SILVER CELEBRATIONS AT RHS HAMPTON COURT PALACE FLOWER SHOW 2015
greet visitors at the entrance to Thames Gate. The maze, designed by Tony Smith, will incorporate a mix of turf and hedging in celebration of the anniversary. An exclusive silver anniversary turf sculpture and a giant floral birthday cake will form part of the celebrations. There are three zoned areas for visitors
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to enjoy. The Inspire zone includes seven Conceptual Gardens following the theme of sensations, creating an immersive and interactive experience. Grow provides keen gardeners with access to a range of nursery displays, flower beds and plants for sale, as well as four new Historic Gardens. The indulgent Feast zone houses all edible and grow-your-own exhibits, an array of food stands, and the ever-popular Cookery Theatre, including a pop-up Children’s’ Cookery Class to teach youngsters the importance of a balanced diet. World-class gardens range from inspiring
here will be a range of exciting displays to mark the 25th year of RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, including a large maze to
From 30 June - 5 July, the world’s largest annual flower show, run by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), returns to the grounds of Hampton Court Palace in Surrey to celebrate the best in gardening through an eclectic mix of gardens, displays and shopping, as well as a very special silver anniversary.
designs in the larger-scale Show Gardens to compact Summer Gardens plus World Gardens, an exciting new category to transport visitors around the globe. Additional show highlights this year include the RHS Hub. Based in the Inspire zone, it focuses on bringing families and communities together and features a Village Green, complete with bandstand, food stalls and an Alice in Wonderland-themed activity area full of seed sowing and cutting activities. It also includes the RHS Community Street feature, aimed at demonstrating the importance of urban regeneration, as a real- life RHS Britain in Bloom community space is selected and redesigned to show how derelict areas can be transformed through the use of plants. For younger visitors, the popular Scarecrow Competition will return with pupils from infant and primary schools across the South East each adding their own imaginative twists to traditional scarecrow designs. This year, in keeping with the show’s anniversary, the theme is history. A scarecrow trail leads to the Scarecrow Competition with a giant scarecrow as the centrepiece.
The Floral Marquee hosts 90 award- winning nurseries from around the UK, including new exhibitors and native specialists, all selling the best-quality plants around. Four nurseries will focus on new, innovative ways of displaying everyone’s favourite plants. This year the Floral Marquee also features six brand new large Flower Boxes at its entrance to welcome visitors. The Plant Heritage Marquee will house eight National Plant Collection holders, offering specialist advice and plants for sale. Carrying on the history theme, the Festival of Roses will showcase a wide range of beautiful, colourful and scented roses within a historic walled garden setting. A programme of talks and events will complement the beautiful visual displays, and the prestigious Rose of the Year 2016 will also be announced. Next door, the Floral Design Studio will display professional florists’ creations alongside the up-and-coming talent emerging from the UK’s top floristry colleges. For further information or to buy
tickets, please visit the RHS website at
www.rhs.org.uk/hamptoncourt
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