Strawberries and Wimbledon have a unique connection.

Strawberries are almost as synonymous with Wimbledon as the grass itself. Each day at Wimbledon strawberries are brought and it is also a part of the most important tasks of the day.

The sole reason behind the strawberries being so special for the Wimbledon is that strawberries come during the Wimbledon fortnight and so it  goes without saying that it is one of the most popular and eaten refreshment at the ground with cream. It is also consumed by the royal family when seeing the matches being played at the grass court.

The strawberry growers of London feel it to be the most important part of the year when strawberries are harvested so that they can be supplied and profits can be earned.

Various strawberry recipes have been made since the start of Wimbledon as refreshments for the spectators and the players. 

As a result all strawberry growers are Wimbledon fans and all have a keen interest in the game. Though many of them cannot go to the stands to watch the game still they make it a point to watch it on their television sets. Each farmer tends to produce the best strawberries they can.

Flowers set the mood and theme for the games

The backdrop of Wimbledon is the flowers which epitomize Wimbledon. These are a bunch of very innovative pink and white flowers which have always been setting the mood and the theme for the games.  There is lots of weeding, hedge-cutting and ground maintenance which goes into it. May is when the plants start to come in and it snowballs up until The Championships open.

There are over 200 individual flowerbeds to maintain and 650 hanging baskets - usually planted with surfinia (a trailing petunia) in sky blue, white, blue vein and blue. Add to that the 1,500 flowering UK-grown hydrangea plants, 29,960 flowering petunia, surfinia, salvia, campanula, digitalis and geranium, and 360 planted containers with buxus balls, kentia palms, weeping ficus and orchids.

During the tournament all the courts of the club have a different layout and theme. The VIP box where the royal family and other executives are seated bears a classy and royal look to embrace them.

Beautiful splashes of colour in the form of hanging baskets and window boxes line Church Road, Wimbledon Village and Southfields during the tournament. Just after the tournament either the flowers are sold to the common man or are given away as charity.