"Chelsea flower show is the perfect stage for storytelling with plants, and I've never been one to play it safe. Creating the ultimate pleasure garden with Lovehoney was too irresistible to pass up. Gardens should spark curiosity, break a few taboos and make people stop in their tracks. Houseplants, much like pleasure, are something we should celebrate openly and abundantly."
"The garden, named Aphrodite's Hothouse, is being designed by award-winning designer James Whiting, founder of Plants By There. The plants being used either have heart-shaped leaves, flowers or bracts, or are red or pink in colour. Aphrodite is also sometimes represented by orchids, so these will feature in the garden. Plants that evoke the sea, from which Aphrodite canonically emerged in the foam, will be used."
Chelsea Flower Show is introducing Aphrodite's Hothouse, a pleasure garden sponsored by Lovehoney, a sex toy company, to fill funding gaps after Project Giving Back ended its sponsorship. Designer James Whiting created the garden to break taboos around sexuality and pleasure using plants symbolically associated with love and desire. The garden features a giant greenhouse with an ornamental heart, Aphrodite-themed props including a clam with pearl, and carefully selected plants. These include heart-shaped foliage plants like heartleaf philodendron, red and pink flowering plants such as phalaenopsis orchids and caladiums, sea-evoking plants like ferns and spider plants, and orchids representing Aphrodite. The design aims to spark curiosity and celebrate houseplants and pleasure openly.
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