LONDON (AP) — The Chelsea Flower Show bloomed with royals, celebrities and a pup or two at the gardening showcase highlight resilient landscapes and natural planting.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla toured the show Monday before it opens to regular visitors. The king is a patron of the Royal Horticultural Society, which puts on the annual event in London.
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Model and dancer Tasha Ghouri poses as she wears a head piece for The King's Trust garden designed by Joe Perkins at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A show visitor wears a floral themed hat at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Dane Foxx from Acacia Creative Studio models a floral outfit at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
British actress Joanna Lumley is photographed at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Catherine's Rose by Harkness Roses named after Britain's Princess of Wales on display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain's Queen Camilla holds roses called "The King's Rose" of David Austin Roses at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday May 19, 2025. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)
Britain's King Charles III, patron of the Royal Horticultural Society, visits the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday May 19, 2025. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)
Drag artist Ula Lah performs as Mother Nature at the Babylon Beat indoor Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A show visitor looks at roses at the Peter Beales Roses stand at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A show visitor looks towards a display of daffodils at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Chelsea Pensioners Jack McCabe, left, and Tony Manley, right, look at the hat worn by Claire Myers-Lamptey designed by Mathew Eluwande for Nature Recovery, for communities to embrace re-wilding at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Model and dancer Tasha Ghouri poses as she wears a head piece for The King's Trust garden designed by Joe Perkins at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A bumble bee sits on a peony from Primrose Hall Peonies on display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Cordelia Bellew walks through a garden displaying James Doran-Webb Driftwood Sculptures at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Dane Foxx from Acacia Creative Studio models a floral outfit at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A bumble bee hovers above a peony from Primrose Hall Peonies on display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain's King Charles III, patron of the Royal Horticultural Society, and Queen Camilla visit the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday May 19, 2025. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)
Claire Myers-Lamptey wears a hat by Mathew Eluwande for Nature Recovery, for communities to embrace re-wilding as she looks through a display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Chelsea Pensioner Peter Wilson reaches up to touch a Punks head with a mohawk created with pampas grass, tropical blooms and preserved leaves part of Chelsea in Bloom by Ricky Paul Flowers at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Chilli the dog wears has a chilli hat placed on his head in the BBC Radio 2 Dog Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
The show is the place to see cutting-edge garden design, new plants and ideas to take home.
The displays highlighted natural planning, like moss paving and gravel paths bleeding into greenery. One garden was an example of the Atlantic temperate rainforest habitat that once covered western coasts of Britain.
Charles and Camilla visited a dog garden and examined the King's Rose, a new fuchsia-and-white-striped rose variety named after Charles in support of the King’s Foundation.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Model and dancer Tasha Ghouri poses as she wears a head piece for The King's Trust garden designed by Joe Perkins at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A show visitor wears a floral themed hat at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Dane Foxx from Acacia Creative Studio models a floral outfit at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
British actress Joanna Lumley is photographed at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Catherine's Rose by Harkness Roses named after Britain's Princess of Wales on display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain's Queen Camilla holds roses called "The King's Rose" of David Austin Roses at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday May 19, 2025. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)
Britain's King Charles III, patron of the Royal Horticultural Society, visits the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday May 19, 2025. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)
Drag artist Ula Lah performs as Mother Nature at the Babylon Beat indoor Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A show visitor looks at roses at the Peter Beales Roses stand at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A show visitor looks towards a display of daffodils at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Chelsea Pensioners Jack McCabe, left, and Tony Manley, right, look at the hat worn by Claire Myers-Lamptey designed by Mathew Eluwande for Nature Recovery, for communities to embrace re-wilding at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Model and dancer Tasha Ghouri poses as she wears a head piece for The King's Trust garden designed by Joe Perkins at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A bumble bee sits on a peony from Primrose Hall Peonies on display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Cordelia Bellew walks through a garden displaying James Doran-Webb Driftwood Sculptures at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Dane Foxx from Acacia Creative Studio models a floral outfit at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A bumble bee hovers above a peony from Primrose Hall Peonies on display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain's King Charles III, patron of the Royal Horticultural Society, and Queen Camilla visit the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday May 19, 2025. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)
Claire Myers-Lamptey wears a hat by Mathew Eluwande for Nature Recovery, for communities to embrace re-wilding as she looks through a display at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Chelsea Pensioner Peter Wilson reaches up to touch a Punks head with a mohawk created with pampas grass, tropical blooms and preserved leaves part of Chelsea in Bloom by Ricky Paul Flowers at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Chilli the dog wears has a chilli hat placed on his head in the BBC Radio 2 Dog Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
