A 'Sailors' Valentine' from Barbados

One of my favourite perennial exhibits at Chelsea Flower Show is the wonderfully colourful Barbados Horticultural Society stand, which has been exhibiting at the show since 1988.


This year, they built an intriguing exhibit called “Sailors’ Valentine Garden". I visited the website that explains what this garden is all about and, instead of the shells that normally make up a 'sailor's valentine', they used plan flowers.

Here you can see all four 'valentines' which
were set in a tropical garden.

The society won a Gold medal for their display, which added to the haul of 15 Golds, 11 Silver-Gilts and 1 Silver medal.