Chelsea in Bloom runs from Monday 18 May to Sunday 24 May, transforming west London with floral displays across more than 145 participating shops, restaurants, hotels, and businesses. The 2026 theme, “Out of this World,” features installations inspired by space travel, astrology, and spiritual symbolism. Highlights include a large floral globe on the King’s Road honoring Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, and a UFO suspended over Pavilion Road. The trail includes a zodiac-inspired constellation in Sloane Square, a lunar landscape and Saturn display at Duke of York Square, and a four-metre floral dragon and Pegasus on Sloane Street. The festival is produced by Cadogan with the Royal Horticultural Society and extends the Chelsea Flower Show into surrounding streets.
"Chelsea in Bloom, which began on Monday 18 May and lasts until Sunday 24 May, with more than 145 shops, restaurants, hotels and businesses across the west London neighbourhood taking part. The 2026 theme is "Out of this World", with installations inspired by space travel, astrology and spiritual symbolism. Highlights include an enormous floral globe on the King's Road created in honour of Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday, and a UFO suspended over Pavilion Road."
"The trail features a zodiac-inspired constellation in Sloane Square, a lunar landscape and Saturn display at Duke of York Square, and a four-metre floral dragon and Pegasus on Sloane Street. Produced by Cadogan in association with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the event runs alongside the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and is designed to extend it into the surrounding streets."
"When we knew it was the space theme, the most iconic image that sprung to mind was an astronaut, so we thought how wonderful to make a four-metre astronaut out of roses and hydrangea. She added: "There was the recent moon mission, so it just felt so topical. We've surrounded the six-metre moon with lilac and blue delphiniums, festuca and purple alliums; that's what the Moon looks like in my little head.""
"As you walk down the King's Road, you see a massive moon in the distance. It just has that shock factor - kids, any generation, absolutely love it as they turn the corner. Scale is important when you're out in a big space like this. We started conceptually last November and began the build in January, so"
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