Charity’s first large-scale indoor show, April 18-21
A new RHS Urban Show in Manchester’s former railway station, Depot Mayfield, will be held – the charity’s first large-scale indoor event. It’s aimed at urban growers, full of small-space gardening inspiration, both indoor and outdoor.
The RHS Urban Show will be very different from the other Flower Shows, with an industrial, indoor, city centre location. It’s planned to be an immersive experience designed for city dwellers with limited or no outdoor growing space. Read more on the Chelsea Flower Show 2023 and the Plant of the Year 2023.
Explore Horticulture’s influence on interior design, art, wellness and sustainability. There will be innovative gardening features, including:
- Design inspiration for small city spaces
- Vertical gardening
- Urban farming
- Immersive plant installations
- Talks, advice and practical workshops
- Plant nurseries selling a huge variety of houseplants and small space-friendly plants.
RHS Urban Show – ‘A real gardening boom’
Helena Pettit, Director of Gardens and Shows, said: “In recent year,s there’s been a real gardening boom. We believe more young people living in cities are now growing plants.
“We are so excited to be bringing a new RHS Show dedicated to urban gardening to the centre of Manchester. The RHS Urban Show aims to bring gardening to a new audience and demonstrate that if you have plants, you are a gardener.
“There is so much great work already happening across the city to make it greener. We are excited to help support this growing movement. We want to inspire even more people to grow plants and connect to the natural world.
‘Enabling urban dwellers to garden’
“With over 80 per cent of the UK population living in towns and cities, the new show enables more urban dwellers to garden, especially with limited access to green spaces.”
As part of the RHS strategy to 2030, one priority is to open up gardening for anyone, anywhere. The new RHS Urban Show is one of the ways in which the RHS hopes to do this.
To take part, visit www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/exhibit-at-a-show. Tickets for all 2024 RHS Shows go on sale to RHS Members on Monday, September 21 and to the public on Monday, September 28. To book, visit www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events.
