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Chelsea Flower Show 2012 |
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22nd
- 26th May 2012 |
22nd
– 23rd May: RHS members only
24th – 26th May: RHS members and non-members |
To buy
tickets Click
Here or call: 0844 338 0338
Ticket prices range from £16 – £55 for RHS members, £22 – £49 for non-members
All tickets must be bought in advance. |
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| 2012 is an exciting year for the flower show with The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations and the build-up to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show centenary in 2013. This year, the show will feature some of the finest designers including Andy Sturgeon designing for M&G Investments, Cleve West for Brewin Dolphin and Joe Swift for
Homebase. The spectacular Great Pavilion will be filled with displays of perfect plants and flowers displayed by some of the best growers from the UK and around the world. |
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| New for 2012 is Fresh, a category which challenges designers to come up with cutting-edge gardens that are experimental and less conventional in design than traditional Chelsea Flower Show gardens. Designers in this category will be under fewer constraints than in other garden categories, which means Fresh is sure to become an unmissable part of the show this year. |
| Also new for 2012 is RHS Environment, which replaces Continuous Learning and supports the RHS commitment to improving the environment through gardening. Exhibits in RHS Environment will centre round the subject of urban greening and will be of scientific or educational interest. Themes will include community, water management and harnessing the power of plants to help reduce energy usage and heating costs. |
| The Artisan Garden category, which was introduced in 2011, returns for a second year with designers making the most of natural, sustainably resourced materials and using traditional craftsmanship to create stylish designs. |
| In addition, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show boasts displays of floral design from some of the UK’s best florists and floral arrangers as well as scientific and educational displays. Throughout the show, RHS experts are on hand to answer any gardening questions. |
| As well as representing the pinnacle of horticultural excellence, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a great day out. A host of restaurants, bars and cafés provide the perfect place to sit, relax and enjoy refreshment in one of the most extraordinary venues around. |
| There are also plenty of shopping opportunities, with some of the newest and most innovative gardening products, not to mention a wide range of beautiful accessories to decorate any garden, large or small. |
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a look at the submitted garden designs for the 2012 RHS
Chelsea Flower Show |
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For four days each May, the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea come alive with the sights and smells of the finest collections of flowers in the world.
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| Nothing compares to the show gardens,
each one created with attention to detail by some of the world’s
leading garden designers.
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| Their stunning ideas will provide you with
lasting memories and endless inspiration whatever your budget. The smaller Chic, City, Courtyard
and Sun Flower Street gardens will show you exactly what can be
achieved in modest plots.
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| The Grand (Floral) Pavilion will host
thousands of fabulous flowers including new plants that have never
been seen before.
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| Visit the show and see the latest and greatest in
gardening ideas and experience the wonder of the world’s most
famous flower show from the RHS.
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Planning of the show is an 18-month
cycle, with applications for next year's Chelsea Flower Show already
in the pipeline. Show and small garden applications were received by
the end of July. |
| The RHS gardens panels then decide on which gardens
are to be offered space at the show. Acceptances are confirmed in
September and November. Floral pavilion exhibitors are confirmed in
November. |
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Chelsea
Flower Show Information
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| Getting
There |
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to parking restrictions we
recommend visitors travel to the show by public
transport. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is located
within the Transport for London congestion zone. |
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| Underground: Sloane Square Underground Station (on the District and Circle Line) is a 10-minute walk. |
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| Bus:
Bus numbers 11, 137, 211, 239, 360 and 452 stop closest to the showground, while bus numbers 19, 22, 319 and C1 stop at Sloane Square.
For further information on underground and bus travel visit the Transport for London website or call 020 7222 1234. |
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| Rail:
Victoria is the closest mainline station. A shuttle service runs between Victoria train station and the show from 7am to 8pm each day (6pm final day).
Adult: £2/£3.50 return. Children, senior citizens, Oyster card and Travel card holders: £2/£3 return.
For further information on rail services visit the National Rail Enquiries website or call 08457 484950. |
Map
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Tickets
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| Parking |
| Public parking, including for orange/blue badge holders, is available in Battersea Park. Battersea Park is located outside the Transport for London congestion zone and is approximately 20 minutes’ walk from the show. Alternatively, a park and ride service is available. |
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| The
Showground |
| For reasons of comfort and safety, children under five,
babies in arms, pushchairs and prams are not admitted under any circumstances. |
| There is no re-admission once you leave the showground.
No animals admitted to the show, except for registered guide or assistance dogs.
Please note that this is a temporary, outdoor event on open parkland and is subject to varying weather and ground conditions. Although some temporary trackway is laid, much of the event is on open ground and care must be taken. We therefore advise that you check the weather forecast for the day of your visit, consider the nature of the event and the effects of any inclement weather on surface conditions, and wear suitable clothing and footwear. |
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| Latest
News...
Thomas
Hoblyn to bring an Italianate garden to RHS Chelsea Flower
Show 2012 for Arthritis Research UK
Award-winning landscape and garden designer Tom Hoblyn will return to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2012 to stage one of the major show gardens for leading research charity Arthritis Research UK.
For his fifth year at RHS Chelsea, Hoblyn will create a garden inspired by the great Renaissance gardens of Italy, capturing the drama, formality and beauty of these historic gardens, whilst indulging his passion for creative planting.
Hoblyn
said: “I have long harboured an obsession for the Italian
Renaissance gardens – the fascinating theory of
controlling nature, the divine proportions and perfect
symmetry, majestically portrayed against decadent
architecture, truly captures my imagination”.
Inspired by the stunning gardens at Villa Lante and Villa d’Este the Arthritis Research UK Garden will use water as a central theme incorporating three spectacular water features set amongst formal Mediterranean planting celebrating the popular style of the period.
This will be the first time Arthritis Research UK, the charity leading the fight against arthritis, will be involved with RHS Chelsea. Chief executive Dr. Liam O’Toole said: “We are thrilled that we will be showcasing a garden at RHS Chelsea for the first time and as we mark our 75th anniversary we believe now, more than ever, how important it is for us to promote our work in highlighting the negative impact of arthritis. The charity has never proactively promoted itself before and, as a result, awareness of arthritis is much lower than it should be, despite affecting 1 in 6 people in the UK.
“We know that gardening is a favourite activity of many of our supporters and of people with arthritis and the Renaissance theme of the charity reflects so much about the organisation from the quest for knowledge in our research, to the ‘rebirth’ of the charity with a new brand and future goals.”
Thomas Hoblyn said: “I was genuinely thrilled to be asked to design a Chelsea show garden by Arthritis Research UK; they gave me such a fantastic brief that allowed me to satiate my love of all things Italian.”
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More
2012 Show Garden Designs |
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garden highlights from previous years... |
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| 'A Monaco Garden'
at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011. Designed by: Sarah Eberle. Sponsored by: Principality of Monaco.
This garden illustrates the interaction between architecture and landscape that characterises Monaco's spectacular scenery. Monaco is a Mediterranean principality, highly populated, rich in character and supportive of the arts and the environment. The garden shows how landscape and architecture can interact to provide sustainable solutions to support high density living, including the use of vertical green walls and planted roofs. The rear portion of the garden contains a structure of varying heights that represents a section of a high rise building. This area leads to a courtyard with access to a small balcony above a cantilevered planted roof, providing an area that is protected from the sun’s rays. |
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'The
Tourism Malaysia Garden' at the 2010 RHS Chelsea Flower Show
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first ever full size Malaysian garden seen at Chelsea
Flower Show, this garden had been designed to transport
visitors to the spectacular landscapes, bizzarre rare
flora and vibrant culture of the Malaysian archipelago. |
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'The
Modern Rock Garden' at the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show - Awarded:
Silver Gilt Medal - This
is a clean, simple, modern garden that might be found in
a stylish new building. It draws inspiration from the
Utrecht Botanic Garden. The garden is arranged on
different levels, each supported by gabions, filled with
rocks. Designed
by Tomoko Osonoe of Osone Garden Design. |
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'Midorino
Tobira - The Green Door' at the
2008 RHS Chelsea flower show
- Designer:
Kazuyuki Ishihara (Ishihara Kazuyuki Design Laboratory)
- Sponsors: Oshima Shipbuilding Group Group, AOA
Corporation Co Ltd - Contractor: Ishihara Kazuyki Design
Laboratory.
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The
Daily Telegraph Show Garden at the 2007 RHS Chelsea flower
show, designed by Isabelle Van
Groeningen and Gabrielle Pape, awarded with a Silver
Gilt Medal.
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