This year’s Chelsea Flower Show will include a stunning garden inspired by the landscape of the Netflix show Bridgerton and the heartbreak of one of its central protagonists.
With the first four episodes of season three unleashed, and four more on the way next month, the friends-lovers romance between Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton is getting a starring role in the country’s most famous horticultural show.
Bridgerton’s enchanting landscape, filmed in beautiful locations across the UK, is a big part of the show’s romance with brilliant floral displays, water features and the grandeur of Regency-era gardens.
Star of the Flower Show! Penelope Featherington is the main character of Bridgerton season three and is often filmed in beautiful gardens, which has now inspired a Chelsea garden.
This year’s Chelsea Flower Show will feature a stunning garden inspired by the landscape of the Netflix show Bridgerton and Penelope’s personal journey.
The Chelsea Flower Show will begin on Monday and will be attended by King Charles and Queen Camilla, as the monarch continues his journey back to public duties amid cancer treatment.
This year’s show features a secluded, overgrown garden by Holly Johnston, inspired by one of Bridgerton’s main characters, Penelope Featherington, and is an attempt to show the character’s personal journey through a garden landscape.
Penelope, played by Nicola Coughlan (pictured), is said to be the inspiration behind Holly Johnston’s garden.
With its bush-covered moon gate leading to a low-lying water feature, the space is intended to reflect the mystery surrounding the character, as well as the turmoil he endures.
The abundance of ivy and ferns covering the ground are placed with the intention of highlighting the web of secrets that persist in Mrs. Featherington’s life.
This is in stark contrast to the other half of the garden, which is open plan and bathed in sophisticated colours.
Open and filled with light, this section represents Penelope coming into her “full bloom” and embracing her true sense of self.
In season three, several key moments showing Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin (Luke Newton) growing closer take place in beautiful gardens with blooming flowers.
A Private Personal Garden – This Bridgerton-themed space uses dry stone walls instead of concrete, allowing lichens, mosses, ferns, and various invertebrates to make a home.
In season three, several key moments showing Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin (Luke Newton) growing closer take place in beautiful gardens with blooming flowers.
Among the other creative gardens on display, this year’s Chelsea will also feature an “edible meadow”, which is believed to improve gut health.
The exhibit titled Microbome Garden was designed by Garden Rescue presenter Chris Hull and Sid Hill on behalf of Bowel Research UK.
Bowel Research UK’s garden is full of probiotic plants selected to protect and help humans with various gut-related diseases (pictured)
With flooding becoming a growing problem across the UK, Naomi Slade and Dr Ed Barsley have designed a flood resistant exhibition.
‘No adults allowed’ in this garden unless they plant a tree, donate to the RHS for School Gardening or find a flower that starts with the initial of their name.
The green space is filled with probiotic plants selected to protect and help humans with various gut-related diseases.
And among the more unique designs are a “no adults allowed” garden and a “flood resistant garden.”
However, some exclusive planters will not attend this year after an unusually wet winter.
‘Tulip King’ Chris Blom, whose family has amassed 70 Chelsea gold medals and has only missed one show, said rain had forced him to cancel his regular appearance.
Persistent rain throughout March caused its 25,000 tulip bulbs to rot in the ground.
Mr. Blom said The times: ‘It just hasn’t stopped raining.
“With all the wet weather we’ve had, the bulbs were barely rooting in the water.”