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The magic of the Hampton Court Flower Show 2017

By Rashmita Solanki

The Hampton Court Flower Show is the largest annual flower show in the country. Every year you come across new plants and garden gadgets for every type of garden imaginable.

The show gardens this year featured four categories called Show, World, Conceptual and Gardens for a Changing World; which is a new exciting category for this year.


Looking through all the gardens gives you inspiration to make your garden into a beautiful living space, not only for wildlife like birds, bees and insects but also for giving you a calm and tranquil environment. There were clever features by designers to give a sensory journey, using visual effects by clever displays of colour and smell.

At the Hampton Court Flower Show one of the most popular features was the 'Festival of Roses. Entering into the tent bombards you with the beautiful aroma of roses along with the visually colourful garden features by David Austen and Peter Beales roses. The budding florists amongst you can get really useful advice from guest speakers on how to arrange flowers like a professional as well as bring back to life lacklustre flowers.

The flower show is not only for gardeners that like to grow flowers but also for vegetable gardeners. The 'Cook and Grow' tent was full of exotic and the more humdrum vegetables; with expert advice on how to grow your favourite vegetables so that you can have a good harvest at home. Plants and seeds are available to purchase along with heirloom varieties. A great new way to encourage young and new and new gardeners to try their hand at growing there own vegetables.

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