Showing no sign of slowing down, the houseplant craze continues, with Dobbies recently opening up their houseplant packed ‘Little Dobbies’ in Cheltenham’s Promenade, the largest of their ‘Little Dobbies’ stores in the UK and if you’re heading to Kent, The Bluewater Shopping Centre now houses the first RHS standalone shop called ‘The Plant Space’ – 1,600 square feet of fabulousness, opened just last November.
2021 was certainly a pivotal year regarding urban recognition amongst the gardening fraternity as it was in this year that Chelsea also introduced the categories of Balcony Gardens and Container Gardens, showcasing how easily we can bring urban areas to life.
The new RHS Urban Show will be held in central Manchester from the 18th – 21st April, where Manchester’s historic former railway station, Depot Mayfield, will be transformed into an urban grower’s paradise full of small space gardening inspiration to encourage and inspire city dwellers to grow plants for both their indoor and outside spaces.
Expect something quite different from the usual RHS’s roster of flower shows, with an industrial, indoor, city centre location and immersive experience designed for those who live in cities or towns with limited or no outdoor growing space. Whilst urban growing will be at the heart of the show, the influence
horticulture has on interior design, art, wellness and sustainability will also be explored. There will be innovative gardening features with design inspiration for small spaces, such as vertical gardening and urban farming along with immersive plant installations, a host of talks, advice and practical workshops and a carefully curated selection of plant nurseries selling a huge variety of houseplants and small space friendly plants. Helena Pettit, RHS Director of Gardens and Shows said: “In recent years there’s been a real gardening boom and we believe more young people living in cities are now growing plants. So we are so excited to be bringing a new RHS Show dedicated to urban gardening to the centre of Manchester. The show aims to bring gardening to a new audience and demonstrate that if you have plants, you are a gardener. With over 80% of the UK population living in towns and cities, the new show will enable more urban dwellers to garden, especially where access to green spaces can be limited.”
So whether you’re limited to a patio or a terrace, a balcony or just a bright windowsill, this could be the show for you, bringing everyone together as plants play their positive part in the new year ahead.
To book tickets for the show visit:
www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events
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Picture courtesy of RHS, Sarah Cuttle
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