It ’s fabled . It ’s thelargest in the world . And this class the Chelsea Flower Show is practical , so possibly accessible to all of us ! I say possibly because I ’m still not entirely sure how it ’ll exercise for us North Americans .
The Royal Horticulture Society , which puts on the show , announced that from May 18 - 23 , it ’ll “ deal videos and articles from regular Chelsea shower on itswebsite . ”
Monday 18thMay will be member ’ daylight , showcasing single RHS Chelsea content for RHS members only .
Scene from the 2019 Chelsea Flower Show. Credit: RHS/GEORGI MABEE
19th-23rd May : Each morning the show will kvetch off with a tour from one of the humanity ’s run garden designers , florists or horticulture personalities of their own private garden . Here they ’ll be sharing their top designing tips , favourite planting combination and horticulture vogue with practical visitors .
There will also be a daily School Gardening Club , providing a wealth of activities for category to get together , turn , dig , grow plants and connect with nature .
Virtual visitors will get an penetration into how some of the humans ’s dependable timber plant are grown , as a selection of UK growers will take visitors on exclusive behind - the - scene tour of duty of their award - winning nurseries .
Scene from the 2019 Chelsea Flower Show. Credit: RHS/GEORGI MABEE
Some of the prominent industrial plant displays that were due to occupy the Great Pavilion , the jewel in RHS Chelsea ’s crest , will be replicated about at rest home for the domain to love .
These lead agriculturalist will also host day by day potting bench demonstrations , deal specialist plant expertness , grow techniques and tips on how to keep plant happy and hefty . to boot , throughout the week , every lunchtime , RHS Advisors will be joined by a especial guest for an interactive Q&A session .
I could n’t find a agenda of issue , but times may be challenge for people who live 5 - 8 metre zone away . ( 10 a.m. in London is 5 a.m. in New York and 2 a.m. in LA . )
Scene from the 2019 Chelsea Flower Show . credit rating : RHS / GEORGI MABEE
While interactional events may just be available May 18 - 23 , I hope this feature that I ’m most excited about will be online much longer : “ Tours from well - known garden house decorator , florists and gardening personalities of their own private garden as they share their top design tips , favourite planting combinations and horticulture trends with virtual visitors . ”
rooter will also be share photo of their own unripe spaces in various category on social spiritualist with the hashtag # mychelseagarden – to gain tickets to Chelsea 2021.Might be fun to peruse that hashtag on Instagram .
Thedire straits of the USPSare a topic for another blog , but one iota of happy postal news is itsannouncementthis week of 10 new mold depict American public gardens .
From theUSPS site :
Each tender features a picture of a humble but resonant area of one of ten garden . The garden include : Biltmore Estate Gardens ( NC ) ; Brooklyn Botanic Garden ( NY ) ; Chicago Botanic Garden ( IL ) ; Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens ( ME ) ; Dumbarton Oaks Garden ( DC ) ; the Huntington Botanical Gardens ( CA ) ; Alfred B. Maclay gardens State Park ( FL ) ; Norfolk Botanical Garden ( VA ) ; Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens ( OH ) ; and Winterthur Garden ( DE ) .
nontextual matter director Ethel Kessler designed the cast with photos taken by Allen Rokach between 1996 and 2014 .
The site say that “ All the garden featured on the 10 postage stamp are clear to the public , ” which presumably means they ’re public gardens , not that they open up the right way now . But we can definitely allbuy the stampsand support the missionary post of the agency .
