Mandatory Credit: Photo by Guy Bell/REX/Shutterstock (5691670o) 5,000 Poppies project Chelsea Flower Show, London, Britain - 22 May 2016 5000 Poppies started as a tribute by Lynn Berry and Margaret Knight to their fathers, who fought in WW2. With the help of creative Director Phillip Johnson is became a project where over 50,000 contributors submitted more than a quarter of a million hand knitted poppies.