RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025: Highlights from the Great Pavilion
Reporting: Laura Toogood | Images: Sarah Bacon
We have extensively covered the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for many, many years. This year, the Great Pavilion hosts some of the best displays that we have ever seen. The quality and creativity on show is nothing less than outstanding.
Highlights in the Great Pavilion for 2025 include the David Austin Rose Garden, which is positioned within a stone’s throw of the front entrance. You can admire lots of different types of roses and also experience the scent of each one too.
The lilies are also spectacular this year. There is a stunning display that features a number of specimens that thrive in ericaceous soil and also those that will cope with all ground conditions.
Harts Nursery has a knowledgeable team on site that can answer all of your questions about lilies and they are also selling packets of five bulbs, so you can take home your favourites.
The fuchsia display is dripping with vibrant flowers. The core shades of red, pink and burgundy contrast with the white roof of the Great Pavilion.
Meanwhile, the peony display is also particularly strong this year, with elegant bouquets of this blouse floral filling white vases.
Beautiful bonsai trees are perfectly represented and it is impossible to walk past the delphiniums without admiring the multi-coloured presentation.
This year, there is a new-and-improved RHS Experience area that is situated within the Great Pavilion.
Its role is to demonstrate how the RHS is committed to seeking out and propping up the people, plants and products at the forefront of horticulture.
For 2025, the Great Pavilion really excels with its displays. This is the place to come to assess your planting options for pots, borders and other areas of your garden where you want the very best bulbs and plants to flourish.
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