! Everything looks so pretty and fun! Great post! I wish I could go next year! I'll just have to book a flight over ha 🙂
xx
Kenzie
Behindhazeleyes06.blogspot.com
Thanks Kenzie, that's so sweet! 🙂 It was such a lovely evening!
C x
So lovely to see you that night! Beautiful photos and I love that the blossoms on your dress are so fitting!
Lots of love,
Angie
SilverSpoon London
So lovely to see you too! Thank you! Hehe yes, it worked quite nicely with the theme 🙂
C x
great post! i love the photos! it seems like you had a wonderful time 🙂
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Thanks Jamie! It was a really lovely evening!
C x
WOW! It does look like a fairy tale world. You look very pretty!! That picture of the Cinderella quote, I totally have it stuck in my head now and when I saw it I started humming it. Lol
Thanks Meghan! Haha, I love that song so much!
C x
Looks like you had such a wonderful time! So frustrating, Jasiminne and I actually had the same problem with a table the very next day! I love Chelsea in Bloom, though I had to admit my hayfever does not!
Lauren xx | The Lifestyle Diaries
It was really lovely! Oh no! It seems tables are hard to come by these days 🙁
C x
Wow wow Chelsea in bloom looks amazing!! I've never actually heard of it before but I think I will have to pay a visit next year! Your photos look great too.
Deimante x
http://www.sunnydei.com
It's so beautiful!! Thanks!
C x
Looks beautiful, just like a fairytale, which is what they were going for! Amazing.
Sally @ Life Loving