The world’s most prestigious flower show that inspires millions through showcasing the best in garden design
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, formally known as the Great Spring Show, is a garden show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London. Held at Chelsea since 1912, it is the most famous flower and landscape gardens show in the United Kingdom, and perhaps in the world, attracting visitors from all continents.
Highlights to the Chelsea Flower Show include the avant-garde show
gardens designed by leading names with Floral Marquee at the
centrepiece. The Show also features smaller gardens such as the Artisan
and Urban Gardens.
The first Royal Horticultural Society Great Spring Show was held
in 1862, at the RHS garden in Kensington. Before this date the RHS had
held flower shows from 1833 in their garden in Chiswick, which
themselves had been preceded by fetes.
The Kensington Garden was chosen as a site because the flower shows in
Chiswick were experiencing falling visitor numbers due to problems such
as poor transport links. The Great Spring Show was held at Kensington for twenty-six years but
in 1888 the RHS decided to move the show to the heart of London. The
site chosen was the Temple Gardens, situated between the Embankment and Fleet Street, which had a recorded history dating back to 1307 and which were said to date from the time of the Knights Templar. The roses for which these Temple Gardens were famous were alluded to in Shakespeare's Henry VI Part 1.
Using two marquees requisitioned from the old Kensington shows the 1888
show was a success with exhibits from both amateurs and commercial
firms. By 1897 five marquees were being used with many of the best known
plant and seed merchants being attracted to the event including Suttons and Sons.
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Flower_Show]
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