21st - 24th May 2025
THE CHELSEA BARRACKS SPRING FAIR
The Chelsea Barracks Spring Fair Returns to Celebrate the Season
Chelsea Barracks is delighted to welcome back the highly anticipated Chelsea Barracks Spring Fair in partnership with House & Garden magazine. Returning for its fourth edition from May 21st to May 24th, 2025, this annual celebration of spring will once again captivate visitors against the iconic backdrop of Chelsea Barracks.
Coinciding with the renowned RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the Fair continues to showcase an exceptional selection of artisan products, cementing its reputation as a cherished tradition eagerly awaited by both residents and visitors. This year promises to be just as spectacular, featuring an inspiring lineup of attractions, including expert-led seminars from the world of gardening, the much-loved Artisans’ Market, and an enticing array of food and drink experiences for all to enjoy.
The Artisans' Market
Visitors can discover a treasure trove of goods and artisanal products at the bustling market in the heart of the Spring Fair, featuring a diverse selection of independent makers and brands offering all sorts of items from unique crafts to gourmet treats. Featured vendors include LAMP LDN, Rosanna Falconer, Fleur de Circe, Flora Black, Village London, and Ode to Joy Flowers, among others.
Richard Oakes, Chelsea Barracks Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
This event is a wonderful opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate the beauty of spring while enjoying a variety of exciting activities and attractions.
Alvaro Picardo
Born in Barcelona, Alvaro moved to the UK 30 years ago. After a varied career, from films to corporate finance, four years ago during lockdown he painted an old forgotten lampshade, which released his creative flow.
Over these years in London, he dived headfirst into the city’s rich visual culture, visiting museums, galleries, and auction houses whenever he could. This undoubtedly strengthened his eclectic taste, which is influenced by traditional and modern architecture, brutalism, abstract and Modern British Art.
Alvaro is also inspired by his Catalan roots: from rationalist architecture to the colourful floor tiles you find in Barcelona’s flats, all influenced by the luminous colour of the Catalan coast. His work is being commissioned by leading UK and US interior designers and is featured in House & Garden, World of Interiors, British Vogue… and has developed collections of hand-painted lampshades for iconic Swedish store Svenskt Tenn, and British interior designers Susie Atkinson and Oakley Moore.
Barbary
First founded in 1991 and relaunched in 2024 by the grandson of the original founder; Barbary is a family-owned business producing beautiful hand-thrown Moroccan terracotta pots. Known for their unique designs, unmistakable pink colouring, and smooth finish.
Each terracotta pot by Barbary is a product of centuries-old techniques, hand-thrown and shaped by skilled craftsmen. By working with local potters, Barbary not only promotes the beauty and authenticity of Moroccan craftsmanship but also supports the livelihoods of the artisans who keep these traditions alive. Barbary’s pots are made from a unique blend of clay from three mineral-rich regions, naturally high in iron and silica which enhances the terracotta’s durability.
Each pot is crafted in multiple stages, with some of the largest designs taking up to 30 days to complete. Thanks to their specific clay blend, Barbary’s terracotta pots are particularly resistant to freezing conditions.
Deborah Brett Ceramic
Deborah Brett’s creative and personal touch has been bought to a range of dinnerware. Working closely with a fifth-generation family run factory in Stoke-on-Trent each piece in the collection is designed and made by Deborah and then cast, allowing the shapes to be replicated perfectly. After a twenty-year career as a fashion journalist for The Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Red magazine and Elle, Deborah Brett retrained as a ceramicist. Passionate about creativity in every aspect of her life, Deborah has had two group shows exhibiting her decorative sculptural pieces.
Experimenting with clay, and the balance between texture and colour in relation to form; Deborah works in both porcelain and oxides as well as stoneware layered with different glazes. Her bespoke bowls, platters and vase-like sculptural forms combine hand building, slab work as well as thrown pieces making them both practical and decorative. Her sculptural commissions, hand made in her West London studio, rely on combining all these skills and layering her love of bespoke glazes and the chemical reactions these create.
Louise Ferdinando
Louise’s jewellery business has grown out of a fantastically over zealous collecting bug she has had ever since she was a child! Many pieces have come and gone since then, often to film, theatre, television and collectors. The pieces come from many countries and eras with the emphasis on the highly unusual. Louise loves something she has never seen before or could never imagine existing.
From 1970s silver to 1920s flapper beads to Victorian monumental pieces with a large smattering of mid-century glass from everywhere and anywhere! Her aim is to broaden and enhance modern dressing as opposed to slavishly copying the past.
LAMP LDN
LAMP LDN stocks bright and brilliant homeware, lovingly curated and mindfully sourced. We work with independent makers and family businesses, who create pieces to stand the test of time with their impeccable style and quality.
We want to provide a space where you can shop for beautiful things in a way that’s mindful of our planet, and kind to the people on it.
Fleur de Circe
Charlotte Hepworth has been crafting waxed paper flowers for over 30 years, a unique art form rooted in the legacy of the renowned Constance Spry artificial flower studio in London. Trained in art and inspired after meeting a student of Spry's studio, Charlotte began her career making paper flowers for prestigious clients, including the National Trust and Chatsworth House. Her work has been featured at numerous fairs across the UK.
Charlotte's intricate, hand-crafted flowers have also been commissioned by historic venues such as Fairfax House in York and Attingham Park in Shropshire. She regularly collaborates with interior designers, transforming crepe paper into delicate flowers that are individually cut, assembled, painted with artist oils, and finished with a coat of wax. Passionate about capturing the natural beauty of flowers, Charlotte's work elevates this medium into a timeless form of art.
Polly Wolly Doodles
An irrepressible doodler as a child, Polly was lucky enough to grow up to become an artist. She now paints playful, movement filled botanical studies, and presents them in frames and mounts that are wrapped by hand in fabrics and decorative papers.
Polly, enjoys combining her contemporary style of painting with vintage textiles, creating a connection between the past styles and present trends. Inspired heavily by the English countryside that surrounds her home in Somerset, she paints and presents her work in response to the seasonal changes she observes. Her originals are available in store at Liberty London, as well as through Domenica Marland and Quinn. Polly also takes commissions directly and some of her past commissions include Sanderson, Number One Bruton and Soho House.
Jam Jar Edit
JamJar is a floral design contemporary flower pressing studio with a curated edit of artwork and homewares.
With an increasing awareness of the fragility of our planet, and the desire for a greater connection with nature, JamJar are finding that more and more people are looking to find botanical pieces for their home. Their book, The Modern Flower Press, is the go-to guide for pressing flowers on both sides of the Atlantic.
They create contemporary botanical artworks for residential, commercial and public spaces. Sourcing and pressing flowers and plant specimens to create unique pieces for a variety of projects; from single-species artworks and herbarium collections, to site-specific installations, wall coverings and privacy windows. Their own collection of products, designed in-house, includes our signature pressed flower artworks, embroidered linen napkins, flower pressing kits and unique pieces to display flowers effortlessly at home.
Flora Black
With a carefully curated collection of homeware, Flora Black brings the magic and enchantment of bygone eras to the modern home. Making the shelf, table and wall, a source of iconic style, and your space, a place of sheer joy. Flora Black is the new interior styling brand brought to you by Claire Durbridge-Sakoui; a stylist who's spent a lifetime looking for the little things that make a home beautiful. Having worked as a fashion editor for fashion magazines such as Dazed & Confused, i-D, Self Service, Teen Vogue, Elle, and Tatler, she found herself not only styling the current fashion scene, but also her home.
Her individual home interiors style has been photographed and published in numerous books and magazines. It was only a matter of time before she was able to bring to the table, and shelf, bold and inspiring objects to complete a truly gorgeous home.
PARASOL UK
Parasol UK creates hand-blocked garden parasols, gazebos, and tents inspired by the magic of India but very much with the British aesthetic and setting in mind. They are as practical as they are beautiful.
Whether it’s a sun-dappled lunch in the garden, a Royal Ascot picnic, a stylish wedding, or a long summer evening under the stars, our parasols and tents transform any setting into something truly special.
Our latest additions include the Punya Parasol, inspired by good karma, with uplifting pink and orange hues, and the 3m x 3m Ascot Pink Tent, perfect for the most elegant entertaining. These designs, like everything they create, are about more than just shade - they’re about atmosphere, beauty, and making memories. Parasol UK is for those who love to celebrate the outdoors in style and we look forward to showing you.
Colours of Arley
Colours of Arley was founded in 2022, by photographer Louisa Tratalos, who invites customers and designers to commission their own personal stripe. With three stripe sizes, and 120 colours, there are literally thousands of possible combinations!
Everything is made to order in their family workshop in rural Cheshire, meaning there is very little waste, and their interior fabrics are all produced on recycled or natural base cloths. The brand focuses on following the stripes into the worlds in which they exist, whether that's a hotel in Sicily, a double decker bus by Boden, or a home in an old Butcher's in the Catskill mountains.
Whether you’re after a soft stripe of Coffee & Tofu, or a bolder Crimson & Chalk Pink, your stripe story is waiting to be told!
Collins & Green Art
Collins & Green Art curate vintage paintings and beautiful hand coloured 19th century prints. Selling online through their website as well as their gallery, by appointment in London.
Julia and her team predominantly source artworks from France, Scandinavia and the UK; and every piece is something she would love to hang on her own walls! They work closely with interior designers and offer a bespoke sourcing service for both private clients and designers. For those looking for that extra special gift, Collins and Green also offer Wedding List and special present service.
Philanthropically, they will also provide art rentals for photoshoots and interior installs, where there is no charge, just a request for a donation to WLAC.
London Velvet
London Velvet embodies the British knack for tailoring and personalisation with its made-to-order designs. Crafted by artisan ateliers in Istanbul, using the finest leathers and velvet trims.
The brand's core philosophy is to avoid mass waste bound for landfill, typically derived from bulk buying material. Since its inception in 2017, founder India, has resolved to replace the instant gratification psyche with a recognition of the time and patience needed for bespoke, handmade luxury accessories. The brand focuses on sustainability, traditional craftsmanship, and functionality, and is unique in keeping luxury goods accessible.
Village London
Village London was founded from a love of comfortable, but beautiful, interiors. They make homewares that are striking, yet practical, choosing colours and prints that weave into any scheme.
Their cushions, ottomans, pouffes and other bespoke pieces are made from the finest textiles, sourced from their favourite designers, and which that bring together personality and charm to any home.
Ode to Joy
Ode to Joy is a fine art floral studio with its Atelier located in Stamford, Lincolnshire. Renowned for its opulent, organic and romantic aesthetic, the brand specialises in creating custom floral designs for private events, weddings, and special occasions, as well as floral decor for private residences.
Drawing inspiration from the seasons, Yana, the creative visionary behind the brand, focuses on the use of colour to ensure her designs have a remarkable visual impact. Ode to Joy takes pride in its commitment to sustainability, supporting local flower farms and exclusively crafting foam free designs.
Earl of East
Earl of East was founded by Niko Dafkos and Paul Firmin in 2014, and starting life as a market stall in East London, having been build from a love of home fragrance.
Their brand has four pillars, Create, Curate, Collaborate and Community, and this weaves through everything they do as a company. The unique Earl of East scents have garnered a legion of loyal fans as they continue to establish themselves as a leading UK manufacturer of high quality home fragrance. Earl of East have collaborated with brands including END., Selfridges, JW Anderson and Blank Street. Alongside custom projects we also work producing content and marketing for brands such as PIVOTAL.
