RHS Flower Shows 2025: Your Complete Guide

July 29, 2025

🌸 RHS Flower Shows 2025: Your Complete Guide

The Royal Horticultural Society continues to wow visitors with its premier flower shows in 2025, combining innovative design, social impact, and horticultural excellence. Whether you're planning a day trip or creating a bespoke garden, these events offer unparalleled inspiration.

1. RHS Chelsea Flower Show

📅 20–24 May 2025 | London (Royal Hospital Chelsea)

The flagship event of the RHS calendar, showcasing award-winning show gardens, exquisite floral art, and international plant excellence britbox.com+15RHS+15BLOOM & SONG+15Wikipedia+2RHS+2Wikipedia+2.
Design highlights include Jo Thompson’s "Glasshouse Garden", evoking powerful themes of rehabilitation and hope through bold planting and a sculptural glass pavilion Homes and Gardens+1The Times+1.
Monty Don’s debut dog‑friendly garden, designed to celebrate the bond between gardeners and their pets—relocating post-show to Battersea Dogs Home britbox.com+3The Guardian+3gardensillustrated.com+3.
23 high-impact gardens tackle themes like homelessness, mental health, and climate change, many destined for community spaces and hospitals as part of Project Giving Back The Times+1Country Life+1.

2. RHS Malvern Spring Festival

📅 8–11 May 2025 | Three Counties Showground, Worcestershire

Opens the RHS spring season with stunning plant displays and expert-led talks and demos What to Watch+4BLOOM & SONG+4VisitBritain.org+4.
Located beneath the Malvern Hills, the festival features family-friendly attractions, artisan stalls, and the opportunity to buy garden plants and innovations.

3. RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival

📅 1–6 July 2025 | East Molesey, Surrey

A relaxed yet inspiring show set in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace, with a focus on sustainable gardening, edible planting, and creative show gardens RHS+2RHS Malvern+2Access Garden Products+2BLOOM & SONG+3Wikipedia+3Access Garden Products+3.
2025 marks the start of a two‑year pause—this will be the last show here until 2027 TripadvisorBLOOM & SONG.

4. RHS Flower Show Wentworth Woodhouse (New for 2025)

📅 16–20 July 2025 | Wentworth Woodhouse, South Yorkshire

A brand-new RHS Flower Show debuting against the backdrop of one of the UK’s grandest stately homessaatchigallery.com+15VisitBritain.org+15David Harber US+15.
Expect interactive family gardening zones, terraced show gardens, and artisan exhibits—all in a landscape under revitalisation.

5. RHS Wisley Flower Show

📅 2–7 September 2025 | RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey

A late summer showcase of spectacular plant displays by top nurseries, with expert talks and direct buying opportunities from growers rhsplants.co.uk+2Access Garden Products+2RHS+2.

🌼 Bonus RHS Events at Partner Gardens

RHS Garden Hyde Hall Flower Show (Chelmsford, Essex): 30 July – 3 Aug 2025 RHS+2RHS+2Wikipedia+2
RHS Garden Rosemoor Flower Show (Devon): 15–17 Aug 2025 RHS+1RHS+1

🎟️ Tickets & Planning Tips

Tickets for Chelsea, Hampton Court, Wentworth Woodhouse, Wisley, and Malvern are available via the RHS website; members often qualify for discounts AXS+8RHS+8Access Garden Products+8.
Tickets on sale began 14 November 2024 for all the major 2025 shows Tripadvisor.
Plan ahead: Chelsea is the busiest event, typically selling out early, especially for member-only days. Use public transport to avoid parking issues at certain venues.

🌿 Why Attend?

Inspiration: First-hand exposure to cutting-edge garden design and planting schemes from top designers.
Practical takeaways: Demonstrations, workshops, and expert talks help gardeners bring ideas into their own space.
Social impact: Many gardens support community causes through relocation and charitable initiatives.
Shopping & networking: Meet specialist nurseries, plant breeders, and landscape professionals.

✅ Final Takeaway

The 2025 RHS Flower Show season is packed with innovation, legacy, and green inspiration—from Chelsea’s bold new gardens to the fresh Wentworth Woodhouse debut and seasonal favourites like Hampton Court and Wisley. Whether you're after design inspiration, hands-on advice or just a beautiful day out, these shows are a must for gardeners and plant lovers alike.