With all eyes on London's Chelsea for the annual flower show this week, local restaurants are going all-out to get customers' stomachs there, too. The bid to get visitors to eat in the spirit of the festival sees flowers sprouting on menus across the capital.
The show, which starts tomorrow (19 May) was first launched in 1852 and moved to its current site at London's Royal Hospital Gardens in 1912.
It attracts close to 160,000 visitors per year, so it's no surprise that nearby chefs are using it as a great excuse to get a little green-fingered.
If you fancy doing a bit of floral cooking yourself, have a look at this useful website providing a full list of edible flowers.
Alternatively here are a few horticultural-inspired treats you might enjoy before, after or in between admiring the flowers.
Feng Sushi on the Fulham Road is celebrating the Chelsea Flower Show by offering The Chelsea Salad (pictured), a paper thin salad of spring vegetables, organic tofu, edible flowers and Feng wild garlic dressing (£8). Call 0207 795 1900
The pastry chef at the two-Michelin-starred Alain Ducasse restaurant at the Dorchester hotel has created a range of macaroons in a variety of floral flavours, ranging from rose and raspberry, orange blossom, lavender, jasmine and coco, verbena and lime. Call: 020 7629 8866
The Brompton Quarter Café's menu is inspired by the summer gardens at the show and includes the "La Vie en Rose" lunch menu and luxury afternoon tea, which comes complete with edible flowers, floral tea and scones and pastries. Call: 020 7838 0371
The Sanderson Hotel is serving a special afternoon tea offering guests a glass of Laurent-Perrier Rosé and afternoon tea in its private Courtyard Garden for £25. Give them £50 and you can have a mini-facial too. Call: 0207 300 1444
The Cinnamon Club is offering a Garden Menu priced £60 which features a range of herbs and exotic flowers in the form of an eight-course menu that includes delights such as hibiscus and rose bellini, and crisp zucchini flower with tamarind vegetables. Call: 020 7222 2555
Pascal Aussignac's Le Cercle in Chelsea is serving a flower menu that includes a spring salad with rose petal vinaigrette and lavender crème brûlée and apricot.
Call: 020 7901 9999
Not all of the Chelsea Flower Show menus are about food and The Botanist on Sloane Square has created a range of flowery cocktails. These include the Jasmine Blossom cocktail with jasmine syrup and fresh mandarin. Call: 020 77300077
The Chelsea Flower Show runs from 19 to 23 May at the Royal Hospital Gardens, Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4SR.
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