Chelsea Flower Show Centenary special, Part 1

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2013

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This special edition of the RHS Gardening Podcast celebrates 100 years of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. RHS Director General Sue Biggs introduces a programme that explores the history of The Chelsea Flower Show, including: - Memorable moments from Alan Titchmarsh, Jekka McVikka and more - Win tickets for Chelsea 2014 - What it takes to put on the greatest flower show in the world - What you can expect from this year's Centenary celebrations - Experts including designer James Alexander-Sinclair, RHS Historian Brent Elliot, and plantsman Matthew Biggs - RHS Council members and Chelsea Gold Medalists tell us why Chelsea is so important Look out for Part 2 of our RHS Chelsea Flower Show Centenary special on Tuesday May 21.

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:06.4	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance to delight your senses.
0:13.2	Inspire your gardening adventures and entertain your own little stars.
0:17.4	Race you, let's go.
0:19.5	Catch Springs finest scenes while you can,
0:21.6	add an RHS garden near you.
0:23.6	Book tickets online for discounts,
0:25.6	plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds. There's nowhere in the world that has a flower show that matches Chelsea at all.
0:43.6	And I think for anybody to go nowadays, 100 years on, they'll just be astonished at what they see.
0:48.5	It's a great treat.
0:49.8	Every visit to Chelsea is wonderful.
0:52.2	As soon as you step through those gates and the hubbub, the masses of people, the excitement,
0:56.6	the energy that comes from the place is extraordinary.
0:59.2	What makes Chelsea Chelsea?
1:00.5	I think for me, that's where you see everything first.
1:05.4	It's where all the trends are launched is where you see all the new plants, you see the new products.
1:11.2	If anything's going to be exciting, it'll be at Chelsea.
1:14.7	Hello, I'm Sue Biggs, Director General of the Royal Horticultural Society, and welcome
1:19.2	to this special programme celebrating 100 years of our flower show at Chelsea.
1:24.0	Over the next 30 minutes, we'll be hearing from those that know Chelsea best as we discover how it's
1:29.0	changed over the years and what goes into putting on the greatest flower show on earth.
1:40.0	The RHS has been the world's leading gardening charity since 1804, and our flagship show is Chelsea.
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