Tourism
Floral Feasts for Chelsea in Bloom
London’s flower festival, Chelsea in Bloom, returns with ‘Floral Feasts’ as the 2024 theme.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
‘The greenest Chelsea Yet’, says Sarah Raven
An advocate for increasing garden biodiversity and advocate for pollinators, Sarah Raven discusses how green ambitions can support thriving plots.
Interview
The lowdown on RHS Chelsea judging with James Alexander Sinclair
With the RHS Chelsea Flower Show fast approaching, we asked renowned RHS Judge, James Alexander Sinclair to share all about the art of judging show gardens.
Plants
Harkness launch new rose ‘Chelsea Pensioner’
Rose breeder, Harkness has launched a new rose named the ‘Chelsea Pensioner’, the colour of which mirrors the iconic scarlet coats of its namesakes.
Exhibitions
Royal Horticultural Society Art & Photography show at the Saatchi Gallery in London
Newly created botanical art and photography will be brought together from around the world at Saatchi Gallery in The RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show 2024.
RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival
RHS Feature Garden for RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival will be entirely peat-free
Designed by Arit Anderson, the RHS Feature Garden will be peat-free, from plug to show plot, showcasing what can be achieved using sustainable alternatives.
Education
The Newt & RHS: Growing a new generation of gardeners
2024 marks The Newt in Somerset’s third year as headline sponsor of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, supporting the RHS in their mission to encourage and improve the practice of horticulture.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Highgrove heads to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
The Highgrove Shop will be exhibiting at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year, featuring a display created by sculptor Emma Stothard which will honour the Queen’s two terriers.
Environment
An estimated £2.9million spent on UK gardens, is wasted due to flood risk, says Flood Re
New data from Flood Re suggests that due to low awareness and understanding of flood risks, people in the UK are wasting £2.9 million per year on their gardens.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
The Newt in Somerset brings a roman villa to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Inspired by ancient gardens of Pompeii and Naples, and their very own recreated Villa Ventorum, the Newt brings a Roman Courtyard garden to RHS Chelsea.
Awards
BBC’s The One Show and RHS announce return of the Growing Together Award for 2024
In celebration of community gardening, the BBC’s The One Show and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) announce the 2024 Growing Together Community Gardening Competition
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
The RHS Chelsea Repurposed garden
Designed by Darryl Moore, the RHS Chelsea Repurposed garden will recycle and repurpose the show’s own discards dating as far back as 2010 RHS Chelsea Flower Shows.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Children’s Choice Award
Announced at the RHS Spring Press Conference today, 70 children from schools across London will be invited to judge RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens for the inaugural Children’s Choice Award.
Charity
RHS funding to make nurseries, schools & colleges greener
On behalf of the Department for Education, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) will grant approximately £3 million to 488 nurseries, schools and colleges in areas with distinct lack of nature.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
UBS sponsors ‘A day on the nursery’ exhibit at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Partnering with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), UBS will sponsor an exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show, providing funding for four nurseries to exhibit.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
She Grows Veg & Raymond Blanc collaborate for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Heirloom seed company, She Grows Veg and Raymond Blanc, Chef Patron at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons will be collaborating on Press Day at the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
RHS
Big changes for RHS Shows
RHS Flower Shows will see some of the biggest and most exciting changes for a generation, with the aim to reach new audiences and inspire more people to get gardening.
Products
Mad About Land launch new garden clothing range at the RHS Urban Show
With a display built from compostable cardboard boxes, host to mini wildflower meadows the new clothing brand celebrates the egalitarian pursuit of gardening.
Gardens
RHS Chelsea’s Flood Resilient Garden is heading to Howbery Business Park
The Flood Resistant garden, designed by Naomi Slade and Dr Ed Barsley to drive awareness of flood risk is destined for Howbery Business Park in Oxfordshire.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Bridgerton comes to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
A secretive and secluded space, the Bridgerton garden is inspired by the Penelope Featherington character from Netflix and Shondaland series.