The Chelsea Flower Show – or RHS Chelsea Flower Show to give it its full title – has been a fixture in London’s summer diary since 1913. Set in the grounds of the Chelsea Hospital on the banks of the Thames, it is undoubtedly the world’s most famous event of its kind and aims to inspire, educate and excite visitors about horticulture.

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For those not fortunate enough to get tickets there is a feast for the eyes in the shops and buildings around Sloane Square, the nearest tube station for the show, as LBM photographers discovered on a sunny May day.