First day of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, with garden designers, specialist growers and horticultural exhibitors across five days.
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show opens at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on Tuesday 18 May 2027, from 10:30am. It's the first day of a five-day run, so if you want to beat the crowds, this is the morning to get there.
Set beside the River Thames, the show brings together accomplished garden designers, specialist growers and horticultural exhibitors. Over the five days, they'll be showing off their work across the grounds, so you'll see a good range of styles and plants in one go. It's a proper cross-section of the gardening world, from the big-name designers to the specialist growers who focus on a single variety or technique.
If you're going for the hospitality side of things, that's based in Spring Garden, where guests eat and drink with live entertainment and interactive garden experiences running alongside. It's a more social way to do the show, and if you've got a larger group, private hospitality chalets are available for parties of 40 or more. Between the gardens and the hospitality, there's plenty to see whether you're there for the plants or for the day out.
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Hospitality packages start from £649 per person, and the show runs from 10:30am on the first day, Tuesday 18 May, at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
