7 Reasons To Visit the Chelsea Flower Show

Life is reopening as the pandemic slowly recedes so go ahead and take every opportunity to celebrate. One way is to be around nature and now is the perfect season to do just that. Enjoy a special day out at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show and fill your day with all things pretty, green, and fresh. If you’re still looking for a few more reasons to go to the 2022 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, here are seven good ones to convince you.

1.     Ideas for Small Spaces

This annual event on a hospital’s grounds is packed with big ideas for small space gardening. For 2022, the popular Balcony and Container gardens return as a category. Expect to see over a dozen of trendy pocket garden ideas to try at home. From living walls and vertical vegetable gardens to small green outdoor entertainment spaces and compact eco-gardens, you’ll be delighted to see fresh ideas about making good use of small planting space.

2.     A Creative’s Paradise

The Chelsea Flower Show isn’t only for green-thumbed visitors and flower lovers. It is for everyone. In fact, the event draws a lot of creatives as the blend of colours, shapes, textures, silhouettes, and architectural-horticultural displays (including the critters they also attract) make the coolest photography subjects. The Chelsea Flower Show offers an invitation to get creative and hone one’s creative eye and art skills.

3.     Turn Black Thumbs Green

Think you can’t grow plants? Maybe all you need is a bit of inspiration and encouragement from plants and flowers themselves. Attend a flower show and let the exhibits’ magnetic charm draw you closer to giving gardening another try. There is a bloom that will surely pique your curiosity and, maybe, awaken your green thumb!

4.     Where the Royals Have Gone

This event has a spot on the royal calendar. In the past, the Queen herself attends as the show is said to be one of her favourite events; if she can’t, other senior members of the royal family attend.

5.     Retail Therapy

After exploring beautiful gardens, you can bring home the beauty with you. On the last day of the flower show, exhibitors sell their plants and flowers, including trees, at reduced prices. This means a chance for you to purchase beautiful blooms from UK’s finest growers and nurseries. You can also find some gardening products sold by the manufacturers themselves so you can have a little chat and ask questions and learn directly from the makers.

6.     Education and Horticultural Innovation

Another great thing about attending a flower show is having the chance to advance your knowledge. There will be great ideas to take home and there will also be great learnings to acquire. A flower show is also a place to learn more about plants, flowers, horticulture, and nature. In the Great Pavilion, there are exhibits showcasing different stories and innovations in the world of horticulture.

7.     Nourishment for the Soul

You’ve probably heard that being in nature is nourishment for the soul. Scientific studies have already backed this up with research saying nature makes an effective antidote for stress. Research in Ecopsychology shows that being in nature reduced feelings of aggression, anxiety, and isolation and it promoted good mood, calmness, and relaxation. Go ahead and see a flower show. Literally stop and smell the flowers. Take lots of pictures. Slow down and appreciate the gift of nature. Let a dose of green space soothe your senses, connect you to earth, and feed your soul with positive vibes and good energy.