Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.

Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance to delight your senses.

Inspire your gardening adventures and entertain your own little stars.

Race you, let's go.

Catch Springs finest scenes while you can at an RHS garden near you. Let's go. Catch Springs, finest scenes while you can,

at an RHS garden near you.

Book tickets online for discounts,

plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.

Valentine's Day and flowers go hand in hand.

So what better way to celebrate them by

dedicating this week's program to the stunning blooms you can grow right in your own garden.

The link between February 14th and flowers likely dates back to traditional folklore when

St Valentine was thought to encourage plant growth, spurring on the blooming of flowers and

ushering in the

first signs of spring. The Victorians embraced this connection wholeheartedly, turning flower

giving into an art form and through florography, the language of flowers, they express love, admiration

and even secret messages by assigning blooms with symbolic meanings. Take red roses, for example, long associated with love and passion.

Yellow roses, on the other hand, symbolize friendship and joy,

while irises represent wisdom, courage and beauty, and lavender conveys purity and serenity.

The list of floral meanings is as vast as it is fascinating. And there's some really

good resources on the RHS website looking at the history of flowers and art if you care to look under

the libraries tab. Fast forward to today and Valentine's Day remains a floral phenomenon,

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