A celebrity under every leaf at flower show

A TOPLESS model poses in the foliage, environmentalists plead for the water vole, yoga enthusiasts balance on tip-toe amid the plants.

A celebrity under every leaf at flower show

Media day at Britain’s Chelsea Flower Show can be a truly surreal experience when former Beatle Ringo Starr rubs shoulders with Britain’s national sailing team and “Weakest Link” TV presenter Anne Robinson launches a garden for Alzheimer sufferers.

The world’s most famous flower show is bedecked for the day in some very unlikely finery — TV soap stars, interior designers and even donkeys, chickens and a Shetland pony are on display. No gimmick is too outrageous.

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