Marking the true start of the summer season, Chelsea Flower Show blooms into The Admirable Crichton’s calendar with a riot of colour and brings with it a highlight of their year as the team descended on Chelsea Physic Garden for a fantastic day of events.

The day started welcoming 140 guests for a Champagne breakfast featuring a selection of pasties, yoghurt and granola, fruit skewers and delicious eggs royale. Later that day 500 guests returned to the venue for an elegant canape and bowl food reception.

Each year The Admirable Crichton creates a garden or botanical concept for the event; this year was Gardens in Art - taking inspiration from artists renowned for painting their gardens or landscapes. The chosen artists were Frida Kahlo, Claude Monet and John Constable with the food also reflecting the favours of Mexico, England and Japan (highlighting Monet’s famous Japanese waterlily garden - the showpiece of the event was a recreation on the famous painting in puddings!

Guests enjoyed a delicious array of canapes and bowls featuring barbecue duck tacos with sweetcorn and lime salsa, butter toasted crumpets with quince jelly, stilton and shaved celery, teriyaki salmon with Japanese crispy rice, pickled radish and wasabi and slow cooked lamb shoulder, beurre noisette, cauliflower puree, grilled gem, broad beans and lovage.

Champagne, Pimm’s, Lychee Collins and a Basil and Mint Spritz were served throughout the evening. 

Giant gold frames were adorned with flowers in the style of the artists gardens providing guests with the perfect Instagram moment. 

The art theme continued with the bar and waiting staff styling and live event artists to entertain guests and provide a special memory of the event.