Chelsea Flower Show
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Children’s Picnic at Chelsea Flower Show aims to connect children with nature
The Royal Horticulturist Society (RHS) have announced plans for the first Children’s Picnic to take place at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2023.
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Peas please me
KG contributor Steve Neal extols the virtues of his favourite Chelsea garden and being a keen veg grower it had to contain some edibles! The garden that caught my eye at Chelsea this year was The Seedlip Garden, designed by…
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Good enough to eat!
As the Chelsea Flower Show gets under way, we reveal one of the top trends from members of the Society of Garden Designers – edible gardens. Evident in gardens large and small this year is a trend for incorporating edibles…
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Creating a force for good
Horticulture college and military veterans join forces to create an award-winning Chelsea Flower Show exhibit. Sparsholt College continues its RHS Chelsea Flower Show medal-winning run with news of a Gold medal and Best Discovery Exhibit at this year’s show. The…
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Chelsea Plant of the Year contenders
Burncoose Nurseries enters two plants for Plant of the Year at RHS Chelsea Flower Show RHS Chelsea Flower Show regular, Burncoose Nurseries, which is once again supported by Terra Firma, has two plants in the running for Plant of the…
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Teen art sensation to have a brush with RHS Chelsea Flower Show
‘Mini Monet’ Kieron is commissioned for limited-edition show paintings Fifteen-year-old art prodigy Kieron Williamson from Norfolk is one of the world’s most sought-after professional young artists with a global waiting list of art enthusiasts who eagerly look forward to his…
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Burpee’s delight in double RHS gold
The East Yorkshire based European division of American seed company W. Atlee Burpee & Co., is celebrating after winning two gold medals Burpee partnered with award-winning nurserymen, Chris Smith and Mike Milligan from Pennard Plants in Somerset and provided tomato,…
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Veg at Chelsea Flower Show 2017
By KG contributor, Steve Neal At the Chelsea Flower Show this year there was a small yet significant presence of vegetables among the blooms. But they punched well above their weight and visitors craned their necks to catch a glimpse…
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Sparsholt College launches garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016
Sparsholt College has partnered with Plant Heritage to tell the story of The People’s Plants for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016 The garden will highlight the important work of the charity Plant Heritage, including their Plant Guardian Scheme, National…
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Edible Garden for Chelsea’s Great Pavilion
See the totally edible garden being produced by the Miracle-Gro Company at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. According to Vicky Page, the company’s spokesperson, “We are packing the raised beds with an amazing variety of edible flowers, productive fruit trees…
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Chelsea Fringe at Nine Elms on the South Bank
Nine Elms on the South Bank is drawing together a programme of local activities as part of #Chelsea Fringe. The international garden festival that’s now in its fourth year and celebrates everything from guerrilla gardeners to community projects and large-scale…
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Pennard Plants and Roots and Shoots celebrate Kipling’s 150th anniversary
“This should really be the goodwill garden,” says Roots and Shoots Director Linda Philips of the Rudyard Kipling inspired garden the London charity is creating in the Grand Pavilion at Chelsea Flower Show with Pennard Plants. #Chelsea #Garden #Horticulture “It’s…
