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Telegraph
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Chelsea Flower Show: Japanese Tea Garden wins top prize
The bees are buzzing, the buds are blooming, and the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea are bombilating with the sound of hundreds of garden enthusiasts descending on the 112th Chelsea Flower Show. This year, there are 15 show gardens; twice as many as usual. However, they are not competing for just one Best In Show award: there are two up for grabs. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is changing things up this year as part of a decision to scrap 'Sanctuary Gardens', a category introduced in 2021 which soon became a favourite of attendees for small, intricate designs. However, after looking again at the category, the RHS decided it wasn't working any more. 'We've decided not to separate Sanctuary from Show Gardens this year as we found that the distinction didn't mean much to our visitors,' an RHS spokesperson explained to the press. 'We've also seen recently more and more gardens designed away from the theme of 'sanctuary,' so we felt it made sense to just have one Show Garden category.' Instead of Sanctuary Gardens, there are two varieties of Show Garden: medium and large. In addition, the usual categories of Balcony & Container Gardens, All About Plants Gardens and Houseplant Studios make a return. This year, due to the wealth of nurseries and growers at the show, All About Plants Gardens have been taken out of the Great Pavilion and are available to explore outdoors. Skip to: Garden of the Year Small Garden of the Year Large Show Gardens Medium Show Gardens Container and Balcony Gardens All About Plants Gardens Houseplant Studios Garden of the Year Cha no Niwa – Japanese Tea Garden
Times
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Chelsea Flower Show 2025: 23 gardens to look out for
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is upon us again — starting on Tuesday, and kicking off the British summer. We've had a fabulous spring and growers will worry (they always worry — it shows how much they care) that perhaps it's been too fabulous and their mollycoddled plants will have finished flowering come showtime. These are, however, horticultural magicians so they will no doubt have a plan B (not to mention C, D and E) up their soil-spattered sleeves. The number of large show gardens is down this year, with just six in total. Part of the brief these days is that the gardens should have a legacy and live on after the show, so most are transported and adapted to a new home. That's
