Gardening is at its most fashionable
at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. A catwalk of
colour and creativity, the brightest new ideas, the latest trends and the
pinnacle of design make this show the one the world wants to see.
What to look out for:
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Over 500 exhibitors from all around the world, including Show
Gardens, Artisan Gardens and Fresh Gardens. There are over 100 exhibits in the
Great Pavilion, predominantly from nurseries and florists, and around 250 trade
stands across the site.
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Anniversaries in the Great Pavilion
including Hillers who will be celebrating their 150th year, Perennial
who are 175 years old and South West in Bloom will be 50.
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New exhibitors to the Great Pavilion,
which include Drointon Nurseries, Creative Garden Design, City of Cape Town and
Brighter Blooms.
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Birmingham City Council who return
to the Great Pavilion with an exhibit featuring trenches and poppies that will
commemorate WWI.
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Hooks Green Herbs who will be
exhibiting a ‘Peter Rabbit’ themed garden within the Great Pavilion,
celebrating Beatrix Potter’s famous creations including a mock-up of the
infamous vegetable garden.
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The M&S Great Pavilion exhibit,
designed by Sallis Chandler Landscape Design, and will highlight the commercial
production of cut flowers and the harmonious relationship this process has to
beneficial Insects and pollinators in the UK and around the world.
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The new Discovery area in the Great
Pavilion which replaces RHS Environment and will be full of scientific and
educational exhibits.
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The Artisan Retreats which will be
returning to the Plateau in Ranelagh Gardens for the third year.
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For the first time in 30 years, Alan
Titchmarsh is designing and building a show feature. ‘From the Moors to the Sea’ will celebrate both the 50th
anniversary of the UK’s biggest community gardening campaign – RHS Britain in
Bloom, as well as Alan’s own 50 years in horticulture.
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Jon Wheatley is also celebrating the
50th anniversary of RHS Britain in Bloom in the Great Pavilion. Fifty Golden Years of Bloom in the South
West will be a horticultural spectacle that reflects the diversity of Bloom
activity in the regions. The garden is delivered in collaboration between South
West in Bloom and Beautiful Fife.
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The No Man’s Land: ABF The Soldiers’ Charity Garden to Mark the Centenary of
World War One, designed by Charlotte Rowe for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity
which marks the centenary of the First World War taking place in 2014. It
reflects on how damaging effects of the war were felt, not only by the people
involved and their families but also by the landscape on which the battles were
fought.
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The Rich brothers who have designed
a Show garden for Irish energy provider Bord Na Mona. Two of the youngest RHS
Chelsea Show Garden designers at this year’s show, their garden is inspired by
the different forms and elements of a star and star constellations and will be
relocated to Beechwood Autistic College, in Cardiff, after the show.
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The
BrandAlley Garden which was inspired by designer Paul
Hervey-Brookes’ time restoring a Renaissance garden in Italy. This formal
garden, takes elements from three major evolutions in garden design from the
Renaissance period.
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Matthew Childs, who will make his
debut at RHS Chelsea with a garden for Brewin Dolphin. His contemporary garden
design represents possibilities and nurturing potential for the future.
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Gavin McWilliam and Andrew Wilson
who return to RHS Chelsea designing their second garden for Cloudy Bay. This
year’s garden reflects the tasting notes of the Cloudy Bay wines.
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The
Telegraph Garden, designed by Tomasso del Buono, an
Italian garden for the modern era which combines the guiding principles of
Italy’s great historical tradition.
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Adam Frost with his design for
Homebase, inspired by his father’s passion for the outdoors. The Homebase Garden – Time to Reflect
demonstrates how a person’s memories can help to create a multi-purpose family
space.
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The
M&G Garden, designed by Cleve West, which
blends timeless aspects of ancient garden design whilst drawing on the
established canon of British planting and craftsmanship.
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Chelsea first timer Hugo Bugg, who
has designed the RBC Waterscape Garden –
Embrace the Rain for Royal Bank of Canada. This garden illustrates global
water issues while demonstrating practical solutions for home gardeners and
commercial landscapes.
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Matthew Keightley’s first RHS
Chelsea Show Garden design for Help for Heroes. The Hope on the Horizon garden represents the complex and progressive
path towards recovery experienced by wounded, injured and sick personnel,
veterans and their families.
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John Everiss who has designed his
first RHS Chelsea Flower Show Fresh garden. The Reach Out garden for New Ground CIC aims to show how horticulture
can enrich and improve the lives of young people.
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The Shrouds garden in the Fresh
category which has been designed by Helen Elks-Smith to draw the public’s
attention to the dangers of the Oak Processionary Moth and encourage public
vigilance in reporting suspected infestations.
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The
Dial a Flight Potters Garden designed by Francesca Murrell and
Emma Page. This garden commemorates those who fought in World War I and takes
inspiration from the history of the recently restored Farnham Pottery at
Wrecclesham, in Surrey.
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The
Woodsman’s Hut garden designed by student of
Garden Design at SRUC, Edinburgh. This garden focuses on sustainability and the
idea of man living at one with nature.
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