Monday 18 May was due to be press day at the 2020 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, which I was going to be photographing for The English Garden magazine. I was looking forward to working with the team again, having worked with TEG at the event in 2017, 2018 and 2019, but of course this year it was not to be.

Instead, this weekend I have been enjoying the latest issue of The English Garden, which celebrates Chelsea by looking back at show gone by, and includes an image I shot last year of Chris Beardshaw's show garden for Morgan Stanley.

The English Garden Magazine, photograph by Jayne Lloyd.The English Garden Magazine, photograph by Jayne Lloyd.

There are also 2 free packs of seeds with the issue so that's an added bonus too! 

The English Garden Magazine, photograph by Jayne Lloyd.The English Garden Magazine, photograph by Jayne Lloyd.

The RHS are running lots of online events for a 'Virtual Chelsea Flower Show' this year, and The English Garden has a handy guide to it all on their website. It's well worth checking out their excellent website - particularly if you, like me, have ventured into gardening properly for the first time during lockdown. They have easy gardening jobs to do in May, advice on what vegetables to grown at home, ten plants you can grown indoors, and an incredibly useful guide on where to buy plants during lockdown. Although garden centres are now starting to re-open, it's a really great way to discover places you might not have known about before, too - there were quite a few nurseries near to me that I didn't know about previously and it's great to be able to support local businesses at this time.

Lomo'Instant Square of tomato and sweetcorn plants growing in a greenhouseLomo'Instant Square of tomato and sweetcorn plants growing in a greenhouse

Here are a few photographs from last year, but do check out The English Garden's blog to find out all the details about them, and for plenty of other garden inspiration.
 

Hopefully we'll be back there next year!

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The Morgan Stanley Garden by Chris Beardshaw

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The M&G Garden by Andy Sturgeon RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 photographed for The English Garden Magazine by Jayne Lloyd.

‘Back to Nature’ garden, designed by The Duchess of Cambridge in collaboration with the RHS and Davies White

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 photographed for The English Garden Magazine by Jayne Lloyd. The Warner’s Distillery Garden, designed by Helen Elks-Smith

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 photographed for The English Garden Magazine by Jayne Lloyd. The Dubai Majilis Garden by Thomas Hoblyn

JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_3229 The Welcome to Yorkshire Garden by Mark Gregory

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 photographed for The English Garden Magazine by Jayne Lloyd. The Resilience Garden by Sarah Eberle

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 photographed for The English Garden Magazine by Jayne Lloyd. The Wedgwood Garden by Jo Thompson

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 photographed for The English Garden Magazine by Jayne Lloyd. The Trailfinders Undiscovered Latin America Garden by Jonathan Snow
JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_1133 The Greenfingers Charity Garden by Kate Gould

JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_1171 Dame Judi Dench
JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_2662 Giving Girls in Africa a Space to Grow by Jilayne Rickards
JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_2694 The Silent Pool Gin Garden by David Neale

JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_2734 The Manchester Garden by Exterior Architecture
JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_1262 The High Maintenance Garden For Motor Neurone Disease Association by Sue Hayward
JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_2919 The Donkey Sanctuary: Donkeys Matter Garden
JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_2938 Green Switch garden by Kazuyuki Ishihara
JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_2955 JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_1279 Walker’s Forgotten Quarry Garden
JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_1286 Miles Stone: The Kingston Maurward Garden
JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_3011 JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_2992 Alitex Greenhouse
JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_3136 A Gorilla sculpted from sweet potato (I think) by Medwyns of Anglesey

JayneLloyd_TheEnglishGarden_RHSChelseaFlowerShow2019_1320 Plant of the year: Sedum takesimense ‘Atlantis’
 

Don't forget to check out The English Garden's blog for the full story, tips for you own garden and to find out all about the virtual RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

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