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Chelsea Flower Show 2007

The photos below were taken at the 2007 Chelsea Flower Show (Tue 22 - Sat 26 May 2007)

This world-famous garden and flower show takes place each May in Chelsea (south-west London). Tickets must be bought in advance. Royalty and celebrities attend a special preview on Monday. The first two days (Tuesday and Wednesday) are for members of the Royal Horticultural Society (or their guests). The other days are open to everyone.

Gardens at Chelsea are judged by experts from the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society). The best are awarded a gold medal, below which are the silver gilt, then silver, and then bronze medals.

For photos from the event in other years, see: Ideas/Album/ChelseaFlowerShow


One of the entrances to Chelsea Flower Show

Exhibitors hope to win an RHS gold medal

RHS New Gardening: A Practical Guide to Today's Very Best Garden Information
Author: Matthew Wilson
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Date: September 2007
Chelsea The Greatest Flower Show On Earth
Author: Leslie Geddes-Brown
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
Date: April 2006
Chelsea Flower Show 2007 [DVD]
[both PAL and NTSC formats available]
Publisher: Royal Horticultural Society
Date: July 2007		    

SHOW GARDENS

The Best in Show award was given to "600 Days with Bradstone". It represents the garden of a future astronaut who is spending 600 days on the planet Mars. Plants have been chosen to provide food or medicine, or to create a space in which the astronaut can relax.


600 Days with Bradstone ...

... winner of the Best In Show award


Fetzer Sustainable Winery ...

... includes this colourful display of Californian flowers


Chetwoods (uses sunshine
and wind to recycle water)

A Tribute to Linnaeus (born in 1707, this
Swede created naming conventions for plants)

Scent of a Roman (inspired by
Yorkshire's Roman past)


Alan Titchmarsh (the presenter for
BBC television coverage of the show)

The Fortnum & Mason Garden (the clock time
is 1707, the year the company was founded)

Chris Beardshaw based his design
on Hidcote Manor Gardens

GREAT PAVILION

A large tent is put up called the Great Pavilion. Inside there are displays by plant growers and horticultural societies.

There is a programme of talks called the Garden Design Forum. Matthew Wilson (pictured below) gave a talk entitled "Future Gardens in a Changing World". To attend one of these talks you need to obtain a free ticket, available from a kiosk at the show.


Delphinium

Rose


Auricula

Daffodil

Lavender


Trinidad & Tobago display

Matthew Wilson (at the Garden Design Forum)

FLORAL DESIGN MARQUEE


Handbridge Flower Club
flower arrangement

Godalming Flower Club: "The Kiss"
(winner of Best Floral Arrangement)

COURTYARD GARDENS

There are several special categories for smaller show gardens: Courtyard Gardens, Chic Gardens, City Gardens and Roof Gardens. The photos below show some of the Courtyard Gardens.


Le Jardin de Vincent
(based on the life and works of Vincent van Goch)

The Old Gate
(winner of Best Courtyard Garden)


Tufa Tea (1930s garden designed by students
of Berkshire College of Agriculture)

Moving On (this water feature
uses an old watering can)

BANDSTAND


There are brass band concerts in the bandstand.
Above: a trumpet player from Premier Brass

The Guards Association Band
are regular performers at Chelsea

CHELSEA PENSIONERS


Some Chelsea Pensioners attend the flower show,
wearing their distinctive red uniforms ...

... from this part of the flower show grounds you can
look out towards the Royal Hospital

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FURTHER INFORMATION

The nearest Tube station is Sloane Square (on the Circle or District lines).

Official website of the Chelsea Flower Show: http://www.rhs.org.uk/chelsea
BBC Chelsea Flower Show website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/chelsea
Chelsea Pensioners: http://www.chelsea-pensioners.org.uk

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LINKS

Chelsea Flower Show in other years: Ideas/Album/ChelseaFlowerShow
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show: Ideas/Album/HamptonCourt

The Eden Project: Travel/Tours/England/Eden-Project
Keukenhof spring gardens: Travel/Tours/Netherlands/Keukenhof

Photo of British gardens: Britain/Photos/Gardens
Events in the UK in May: Ideas/Events/May

Home page: Home

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