RHS Chatsworth Flower Show 2018
The Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) second Chatsworth Flower Show, partnered with Wedgwood, took place in 2018.
The five-day event returned to Chatsworth’s 1,000-acre parkland with new features for 2018.
The displays included Jonathan Moseley’s installation of moth orchids and a river of 12,000 Cosmos ‘Razzmatazz’ in front of Chatsworth House.
The planting flowed in front of Chatsworth House, echoing the path of the River Derwent. The RHS promoted the mass planting as a first for its flower shows.
Eight installations included a multi-coloured garland necklace, a garden hidden beneath a giant bowler hat by James Alexander-Sinclair and Wedgwood’s dry stone wall installation. The People’s Choice award for installations went to Brewin Dolphin’s design by Paul Hervey-Brookes, which referenced a lost village at Chatsworth.
Of five show gardens, Phil Hirst’s ‘The Great Outdoors’ won Best Show Garden and Chris Myers’ ‘Hay Time in the Dales’ won the show-garden People’s Choice award. The John Deere Garden by Elspeth Stockwell and Jo Fairfax featured a circular sculpture of 100 tractors celebrating 100 years of John Deere tractors.
The new Long Borders competition featured planting ideas, while specialist nurseries displayed and sold plants.
Education was high on the agenda with a new RHS Living Laboratory proving popular with useful tips on what to plant to tackle pollution, flooding and food scarcity as well as showing how gardening boosts health and wellbeing.
Plenty of tips were also on offer at the RHS & BBC Gardeners’ Question Time Bloomin’ Healthy Garden, set behind the dry stone walls of a Derbyshire country garden, with advice gleaned via a walk-through display on all things plant health including tips on quarantine.
The RHS Chatsworth Flower Show 2018 ran from 6th – 10th June. In its 2018–19 annual report, the RHS said attendance was below budget despite positive reviews.
The RHS cancelled the 2021 Chatsworth Flower Show. For its current programme, see RHS shows and events.
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