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RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show – 30th June to 5th July 2015
This year will be 25th year of the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. The show was first held in 1990 and created by Historic Royal Palaces and Network Southeast. In 1992 Network Southeast announced that it was withdrawing its subsidy, and the RHS was the successful bidder to take the show over. The first RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show was held in 1993.
Although it lacks the history of the Chelsea Flower Show, the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show has a Royal setting and in a relatively short time has established itself as one of the world’s largest flower shows.
Each year the show has particular themes and this year they are Grow, Feast and Inspire.
Grow
In Grow, keen gardeners have access to a range of nursery displays and plant stalls, with RHS advisors on hand to offer expert tips to take back to their own gardens.
Floral Marquee – see award-winning nurseries from the UK and abroad and buy from a large selection of beautiful plants
The Plant Village – has attractive and inspirational stands to shop and browse
Plant Heritage – get advice and hear about the plants that specialists are passionate about and find something truly unique to take home
Four Historical Gardens
Flower Boxes displaying different growing styles and schemes to inspire every gardener.
Feast
The Just Retirement Garden
In Feast, visitors can find out how to grow their favourite vegetables, taste a wealth of fine foods and take away growing ideas to try at home.
A variety of fine foods, fresh produce and plants to try and buy
The entertaining Feast Cookery Theatre.
Inspiring Show Gardens and features
Inspire
Inspire encourages visitors to re-think their preconceptions of contemporary garden design, with horticultural creations pushing boundaries and championing innovation.
A fantastic selection of Show Gardens and Summer Gardens with the World gardens making a welcome return and offering the show an exciting international feel
The popular Conceptual Gardens will be on the theme of ‘sensations’ – this will get designers thinking. New this year, is a wildcard option available for exceptional designs that are ‘off-theme’.
Tradestands – new sheds, pots, irrigation systems and more.
Country Living Magazine Pavilion – artists and crafts people selling stylish products
Festival of Roses – sumptuous displays of this old garden favourite
Floristry Marquee – displays the best in creative floral art
The RHS Hub – where visitors can get ideas for their own front gardens, explore a science garden and learn about the work of the RHS
RHS Gardening Advice stand where visitors can get advice and information about community and gardening groups
Celebrity Theatre
Show times
Tuesday to Saturday (30 June – 4 July) 10am – 7.30pm
Sunday (5 July)10am – 5.30pm *
* (plant sell off 4.30pm)
Tickets
Tuesday and Wednesday are days reserved for RHS Members Only
Tickets are available for Thursday to Sunday for the General Public.
Transport
Hampton Court and Kingston stations are approximately 30 minutes from London Waterloo, with frequent trains. The showground is a 15 minute walk or short ferry ride (£2.50 for a single journey) from Hampton Court station, or a 30 minute cruise from Kingston station (£6 single, £7.50 return).
To find out more about the event or to buy tickets to the show , visit the RHS website here
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All you need to know about the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show – 8th to 13th July
Although it lacks the history of the Chelsea Flower Show, the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show has a Royal setting and in a relatively short time has established itself as one of the world’s largest flower shows.
Each year the show has particular themes and this year they are Grow, Inspire and Escape .
Grow
In Grow, keen gardeners will have access to a range of nursery displays and plant stalls, with RHS advisors on-hand to offer expert tips to take back to their own gardens.
• The Plant Village – with 20 stands to browse
•Plant Heritage
•Floral Marquee – with 95 nurseries from the UK and abroad
• The schools Scarecrow competition celebrating the First World War Centenary
•Hands On area- demonstrations to guide your horticultural technique
Escape
In Escape, visitors will have a chance to get into the community spirit with the new Community area or relax and escape into the countryside with a new Nature feature.
• Explore the Growing Taste marquee where you will find a variety of fine foods and fresh produce as well as the inspiring and entertaining cookery theatre. James Wong will be giving talks on Wedneday 9 July and Mary Berry will be giving talks on Thursday 10 July
• A fantastic selection of Show Gardens, Summer Gardens and Your Garden, Your Budget gardens are waiting to be found
•Tradestands – packed with lifestyle products
•Country Living Magazine Pavilion – 120 artists and crafts people selling stylish products
•Rose Marquee – with a circus theme
• A Community feature – where visitors can get ideas for their own front gardens and inspiration for making the most of small spaces
• A celebration of 50 years of RHS Britain in Bloom
•RHS advice stand manned by society staff who can give advice plus information about community and gardening groups
Inspire
Inspire will encourage visitors to re-think their preconceptions of contemporary garden design, with horticultural creations pushing boundaries and championing innovation.
• The popular Conceptual Gardens designed around the theme of the seven deadly sins – one garden for each sin
• A new feature of turf sculptures displaying creative and contemporary alternatives to the garden lawn
• A selection of awe-inspiring show gardens
•Tradestands – find new sheds, pots irrigation systems and more.
•RHS Celebrity Theatre supported by Anglian Home Improvements
Show times
Tuesday to Saturday (8 – 12 July)10am – 7.30pm Sunday (13 July)10am – 5.30pm ** (plant sell off 4.30pm
Tickets
There is a Monday preview that is now Sold Out
Tuesday and Wednesday are days reserved for RHS Members Only
Tickets are available for Thursday to Sunday for the General Public.
Transport
Hampton Court and Kingston stations are approximately 30 minutes from London Waterloo, with frequent trains. The showground is a 15 minute walk or short ferry ride (£2.50 for a single journey) from Hampton Court station, or a 30 minute cruise from Kingston station (£6 single, £7.50 return).
To find out more information about the show, visit the RHS website here
London Visitors is the official blog for the Visiting London Guide .com website. The website was developed to bring practical advice and latest up to date news and reviews of events in London.
Since our launch in January, we attract thousands of readers each month, the site is constantly updated.
We have sections on Museums and Art Galleries, Transport, Food and Drink, Places to Stay, Security, Music, Sport, Books and many more.
There are also hundreds of links to interesting articles on our blog.
To find out more visit the website here
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