Chelsea – The Royal Pavilion

To describe the Royal Pavilion is impossible so I’ll let the photos do the talking. These are some of the 600+ photos we took that day!

Ornamental bananas
Ornamental bananas
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Alliums like you've never seen them before
Alliums like you’ve never seen them before
A carnivorous collection
A carnivorous collection
Tulipomania
The 8ft Tulipomania
The 8ft Tulipomania
Streptocarpus
Streptocarpus
Streptocarpus Polka Dot Purple - Best of Species
Streptocarpus Polka Dot Purple – Best of Species
Meconopsis punicea 'Sichuan Silk' Meconopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the poppy family.
Meconopsis punicea ‘Sichuan Silk’. Meconopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the poppy family.
Meconopsis Himalayan Blue Orchid
Meconopsis Himalayan Blue Orchid
A display of Heucheras
A display of Heucheras
Delphiniums and Begonias
Delphiniums and Begonias
Anthuriums and Ananas
Anthuriums and Ananas
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Orchids and Bromeliads well represented
Orchids and Bromeliads well represented
Alstroemerias
Alstroemerias
We can see this reed and protea garden at Straddie
We can see this reed and protea garden at Straddie
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Displays from the Caribbean
Displays from the Caribbean
A couple of badgers
A couple of badgers
Love this display of grasses - Straddie material
Love this display of grasses – Straddie material
Cactii
Cactii
Lupins
Lupins
Chrysanthemums
Chrysanthemums
Hyacinths
Hyacinths
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Clematis
Clematis
Daffodils
Daffodils
And lets not forget the potatoes
And lets not forget the potatoes

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Rain around lunchtime brought the crowds into the Pavilion so it was time to meet up with the others and seek out some lunch. Fanning out we managed to secure a table where we partook of lunch washed down by jugs of Pimms and followed by plates of strawberries.
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Feeling a lot more mellow we went back into the Pavilion to finish the exhibits and then down to where the orchestras were playing to listen to some music. For the next couple of hours we wandered through the outside exhibits and then on to the trade exhibitions, ending up in the Artisan Gardens where the crowd was about 10 deep and increasing.
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At 3pm another wave of people came through the gates and the crowd was so thick that we decided to call it a day and head back to our hotel.

To say that we enjoyed Chelsea is an understatement. There was so much to see and all very inspiring. We came away with so many ideas to try at home we will be going for the next 50 years!

Next blog shows some of those ideas – and some of the things that caught our eye!