Belgravia In Bloom 2023: The Guide

We love admiring flowers as much as the next person, so it’s always a joy when beautiful blooms arrive in the city. Coinciding with the annual RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Belgravia in Bloom is back for May 2023, bringing beautiful blossoms to the Big Smoke. Here’s everything to expect this year.

Belgravia In Bloom 2023: The Guide

Florist Claudia Costil from Moyses Stevens puts the finishing touches to her floral installation for Belgravia in Bloom’s 2022 festival, with the theme ‘Beautifully British’. (Matt Crossick/PA Wire)

When Is Belgravia In Bloom 2023?

This year, Belgravia in Bloom will take place from 22–29 May 2023, in the height of spring and in tandem with the RHS Chelsea Flower Show (running 22–27 May 2023).

What Is The Theme?

Belgravia in Bloom’s 2023 theme is ‘Into the Wild’, celebrating all creatures great and small, from majestic tigers to delicate butterflies. Falling during the month of King Charles III’s Coronation, many installations will also celebrate the King’s ascension, with ‘kings’ and ‘queens’ of habitats displayed with royal adornments. And how better to celebrate our new, eco-conscious King than with a nod to nature’s wonders?

Florist Victoria Clemson from Neill Strain puts the finishing touches to her floral installation, ‘Beefeater Teddy Bear’, for Belgravia in Bloom 2022. (Matt Crossick/PA Wire)

‘This year’s theme is very inspiring as it goes back to the root of where flowers and plants come from, and its environment,’ says Neill Strain, luxury florist and creative director of his own boutique in Belgravia. ‘It will enable us to showcase what nature gives us but also to give back by showing its beauty and the importance of preserving it.’

Enhancing the theme is a partnership with the London Wildlife Trust, who will ensure all of the installations are created using biodiversity-boosting flowers, and host a hedgehog van in Eccleston Yards where visitors can make ‘seed bombs’ for their own gardens.

‘At London Wildlife Trust we’re committed to inspiring people to engage with and stand up for nature, which is why we’re thrilled to further our long term partnership with Grosvenor by collaborating on this year’s Belgravia in Bloom,’ says Matthew Frith, Director of Research and Policy at Wildlife Trust and guest judge on this year’s installation competition panel. ‘From the flowers used to create the magnificent floral installations, to the eclectic diversity of animals they represent, this year’s wilderness theme encourages visitors to celebrate the wonder of nature and the work to protect the places where it lives.’

Keep Your Eyes Peeled For…

Expect to see magnificent creations from the neighbourhood’s iconic florists, including Neill Strain, Moyses Stevens and Judith Blacklock. The full lineup is slowly being revealed as installations pop up across Belgravia, transforming the pretty streets into a wondrous wilderness. With stunning displays and Instagram opps at every turn, here’s a sneak peek at what you can find…

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Passer by enjoys 'An Underwater Wilderness' by Moyses Stevens (Belinda Jiao/PA Wire)

Florist puts finishing touches to tunnel of 'Orchids and Butterflies' by Judith Blacklock. (Belinda Jiao/PA Wire)

Florist Judith Blacklock puts finishing touches to tunnel of 'Orchids and Butterflies'. (Belinda Jiao/PA Wire)

Florist from Moyses Stevens puts finishing touches to 'Belgravia's Bamboo Bears'. (Belinda Jiao/PA Wire)

'Eccleston Explorers' by Moyses Stevens (Belinda Jiao/PA Wire)