Hampton Court Flower Show 2015

The RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show recently celebrated it’s 25th year and marked this very special anniversary with silver anniversary floristry, historic gardens and scarecrows celebrating the past. As ever, Hampton Court’s famous rose displays wowed visitors in the Festival of Roses marquee, with a historical theme throughout.

Diverse Displays

The Wallbarn team went along to the show and were amazed at the diversity of many of the displays and delighted with some of the ideas which were incorporated.

There are some bird boxes with special wooden “bee caves” drilled to encourage bees into urban gardens, which will in also encourage other insects, which will in turn encourage birds; thereby increasing wildlife diversity in cities. Along with green roof systems constructed onto specially designed steel frames bike shelters, bin stores; garden designers and urban planners are trying to find ways of increasing the diversity of flora and fauna in urban areas.

Some Interesting Facts!

Unless you have been to visit the show in person, it is difficult to understand just how big it has now become.

To help provide you with a little insight, we have picked out a few facts. Did you know…

• It takes three weeks to build a show garden & two weeks to build a small garden – but they’re dismantled in just three days.
• An average of 130,000 people attend the show every year.
• The Floral Marquee is 6,750 square metres, big enough to fit an FA football pitch, it will feature more than 100 nurseries and growers in 2015.
• The British Rose Festival was introduced in the second show, in 1991.
• There are seven exhibitors that have taken part in every show since 1990: Blackmore & Langdon, The Botanic Nursery, Fibrex Nurseries, Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants, Southfield Nursery, Squires Garden Centre and WS Warmenhoven.

For more on the Hampton Court Flower Show, please visit the official website by clicking here.