In 2013, the Chelsea Flower Show in London will celebrate 100 years. It will surely be the most fabulous garden party ever! The Chelsea Flower Show is the biggest garden exhibition in the world and during five spring days every year more than 150,000 ...
In 2013, the Chelsea Flower Show in London will celebrate 100 years. It will surely be the most fabulous garden party ever! The Chelsea Flower Show is the biggest garden exhibition in the world and during five spring days every year more than 150,000 people from all over the world gather to admire the 600 plant displays and marvel over the competing gardens created for the occasion. It's an opportunity for any garden lover to rub shoulders with famous garden designers, royals and celebrities, whilst sipping on Champagne or Pimms and trying not to crash into the many elegant hats. This book gives the full story of the historic show, with many anecdotes and lavish photographs - both of its gardens and visiting celebrities.
But this book has even more to offer. We get a privileged tour of six of England's most famous gardens, including Prince Charles's exclusive Highgrove House and truly unique Sissinghurst.
Agneta Ullenius is a long established author and journalist, as well as a gardening columnist in the Swedish national daily broadsheet Svenska Dagbladet. She has been to Chelsea Flower Show more than ten times and has seen trends born and garden designers rise to stardom. She paints a vivid picture of the most world's most spectacular and prestigious garden show, while sharing her gardening expertise and using her journalistic flair for finding a good story and some hot gossip amongst the leaves.