Rhs Chelsea Flower Show

What does the Chelsea Flower Show mean for the industry?

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a highlight of the social calendar and attracts 11 hours of prime time BBC television coverage - as well as interactive "red button" content, radio, online and newspaper reports. Chelsea is more important because this season has been later to start than in other seasons, when people might have done their work on the garden by the time of the show. But exactly where does the industry see the main benefits of the show. Squires managing director and Garden Centre Association chairman designate Dennis Espley now visits the show to look for trends and ideas on what to stock, although Squires stopped exhibiting after 2008. But garden centres report a 10 per cent uplift in sales purely because of the show. Consumer interest certainly rises after the show. Espley says media interest is the most important factor in raising the profile of gardening, which leads to more sales: "There is tremendous coverage on the BBC.

Horticulture Week on 04.06.10 | File Under Chelsea Flower Show | Comments

Diamonds at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show | Interflora

The world’s most famous flower show has exhibited its most expensive garden to date, and it’s hard to see this being rivalled in the future to be honest, a garden costing a staggering £20 million pounds. And it’s not even one of the large show gardens that has come in at such an eye watering amount, the garden responsible is the aptly named Ace of Diamonds in the much smaller Urban Garden category. The whole point of the garden was to celebrate the link between plants and precious stones and there were plenty of other gardens making equally interesting, although a lot less costly links. Well, that’s an awful lot of plants you might think, but although the planting was very pretty, and there were some attractive seating and landscaping, it was hardly worth millions....

Sue Whale | File Under Chelsea Flower Show | Comments

Rhs Chelsea Flower Show - News

Diarmuid Gavin pulls out of RHS Chelsea Flower Show

But the RHS added the next week: "Due to filming commitments in Norway, Diarmuid was unable to commit to the 2010 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Horticulture Week on Feb 09, 2010

No garden for Diarmuid Gavin at Chelsea Flower Show

TV gardener Diarmuid Gavin will not design a garden for this year's Chelsea Flower Show, it has been reported. The celebrity gardener was expected to show

Active You on Feb 10, 2010

BBC summer schedule: Ascot and opera for Mark Thompson

included rubbing shoulders with royalty at Ascot, as well as visits to Glyndebourne, Wimbledon and the Chelsea Flower Show, the BBC revealed yesterday.

Times Online on Feb 10, 2010

UK's hottest summer events on sale

Each summer, the UK is home to some of the hottest events such as The Edinburgh Tattoo and The RHS Chelsea Flower show. However, despite summer being many

Easier (press release) on Feb 09, 2010