flowers

City of London announces catkins and blooming hazel on Hampstead Heath

Brighten up a winter’s day for that special someone (sponsored post).

Flower power at Chelsea 2011.

Foxgloves, cabbages and tutus made of flowers.

Get urban growing this weekend!

By abroadjz via the Londonist Flickrpool Lewisham led the way with announcing cutbacks but now Boris’ home borough has announced a quick win saving of £37,000, axing Islington’s hanging baskets. A blooming shame laments the Islington Gazette. Indeed, the floral adornments to Upper Street’s railings …

Many thanks to SabineThole, tommyajohansson and swdickie for putting their photos in the Londonist Flickrpool

The Chelsea Flower Show starts tomorrow and with all 157,000 tickets already long sold out, internet touts such as getmein.com are now selling them for up to £200 each. If you didn’t book tickets well in advance, fear not for the Royal Hospital venue isn’t …

Despite fears that the cold winter and frosts might have decimated flowery prospects for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, tickets for the annual blooming extravaganza sold out a full 11 days before opening. And lucky you, if you managed to bag a ticket. Much like …

There’s a big, friendly bus full of flowers travelling round town today. If you spot it, you can get your hands on one of a thousand free bouquets of tulips. Wherefore art the bulb of munificence from which springeth such bounteous clasps of inflorescence? Well, …