A First Timers' Guide to The Chelsea Flower Show

A first timers' guide to The Chelsea Flower Show

A mainstay on locals’ social calendars for over a hundred years, The Chelsea Flower Show has built its reputation around exclusivity, and can feel untouchably posh, especially for those born outside the kilometre of real estate surrounding it. Regulars say that, in broad terms, the event hasn’t really changed for years, a narrative bolstered this week when an ambassador hired in 2022 to make it more accessible quit, saying bosses are more intere…

Five best things to see in the Grand Pavilion at the Chelsea Flower Show

The show gardens often grab the headlines, but the Great Pavilion at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is always full of wonders. Country Life's gardens editor Tiffany Daneff picks out five of her favourite things from inside the marquee at the world's greatest flower show.