GO WILD IN THE GARDEN

CHELSEA GARDEN SHOW 2008

ENGLAND arguably has some of the most beautiful gardens I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. Today at the World Renowned Chelsea Garden Show I (and about 30,000 other people) saw some beautiful sites. I liked almost everything. This year things were a little more subdued and definitely had a 'green' theme.

There are around 600 exhibitors at the show. This includes: 22 show gardens; 22 small gardens, including courtyard gardens and urban gardens; 100 floral exhibitors in the Great Pavilion; approximately 300 garden product exhibitors.
International exhibitors come from countries as far away as the Sweden, Barbados, Sri Lanka, France, Holland, Germany, Australia, Jamaica, South Africa, Trinidad & Tobago and Zimbabwe.



The show is held annually for five days in May.
It has been held at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea since 1913.
This will be the 85th show to be held at this site.
Originally known as the Great Spring Show, it was first held in Kensington in 1862.


RHS staff, exhibitors and contractors start planning for the show 18 months in advance.
Work is already underway for the show in 2009.
It takes 800 people three and a half weeks to build the show.
Construction of the show includes 5km of piping, 185 toilets and enough canvas to cover six football pitches.
The Great Pavilion covers nearly 12,000 sq m.
Around 250 new plants have been launched at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show over the past four years.
17,000 sq m of turf is re-laid after the show.
The showground covers 11 acres.


My favorite garden was a 'school garden' that was made up with raised beds and had lots of herbs and vegetables. It was something I think would be great at my house some day.

It was a beautiful day to wander the gardens.

p.s. That lady had PINK hair!