Feature Article
Tatton Park RHS(Royal Horticultural Society) Flower
Show 2005
Venue: Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire
Date: 20 - 24 July Tatton
Park official web site - how to get there, tickets and general information.
Set in over 20 acres of magnificent parkland, this RHS
flower show offers a wealth of gardening opportunities for all gardeners.
With an exclusive mix of design ideas, horticultural excellence and great shopping. The show includes enticing marquees featuring glorious floral displays from RHS award winning specialist nurseries, gardening societies and organizations.
The RHS National Flowerbed competition, the Plant Plaza and the Country Living Magazine Pavilion showcasing all the very best arts, crafts and local produce makes this one of the biggest and best events in the gardening calendar.
The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 as the London Horticultural Society, and gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861 by Prince Albert. It is a charity and exists to promote gardening and horticulture in Britain and Europe. This is done through a series of flower shows and through many model gardens that are open to the public.
The RHS has four flagship gardens in England: Wisley Garden, near the village of Wisley in Surrey, Rosemoor in Devon, Hyde Hall in Essex and Harlow Carr in North Yorkshire. The most famous of the RHS's flower shows is the annual Chelsea Flower Show, but it also organizes two others: at Hampton Court and Tatton Park in Cheshire.
The RHS operates the Britain in Bloom competition.
The RHS is custodian of the Lindley Library, housed within its headquarters at 80 Vincent Square, London and in branches at each of its four gardens. The library is based upon the book collection of John Lindley.
The RHS celebrated its bicentenary in 2004
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