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CHELSEA IN BLOOM

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      Chelsea in Bloom is London's largest free flower festival and coincides with the Chelsea Flower Show (which has ticket prices starting at £80), running until May 24. This year's theme is Out of this World , featuring intergalactic designs, astrology, space travel, and spiritual symbolism. And plastic astronauts.      I'm not sure whether it counts as street art - but I figured there must be some photo ops, the weather was lovely, and I never miss an excuse to pop into the Saatchi Gallery (also free).      It was very busy and I soon realised it would be difficult getting good shots of the displays without having posing humans in the way. But I still had a nice stroll along the King's Road taking pictures - mostly of humans .... The statue in the background is of Sir Hans Sloane.     This floral globe honours Sir David Attenborough, who recently turned 100.      Saatchi Gallery     One gallery has...