Chelsea Ideas, Tips & Guides

The Great Wall of Otley © Kate Dundas It’s March, th

In the lead up to the Chelsea Flower Show, TEG is going to follow the progress of the World Vision garden with regular reports from the team. World Vision  is an international children’s charity that works in almost 100 countries across the world. They work with children and their families to fin

Sir Paul Smith finds inspiration at the Chelsea Flower Show Last week I somewhat reluctantly took the train to London for a second day in a row to attend the late afternoon RHS press briefing for Chelsea 2015.  Don’t get me wrong – I was interested – it was the prospect of a two hour journey home on a crowded commuter train that put me off. I’M SO GLAD I WENT.

Retail therapy at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014 by Daniel Carruthers The Chelsea Flower Show, now in it’s 101st year, is revered for its wonderful gardens showing the latest trends in garden design. The show does also have many other elements of inspiration too with a wide and often unsung retail section. Predominantly the Eastern Avenue is the shopaholic gardeners first port of call with everything on display ranging from hats and gardening apparel to seeds and works of art.

With the grey light and relative lack of flowers it was often the contrasting textures in the gardens that became apparent at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Chelsea isn’t just about show gardens and a pavilion bursting with blooms. There are all manner of things for sale too, from the sublime to the frankly ridiculous. At the very peak of the subli

@clevewest has done it again winning best in show at the 2012 Chelsea Flower Show.    

With no shortage of television commentary and press coverage of every type, there is no point in me writing an in-depth review – so instead this is a round-up of the things that caught my eye – the people, the plants, the gardens. This was not a vintage Chelsea in my estimation, but then I go there with a critical eye, whilst most visitors are there to enjoy themselves and there was plenty of evidence of that, even if the gardens were a bit thin on the ground. The People

It was all very lovely at Chelsea –subtle colours softly intermingled with one another in pleasing combinations. It has to be said that the odd splash of vivid colour came as a relief.

The Discovery Zone at Chelsea has really upped its game with stands that intrigue and inform. Shallow person that I am, I was attracted by the zinc planters on the Rothamsted Research Centre stand (I wasn’t alone, apparently several people had asked) and in case you too are wondering – they were made by the team at Rothamsted. Turning my attent

© Kate Dundas All garden’s have

Final Designs, Fine Tuning & Fine Art Chelsea might be four months away but the garden

I know, you thought you were reading an article on a gardening website, and here we are talking about some sort of new haircut?Nah, the Chelsea chop isn’t the l

Chelsea Flower Show is back to its regular May slot for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic took hold and I shall once again be volunteering on an RHS Feature Garden. I’m particularly excited this year because the garden concerned is the ‘BBC Studios #OurGreenPlanet & RHS Bee Garden’. Designed by Joe Swift and situated at the bottom of Main Avenue, the garden is the product of a partnership between the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and BBC Earth.

Here are the best ideas for your garden from this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show (known as RHS Chelsea 2023).