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Event Information:
The
RHS Chelsea Flower Show, officially
the Great Spring Show, is a garden
show held each year on five days in
May by the Royal Horticultural
Society (RHS) in the grounds of the
Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea,
London. It is the most famous such
show in the United Kingdom, perhaps
the most famous gardening event in
the world and part of London's
summer social season. Popular parts
of the Chelsea Flower Show include
the show gardens designed by leading
names and the centrepiece of the
floral marquee.
The
RHS first became involved with the
Chelsea Hospital in 1905. Three
years before, it had leased the
grounds of Holland House in
Kensington to hold what was first
advertised as a Coronation Rose
Show, but which turned into a more
general show (with not many roses)
by the time it actually opened in
June. Two further two-day summer
shows took place at Holland House in
1903 and 1904, but then, to the
general satisfaction of exhibitors
and press, a three-day Summer Show
was staged in the Hospital grounds,
a more spacious site than Holland
House had allowed, with room for
five tents. The Summer Shows
reverted to Holland House for the
years thereafter, except in 1911,
when both it and Chelsea proved
unavailable, and the Show was held
at the Olympia exhibition hall.
The
Royal International Horticultural
Exhibition of 1912 demonstrated, at
a time when the complaints from the
Temple were increasing annually,
what an excellent site for a show
the grounds of the Chelsea Hospital
provided. Accordingly, for 1913, the
Great Spring Show was moved there,
while the Summer Show reverted to
Holland House. Despite the First
World War, the show was held 1914 -
1916, but was cancelled in 1917 and
1918.
There
are four grades of award presented,
gold, silver-gilt, silver and
bronze, in each of the categories
listed below. Bronze grade exhibits
do not actually receive a medal.
Awards
categories
Flora
Gardens and floral exhibits
Hogg Exhibits of trees
Knightian Exhibits of vegetables,
including herbs
Lindley Exhibits of special
educational or scientific interest
Grenfell Exhibits of pictures,
photographs, floral arrangements and
floristry
Special awards
Best
Show Garden Award
Best Courtyard Garden Award
Best Chic Garden Award
Best City Garden Award
RHS Sundries Bowl
RHS Junior Display Trophy
RHS Floral Arrangement Trophies
RHS Floristry Trophies
Show Certificates of merit
Certificates for Junior displays
RHS President's Award
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