St George's Day festival, Trafalgar Square

The square goes green for England's patron saint.
Trafalgar Square, City of Westminster, WC2N 5DN [map], 21st April 2012

The patron saint of England was celebrated a couple of days early in London this year, with Trafalgar Square hosting a garden-themed St George's Day Festival.

The square basked in beautiful April sunshine with the event featuring pop-up gardening installations, Grow Your Own exhibits and floral art, plus free concerts on an ornamental bandstand.





The Mayor of London teamed up with award-winning horticulturist Sarah Eberle to create what was billed as a 'central London oasis,' with the square being filled with greenery.

I think I'd prefer it if it always looked this way.





Grow Your Own exhibit.









Normally seen clogging up tourist-swollen pavements around Covent Garden and the South Bank, several 'human statues' were in attendance around the square.



I'm not sure which is the bigger mystery: why anyone would want to do this in the first place, or why people give them money for doing it.

Mind you, I did rather like this outfit.





Crazy golf outside the National Gallery.





'Pimp Your Pavement.'



A very tall St George.





Nelson's column, constructed between 1840 and 1843 to o commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson, who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.







Inside the tea tent. To the right, a bloke is getting a cuddle. Bless.



Watching the acts on the bandstand.













Taking in the April sunshine.














Floating plastic duck doing its thing.














The Olympic countdown clock.





Cakes made of flowers.



Flower arranging class.



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