Garden Shows and Show Gardens
Show garden inspiration for garden designers. We show you the best, show gardens to visit for garden design inspiration, planting design styles and modern garden design ideas.
Chaumont - The International Garden Festival
Chaumont sur Loire
The International Garden Festival at Chaumont is France's premier horticultural event. Chaumont Garden Festival rivals the Chelsea Flower Show for its spectacular displays and innovative themes. Held in the magnificent Loire Chateau, the International Garden Festival tends to be more inventive and outrageous than the show gardens at Chelsea Read more »
Chelsea Flower Show
RHS Garden Show, May
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is the ultimate event in the gardening year. It sets the latest gardening trends, features the newest and most desirable gardening products and creates an explosion of colours and scents. Read more »
Future Gardens
Gardens of the Future, June - September
Future Gardens is a reincarnation of the Westonbird Festival of the Garden. Now based in St Albans, this garden show offers unrivalled freedom to experiement, and to create challenging, innovative and ground-breaking gardens that will fire visitors' imagination and get the world talking. In a deliberate move away from high-cost show gardens, Future Gardens offers a generous bursary scheme giving each designer a maximum budget of £25,000 for their show garden. Read more »
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
RHS Flower Show, July
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is the little sister of Chelsea Flower Show but has some great original features such as the Conceptual Gardens category, and the water show gardens. The dates for the 2009 Hampton Court Palace Flower Show are 7-12 July (7 & 8 July RHS members only). Tickets go on sale on 3 November 2008.Read more »
Tatton Park Flower Show
RHS Garden Show, July
Tatton Park Flower Show is the Chelsea Flower Show of the North. The last of the RHS flower shows (This year held 22-26th July 2009) It showcases the latest innovative creations from up-and-coming garden designers. Famous for it's back to back show gardens and floral displays, there's plenty to see and even more to take home. Read more »
Jardins de Metis
The International Garden Festival, Quebec, June-October
The International Garden Festival in Quebec features the work of architects, landscape architects, designers and artists from various disciplines around the world. This Garden show is a unique forum for innovation and experimentation. Jardins de Metis runs for over three months, and has established itself as one of the worlds leading contemporary design events. Read more »
