The Seedling

The Seedling

A Very Flowery Dispatch

Chelsea Flower Show fun & more

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Willow Crossley
May 22, 2026
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Happy Friday!

I hope you’ve had a good week. I’ve spent most of mine wandering around in a slightly exhausted haze after a rather mental couple of weeks, not making a huge amount of sense and surviving mainly on coffee and autopilot.

I’ve loved seeing everything from Chelsea in Bloom and the Flower Show. Sadly I couldn’t get there in person this year, but from what I’ve seen, the gardens felt much wilder and more natural than usual — lots of vegetables tucked in among the flowers and far fewer clipped, manicured vibes. Very much up my street. And did you see the feasting table by SheGrowsVeg and Hazel Gardiner? Obsessed.

I especially loved the RHS King’s Foundation Garden designed by Frances Tophill and Darren Hawkes’s Silent No More garden for The Lady Garden Foundation.

We’ve got half term coming up which is going to be very chilled — apart from some serious GCSE revision supervision and a quick trip to Venice with Christian Dior. I’m trying to act very casual about that last part while secretly being beside myself with excitement. More on that next week!

Top& Bottom left. The RHS King's Foundation Garden. Top right, Darren Hawke's garden. The new David Beckham rose

In this week’s dispatch - A flowery lunch with LA Based denim brand, Mother, the part of my garden that’s bringing me the most joy and some weekend denim inspo.

Wishing you a wonderful Bank Holiday if you are UK based and I hope you enjoy this issue.

Love, Willow

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