Every May the Chelsea Flower Show sees the Royal Chelsea Hospital grounds turned into an array of flower and garden exhibits. This year, the 100th year of the festival, best in show was won by Australian Phillip Johnson.
Brent Elliot has released a book of archival images to celebrate the centenary. Below are some images from his book (available here) along with images from this years festival (via RHS Image).
The Secret Garden 
Reblogged this on My Botanical Garden.
Every year the South African exhibitors are shouting in their ‘homeland’ that they were awarded as the ‘best in show’. They might have won a golden medal but so did many more (organisation wants to keep the exhibitors happy?). The SA-stand may have been beautiful but certainly not the best. Maybe, for clarity, the organisers/jury should introduce a simple ranking system and letting the visitors choose their favorite as well…
Love the show BTW!!! 🙂