Gnome

• King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to view the displays, including a garden co-designed by Sir David Beckham and Alan Titchmarsh. • The event marked the official lifting of the long-standing ban on garden gnomes, which were previously prohibited from the show. • High-profile celebrities such as Joanna Lumley, Bill Bailey, and Sir Brian May participated in the festivities, embracing the return of the gnomes.

Bill Bailey and Alan Titchmarsh paint gnomes for king’s garden at event in one-off to raise funds for RHS campaignGarden gnomes should make a permanent return to the Chelsea flower show, celebrities who have painted the mythical creatures for the king’s garden at this year’s event, have said.At the high-end event, which kicks off on Tuesday in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, south-west London, the “tacky” statutes been frowned upon since 1927. Speaking at the show’s press day, the comedian and musician Bill Bailey and the gardener and author Alan Titchmarsurged the Royal Horticultural Society to lift the gnome ban permanently. Continue reading...

Lovehoney sponsors Aphrodite-themed ‘pleasure garden’ full of flowers associated with love and sexIt is one of the most prestigious events of the UK social calendar, but the great and good attending Chelsea flower show may be in for a shock this year as the Royal Horticultural Society unveils a sex-themed garden sponsored by a company that sells vibrators.Lovehoney, a sex toy company, is sponsoring an Aphrodite-themed “pleasure garden” full of flowers and plants associated with love and sex.Chelsea flower show will be held at the Royal Hospital Gardens from 19-23 May. Continue reading...