Chelsea Flower Show?

What is the principle reason you would visit The RHS Chelsea Flower Show





a) to see garden designs and layouts?


b) to see the latest gardening products?


c) to witness the floral colour cascades and scents?





A general question from the Rainsmart team

Chelsea Flower Show?
I have visited Chelsea on several occasions and all of the above reasons apply but a) %26amp; b) more than c)
Reply:I have been to the Chelsea Flower Show and was so disappointed and will never waste my money again. We could hardly see a thing there were so many people and what is the point of going if you cannot go right into the garden designs and look up-close . Never look much good from a distance. Not just that after the Queen and her family, friends, servants, dogs etc have had their look the flowers have all started drooping and does not look at its best. No way's will i go to the Chelsea show again.





IGarden designs and layouts.


Witness the floral colour cascades and scents.


Latest gardening products.
Reply:I went to Chelsea 2006 and was very disappointed. I thought it was packed, expensive and elistist! Bits of the show kept closing so that the camera crews could have access, the people on the stalls were often too busy to give any information on cultural affairs and some of the gardens were so packed that they could never be appreciated. No, not for me. I went to Gardener's World Live at the NEC too in 2006 and 2007 - was better in 06 but merged with 3 other food shows in 07 to the detriment of gardeners. :-)