ENTERTAINMENT THE RHS URBAN SHOW
Picture courtesy of RHS, Lee Charlton
THROUGH THE GARDEN GATE THE RHS URBAN SHOW
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Television Horticulturist, Camilla Bassett-Smith, introduces us to a brand-new gardening treat preparing to burst onto the botanical scene in 2024.
A new year calls for a fresh start and 2024 certainly brings us a new botanical kid on the block: The RHS Urban Show, the organisation’s first large scale indoor show. It joins the plant filled powerhouses (or gardens!) of Malvern and Chelsea in May and Hampton Court and Tatton Park in July, and promises to provide us with a new horticultural highlight in our yearly gardening calendar.
The RHS are at the heart of horticulture, welcoming over 3 million people every year to their five RHS gardens. However, it is their impressive flower shows which really stop me in my wellington boot tracks and provide oodles of inspiration for gardeners across the country. I have been lucky enough over the years to be part of the BBC production team putting together the television coverage of the shows, and whilst the large impressive gardens of gold medal winning quality will always be held in high esteem, there has certainly been a rise in interest in recent years in plants for small spaces and of course, the very on-trend houseplants. Just log on to Instagram (if you do ‘log on’ – probably a more trendy phrase available) and you’ll be greeted by a plethora of posing palms and pouting peperomias.
The introduction of The Houseplant Studios to The RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2021 proved a horticultural hit, even providing Cheltenham’s own houseplant shop ‘The Aroid Attic’ with a Silver-Gilt medal for their design at the show a year later.
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You can’t move for a Monstera these days, and how thrilled I am, for houseplants are not only good to look at but they are good for our health too – with many removing negative toxins from our homes. A recent RHS survey in collaboration with the University of Reading found that attractive plants that are happy and healthy give a boost to well-being in homes and offices. Healthy plants with a dense canopy, similar to houseplants such as weeping fig and Swiss cheese plant, resulted in the most positive effects on the way people felt about their indoor environment, with palms also fairing very well as they remind us of holidays and happy memories!
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