RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW: A CENTENARY CELEBRATION

RHS Chelsea Flower Show: A Chelsea Centenary is the ultimate show souvenir, an enduring look at what makes the show so special. It explores how it has evolved since 1914, how it now forms part of the annual social calendar and how it has reflected and shaped tastes in garden design and planting over the last 100 years.

Outstanding personalities are highlighted as well as outstanding gardens. Short pieces by significant nurserymen and women, designers, organisers, visitors and patrons describe what Chelsea means to them.

Arranged chronologically, the book includes chapters on the early shows, shows between the wars and decade by decade to the present day.

The illustrations are largely drawn from the extensive RHS archive and include photographs, plans, posters and other ephemera.

With contributions from:

The Lieutenant Governor Major General Peter Currie (Royal Hospital)

David Hawes, RHS show facilities assistant

Mark Fane, garden builder and nurseryman

Andy McIndoe, managing director, Hillier Nurseries

Ricky Dorlay, master plantsman, Hillier Nurseries

John Sales, RHS judge of show gardens since 1985

Andrew Lawson, photographer

Jerry Harpur, photographer

Alan Titchmarsh, gardener, writer and broadcaster

Mavis Sweetingham, RHS show manager 1986–2003

Beth Chatto, plantswoman

Rosy Hardy, partner at Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants

Jekka McVicar, nurseryman

Stephen Bennett, RHS shows director

Bunny Guinness, landscape architect

Sarah Eberle, garden designer

Alexandra Denman, RHS Chelsea Flower Show manager 2007–

Joe Swift, garden designer

Ulf Nordfell, garden designer

Tom Stuart-Smith, garden designer

Cleve West, garden designer

Publication Details:

Binding: Hardback, 200 pages

ISBN: 9780711234512

Format: 275mm x 215mm

200 colour and b/w illustrations