Chelsea in Bloom 2015 - Fairytales.

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...

Outfit - Dress: Warehouse, Handbag: Anya Hindmarch, Sunnies: H&M.

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 ;)