Missing Chelsea

I am in London. Down the road Chelsea Flower Show is in full bloom, but sadly I don't have tickets for Chelsea this year.

Of course, I could have done something about this, but with one thing and another I never got around to it.

So knowing I need a very English flower fix to cheer me up I head to Piccadilly and Fortnum & Mason.

Tucked in the basement is a secret garden made up of vases of peonies, lilac, snapdragons, rosemary and sweetpeas.

Displayed in English pottery jugs, and the distinctive Fortnum's blue bag, there are posies of lisianthus, astilbe, alstromeria and freesias.

I feel better already.