Chelsea Flower Show information, tickets and coverage
All our coverage from this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show. From the top gardens to the latest news, we bring you everything you need to know about the world's biggest and brightest flower show.

Double whammy shock at Chelsea Flower Show as Japanese garden is first to ever win People's Choice and Best in Show
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show People's Choice Award has been announced, with the public sharing their views on their favourite garden

Matthew Wilson: Was this a Chelsea Flower Show to remember? If you don't mind the gaps
From dry gappy gardens to a packed Pavilion, Matthew Wilson gives his final verdict on this year's show

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12 inspiring seating ideas at Chelsea Flower Show, from roadwork blocks to flat-pack hanging chairs
Each year Chelsea Flower Show gardens showcase beautiful furniture. Here are some of our favourite pieces - including options you can buy.

Discover the designer of the RHS Chelsea Garden of the Year who grew up in the shadow of the A-bomb and pledged his life to creating gardens
Kazuyuki Ishihara on Chelsea Flower Show nerves, and how coming from a city synonymous with war shaped his love of peaceful nature.

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Essentials

The best gardens at Chelsea Flower Show, as picked by the Gardens Illustrated team
The Gardens Illustrated team pick their favourite show gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show 2025.

What to see at Chelsea today: dog-friendly accommodation, a 16-tonne boulder balance and fungus-grown walls

Visit Gardens Illustrated at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 for an exclusive membership offer + Niwaki secateurs
Visit the Gardens Illustrated stand at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 for a great membership opportunity

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Inspiration

Nine garden design ideas to steal from this year's Chelsea Flower Show, including pink walls and upturned plant supports - plus one that won't cost you a penny
The Gardens Illustrated team pick nine take-home design ideas that caught their eye at the Chelsea Flower Show 2025.

What do I think of Chelsea this year? Big names are back, and it's all about the planting, but 2025 is a slippery vibe
Gardens Illustrated editor Stephanie Mahon takes an early look at the Chelsea Flower Show and comes up short on an overarching 'vibe', but finds much to enjoy

12 inspiring seating ideas at Chelsea Flower Show, from roadwork blocks to flat-pack hanging chairs
Each year Chelsea Flower Show gardens showcase beautiful furniture. Here are some of our favourite pieces - including options you can buy.

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Latest news from Chelsea

Rare plants and teetering rocks: a slice of South Africa's Karoo comes to London
The Karoo region in South Africa is celebrated for its incredible diversity of flora, and now visitors to Chelsea can get a glimpse into its unique ecosystem

Gold, silver, silver gilt and bronze medals announced for RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens 2025
This year's medals have been announced - here's the full list

RHS Plant of the Year 2025 announced at Chelsea Flower Show
The coveted plant of the year has been chosen by judges at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 this year

The 10-time Chelsea Flower Show designer who is doing his last ever show garden this year
The garden designer on the joys of growing, the role of mentoring and collaborating with others, and why this year will be his last at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Monty Don's dog garden might be a Chelsea hit - but our readers say dog-friendly gardens aren't realistic in the real world
Can you have a beautiful garden and a dog? Our readers are conflicted.

David Beckham and Cate Blanchett visit RHS Chelsea Flower Show as stars come out for the floral celebration
Discover the great and the good of the celebrity world and what they wore at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

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Chelsea gardens

This gold-winning Chelsea garden uses AI to help maintain the health of its trees - but you wouldn't notice how it's doing it
Garden designers Tom Massey and Je Ahn are creating this year'sThe Avanade Intelligent Garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025.

Bold-coloured roses and lush, immersive planting: discover designer Jo Thompson's Chelsea garden for a women's social enterprise
Based on the idea of ‘strong beauty’, the Glasshouse Garden designed by Jo Thompson for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 features dark-hued roses and an elegant see-through pavilion to create a sanctuary for women in prison.

Chelsea 2025: A guide to the Hospitalfield Arts Garden designed by Nigel Dunnett
Nigel Dunnett returns to RHS Chelsea Flower Show with this garden for Hospitalfield Arts. Discover the garden with our expert guide

Chelsea 2025: A guide to Hospice UK: Garden of Compassion designed by Tom Hoblyn
Our expert guide to the Hospice UK: Garden of Compassion at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 designed by Tom Hoblyn

Chelsea 2025: A guide to The King's Trust Garden designed by Joe Perkins
Discover our full guide to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show King's Trust Garden designed by Joe Perkins

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More from the Chelsea Flower Show

What else is on around London during Chelsea?
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show often takes centre stage in May, but there are plenty of other things to do in and around Chelsea while the show is on. We've rounded up a few of the best.

How not to fail at the Chelsea Flower Show: the difference between winning a dreaded Bronze medal or Best in Show
What are the show garden judges thinking and what makes the difference between a Gold and Bronze medal? Here’s our guide to getting it right at Chelsea

Does AI belong in gardens? It won't replace our love and care for plants, but it may help in new ways
Like it or not, AI technology is now woven into every part of our lives. So, asks designer Tom Massey, is it time to put it to work in our gardens?
Illustration: Rosanna Morris

A garden for dogs at Chelsea Flower Show? Discover Monty Don's first ever Chelsea garden with our expert guide to planting and design
Gardeners' World presenter Monty Don is creating this year's Dog Garden – a dog friendly oasis – for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025

There's a way to get into the Chelsea Flower Show for free (and it's usually women who do it)
Volunteering means a pass into Chelsea without buying a ticket, but working at the show is far from a free ride. We look at how and why people give their time for the experience

8,000 people, 400 horticultural exhibits, 31 gardens and 20 acres - discover the remarkable numbers behind RHS Chelsea Flower Show
41,218 glasses of Pimm's, 20 acres and 145,000 people: discover the numbers behind RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Royalty at Chelsea Flower Show through the years
Royalty has been a significant presence at the Chelsea Flower Show from its first year to today. Here are Royals through the years at Chelsea

The remarkable charity making Chelsea Show gardens happen
Since 2022, Project Giving Back has given charitable organisations the chance to exhibit at the world's greatest flower show. We find out more.

Winners of the Sustainable Product of the Year Awards 2025 announced at Chelsea Flower Show
Discover the winners of the coveted RHS Chelsea Sustainable Garden Product of the Year and Sustainable Garden Product of the Year 2025

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