Chelsea Flower

Gli orticoltori esprimono allarme dopo che il pluripremiato Matt Keightley ha lanciato un'app capace di automatizzare i progetti. Tra calici di champagne sorseggiati tra le peonie, il Chelsea Flower Show è generalmente un'occasione amichevole e garbata. Ma quest'anno, le forbici sono state sguainate mentre i giardinieri si scontrano sull'uso dell'IA nella progettazione degli exhibit. Matt Keightley, un designer pluripremiato che ha creato giardini per personalità tra cui il Principe Harry, sta utilizzando l'intelligenza artificiale per progettare il suo giardino per il prestigioso show, che si terrà la prossima settimana nei giardini del Royal Hospital a Chelsea, Londra. Continua a leggere...

Formerly unloved vegetable casts off lowly roots to feature in Great Pavilion after online craze among young gardenersThey are an unloved root vegetable traditionally grown for cattle feed, and when pulled from the ground they look like an ingredient destined for a witch’s cauldron.But the humble mangelwurzel will be in pride of place in the Great Pavilion at this year’s Chelsea flower show (19-23 May), after becoming the subject of an online craze among young gardeners. Continue reading...

Ex-footballer to decorate gnome for annual event after organisers lift ban on the ornaments dating back to 1927 Rare roses and stunning irises are usually among the most coveted items at the Chelsea flower show. But this year, the star attraction might be pink, sequined – and decorated by David Beckham.The former England football captain is co-designing a garden at the May event with King Charles and as part of that effort he has been given a garden gnome to paint. It will be auctioned off for charity. 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...