Referaat "Chelsea Flower Show"
Family and invited guests, some no doubt nursing sore heads from the gala dinner the
evening before. Chelsea has a long history of Royal Patronage, with the Queen only
missing a single show in the past fifty-one years.
Two Days for Members Only
The Tuesday & Wednesday are for RHS members only. RHS membership is strong at
over 300,000 people, and both days sold out in well in advance in 2004, the Society's
bicentennial year. Judging from the conversations in the queue outside the show, the
membership requirement isn't strict.
Two Days for the public
The final two days are open to the general public. The show is well organised and the
Gardens and displays are kept in great condition until the end of the show. Designers
ensure that plants come on throughout the week. When we visited on Tuesday
afternoon there were many plants a couple of days before their best.