Chelsea Flower Show

The epitome of flowers festival and the ultimate destination of all garden lovers. Amazing opportunity to see various different plants shown at its best. It was such a great work to grow all those wonderful flowers and plants. Arrived about 9ish, and it was crowded already. Weather was very pleasant, which made it even a better day out. Plenty to see and enjoy, so ensure to come early.

Wonderful event, so much to see, touch and smell. The show gardens were amazing with the ideas and concepts behind their design fascinating. Got there at 7.50am and there was a long queue already. As it was my first time, I took some advice and headed to the show gardens first. Some of these were amazing. It gets quite crowded even at the start of the day. All the gardens had staff who talked about the garden and gave out leaflets. Wide range of gardening concepts. Inside the Pavilion there are even more wonderful exhibits from all over the world. Spent three hours wandering around which was plenty. By the time I left it was extremely busy with a very long queue on the Royal Hospital Road. Saw lots of BBC filming, might even have been filmed myself! Saw Monty Don, Angelica Ball and many more presenters. Used the shuttle bus from Victoria Station as Sloane Square tube station is closed at the moment. A return ticket was £5.40 which seemed reasonable. Wonderful experience and would book again next year.

We came to London last month on vacation specifically because my husband has always wanted to go to the Chelsea Flower Show. We were advised to get there first thing in the morning so we woke up early and took a taxi straight there. The show opened at 8am and we got there at around 8:30. There were already lots of people there but it was very manageable. The show itself was absolutely amazing. I have no idea how they manage to have all those flowers in full bloom at just the right time but it is incredible. We spent about 2 hours walking around and by the time that we headed out around 10:30 it was packed to the gills. I would 100% recommend this to anyone, not just those with a green thumb!

I'm conflicted in my review! The displays and flowers were all I'd hoped for, but they were hard to see because of the crush of people! Way way too many!!! Tickets were supposedly limited, but I'm not sure they could've fit in any more than were there! For the price, you'd think they'd provide a simple one page map to the show, but no. Half an hour wait to get into the one ladies toilet we found. And NO benches to rest on. Lots of shop booths, the whole event seemed like a huge money-making scheme, which I suppose it is. Poorly organized. Very disappointing, we left early because of the huge crowds!

Beautiful but extortionate & overcrowded. Ive wanted to go for about 15 years so I'm bound to rate this highly! Spectacular amount of plants & flowers to see. We attended Saturday. I can't give 5 stars when tickets were £115 each- especially on the day the show closes very early, and child price was same as adult. We also paid £15 for the show guide because the map was in it- this is extortionate, and we didn't find the map very useful. If the RHS want to nurture the youth having a passion for gardens & all things horticultural I'd suggest they charge children a child price! I've returned with beautiful memories and around 200 photos 🤣. We especially enjoyed the balcony and container gardens, the pavillion & the house plant studios.. but this was partly on the basis that the main show gardens were 4 deep in crowds & impossible to see, so I left knowing I hadn't seen all of the "main attractions" which is disappointing! I was delighted that RHS souvenirs were reduced as it was the last day. Also delighted that we returned with plants from the gold medal winning houseplant studio Steam.Clean.Plant.Repeat where the owner kindly reduced the price of a plant as we were buying for my son as his first house plant 🪴 🥰. As others commented if the RHS are going to allow this many people into the event some seating areas would be appreciated. In truth they let way too many in, like if youre a member you're "in" if you're not- tough.

My very 1st visit and it did not disappoint… There was so much to see and so many interesting flowers, plants and sculptures. Particularly enjoyed the driftwood sculptures by James Doran-Webb. The flight of the Wyvern was an amazing sight! One thing to note is that it gets very busy come late morning making it increasingly difficult to get close to or even see some of the gardens. An early start is definitely recommended. And if you can get an invite to the Spring Gardens (company sponsored), it would make the day even more special!

Typical CFS. Lots of well healed people. Fantastic exhibits. I kind of learned what I like in terms of plants and landscape environments. No small feat. I've been debating this in my head and unorganised gardens for years. Was very crowded mid afternoon but was palatable after 4pm. Bought 2 herbs and an actual genuine tea bush. Who knew.?!