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Chelsea Flower Show

It is one of the highlights of the horticultural calendar, but what is the show’s cultural significance? Top designers look ahead to this year’s event. Plus a sneak preview of London’s newly expanded Garden Museum and Robin Lane Fox explores La Mortola, once described as the greatest private garden in the world

Visitors to Chelsea Flower Show in 2016 © Getty

Chelsea Flower Show and its enduring cultural importance
Sponsors may be feeling the squeeze but the annual horticultural event is one in which Britain still leads the world
Chelsea Flower Show: what garden products to look out for in 2017
Landscape and garden designer Jinny Blom selects her favourite gizmos and plants from this year’s event
Out of one’s depth: the perils of water at Chelsea Flower Show
Water features are a familiar sight in show gardens, but they can prove problematic for designers — and tipsy gala guests
La Mortola: the Italian garden built by a Quaker with exotic tastes
How Thomas Hanbury created what was once described as the finest private garden in the world
London’s new-look Garden Museum offers a hymn to horticulture
The newly expanded institution is a cabinet of curiosities built around a former church in Lambeth
Mediterranean makeover: UK gardens and climate change
One couple’s garden at Chelsea Flower Show demonstrates plants and cultivation methods to deal with extreme weather

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