Chelsea Flower Show

The exhibition includes lily of the valley – a plant which featured in the monarch's coronation bouquet.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “With a bumper crop of 39 gardens, the return of a spring RHS Chelsea will set the gardening season off with a bang.” Additionally, the obelisk monument in the centre of the show’s Great Pavilion tent will be surrounded by a photography exhibition of the Queen’s visits to the show throughout her reign. In a nod to the Queen’s love of trees, the portrait sculpture will be covered on both sides with an assortment of native British-grown tree branches. The annual event, which opens to the public on Tuesday 24 May, will include a floral sculptural portrait of the monarch in the official platinum jubilee shade of purple. The Chelsea Flower Show will return to London this week, with special displays to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee.

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The Queen braves blustery conditions at the annual Chelsea Flower show in May 2006. Queen Elizabeth II, pictured here at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2010. Queen Elizabeth II presents her son, Prince Charles, with the Royal Horticultural Society's Victoria Medal of Honour during a visit to RHS Chelsea in 2009. Prince Charles shows his mother around The Healing Garden at RHS Chelsea 2002. Will the Queen attend Chelsea Flower Show 2022? She performed the role alongside HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, who was Patron of the RHS for 65 years until her death in 2002.

Renowned florist Simon Lycett has designed the bespoke display featuring Lily of the Valley, Her Majesty's favourite flower.

Mr Lycett is among 10 new ambassadors chosen by the RHS to celebrate the first May Chelsea Flower Show since 2019. It is hoped it will be repurposed into a permanent feature in an RHS garden after the event. He said the week will involve lots of long hours to ensure the plants are well watered and “looking fresh”. “With a bumper crop of 39 gardens, the return of a spring RHS Chelsea will set the gardening season off with a bang.” The creation of the monument has been a “wild knuckle ride”, the florist explained, as Lily of the Valley is a very fragile plant which is now nearing the end of its season. Showgoers can expect a “sensory overload” walking past the monument, he said, “because 70 big pots of Lily of the Valley smell spectacular”.

As well as the jubilee, “planet-friendly gardening” will be a feature across the show, organisers the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) said, with exhibits and ...

“With a bumper crop of 39 gardens, the return of a spring RHS Chelsea will set the gardening season off with a bang.” Chelsea will also reflect the emerging trend for more naturalistic, meadow or “wild” planting, with blooms including hawthorn, buttercups and achillea expected to take their place alongside more traditional spring and early summer favourites such as lupins and hostas. The Chelsea Flower Show returns to its traditional May slot for the first time since the pandemic struck, with themes including wildlife, wellbeing and the Platinum Jubilee.

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