Sir David Beckham and Alan Titchmarsh were all smiles when they met the King
And it seems as though no royal event is complete without the presence of the famous gardener Titchmarsh, who the King must see more often than his own bodyguard.
For other celebrities, including Joanna Lumley, Bill Bailey and Sir Brian May, they found there’s gnome business like show business.
The flower show as ever has some remarkable creativity, including in its high-concept show gardens.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England had a gorgeous carved wooden figure of Mother Nature, illustrating the theme of gardens at the edge of towns.
There were other beautiful sculptures made from driftwood by James Doran-Wood.
The Tate Britain garden made a cultural splash with a water feature and a Barbara Hepworth sculpture.
And the Eden Project had a “Bring Me Sunshine” garden which referenced Morecambe in Lancashire, and by extension the comedian Eric Morecambe. It needed footnotes as well as roots.
But the garden itself will be sustainable, as it will be relocated to Morecambe after its stint at the show.
Other show gardens had worked so hard to look authentic and natural that they almost stopped looking like gardens.
