CHELSEA Flower Show is set to get down and dirty with a “pleasure garden” featuring sex toys.
Vibrator and lingerie company has teamed up with award-winning designer James Whitling to create the “interactive” exhibit, entitled Aphrodite’s Hothouse.
The Chelsea Flower Show will feature a ‘pleasure garden’ featuring sex toysCredit: Alamy
They promise their steamy sanctuary will be packed with lush greenery, romance and desire — and hope it helps attract a more adventurous crowd to the event, held on the same site since 1913.
Bath-based Lovehoney would not yet reveal which toys will be showcased but said they would be “tastefully woven” into the display.
Spokeswoman Jo Connarty said: “We’re always looking for cultural spaces to show up in and new ways to tell stories on sexual wellbeing.”
James added: “I’ve never been one to play it safe.
“Over the years I’ve made a garden room disco seemingly levitate, planted up an avocado toilet U-bend and even sent out drag queens and to grab attention.
“So, creating the ultimate pleasure garden with Lovehoney was irresistible.
“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.”
takes place from Tuesday, May 19 to Saturday, May 23.
G-spot of bother at saucy fun
By , Gardening Editor
THE blue rinse brigade will be fainting in their flowerbeds over the news that sex toy company Lovehoney is sponsoring a Chelsea garden.
It is about time someone sparked some good vibrations around the historic horticultural show.
After years of visiting, I would say it needs a kick up the Aspidistra. If Lovehoney is involved, then there’s hope for it yet.
How about a couple of Dicksonia antarctica dotted around, coupled with some Clitoria ternatea and Narcissus assoanus?
That will get their Anemone “Frilly Knickers” in a twist.
'It's great to see'
By , Sun Sexpert
IT’S a blooming brilliant partnership.
Afterall, one of Lovehoney’s – a clitorial vibrator which has thousands of glowing reviews online.
But it’s not the Bath-based brand’s only floral offering – the kinky company has over 10 flower sex toys – eight of which are rose-themed.
And they aren’t the only sexual wellness brand cashing in on trendy flowery vibrators. Fantasy vibrators are up a whopping +224 per cent in sales and a +700 per cent increase in searches around them, according to Lovehoney.
To me, it makes perfect sense. used to be taboo, with users relying on discreet, buzzy models – but now they’re finally, as it were, coming into the mainstream.
Today, nearly half (46.3%) of the population have used a sex toy alone and over a quarter (27%) have done so with a partner.
It’s no surprise a number of sex toys have been inspired by – which are long associated with sex, love and desire, thanks to their often phallic, suggestive shapes, and, of course, their resemblance to a real lady garden.
This may also explain why they’ve inspired everything from cheeky innuendos to bedroom toys.
As someone who cares deeply about and awareness, it’s great to see the embrace this link in a fun and cheeky display.
Why should sex be banished to the bedroom? A garden centre makes the perfect playground.
The Rose is one of Lovehoney’s most popular sex toys – so a partnership is apt with the Chelsea Flower ShowCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
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