Must sees at RHS Flower Show Tatton

Wednesday 17th to Sunday 21st July

• RHS Bridgewater Garden: a feature garden will offer exciting insight into the latest RHS Garden in Bridgewater, taking inspiration from the 154 acre site which is due to open in Salford in 2020. Designed by Leon Davis and Peter Gregory of local company Flint Landscapes, the walkthrough garden at RHS Tatton Park will focus on natural play and encourage the senses, with elements living on to be reused at RHS Bridgewater itself.

• Iconic back to Back Gardens: some of the popular plots to look out for include ‘The Perfumer’s Garden’ by Cheshire-based Charlie Adams which highlights how urban spaces can be transformed by fragrant planting and ‘grow your own’ perfume, and The Port Sunlight Garden, inspired by the magnificent village in Merseyside, continuing William Lever’s tradition of using relaxing and inspiring green spaces to improve community health and well-being

• RHS Young Designer Competition 2019: a long established champion of youth in horticulture, new talent and design remains at the heart of the show with the RHS Young Designer Competition encouraging budding designers from all over the country to create their own garden and bring their designs to life. This year four finalists will be mentored by award-winning designers Mark Gregory and Catherine MacDonald from Landform Consultants.

• All new Bug Hub: Creepy crawlies take over the huge Dome structure this year as The Bug Hub explores how some of our insect friends and foes interact in our own gardens and what we can do to live in harmony with these vital creatures. Take an intricate look under the microscope at slugs and bugs, or take part in The Slug Club to help us spot and track the yellow cellar slug, sights of which have declined drastically over the past 30 years. 

• Mass planting: experience Dahlias like never before with a field of over 5000 blooms featuring five different varieties

• New ‘Dig In’ area featuring a cookery and gardening theatre, demos galore in the Propagation Station, Edible Allotments.

• Overflowing with flowers and foliage the Floral Marquee and Plant Hub – home to Plant Societies and Plant Heritage – will entice visitors to indulge in their favourite florals or discover a new bud with displays from some of the country’s best nurseries, including 2019’s Master Growers Chrysanthemum Direct.

• A record number of over 200 talks and workshops will take place across eight different locations on site, with advice on everything from beer brewing to the secret language of plants and bees.