The RHS has announced its RHS Flower Shows for 2027!

And – exciting news and a drum roll! – there’s its first-ever urban show in Bristol!

Now, key dates for you…

The RHS Malvern Spring Festival runs from the 6^th to 9^th May 2027

RHS Chelsea runs from the 18^th to 22^nd May 2027

The RHS event in Bristol takes place from the 8^th to 11^th July 2027

And RHS Flower Show Tatton Park is back from the 21^st to 25^th July 2027.

Members get reduced rate tickets to RHS Flower Shows
and family friendly events - there's plenty to enjoy all year round
Join here! 

A little bit more information about the new Bristol event…

It is in the Prospect Building – there will be a full programme of pop-up plant displays, hands-on workshops, immersive experiences and expert talks and advice.

The RHS Flower Show Tatton Park is back on at Tatton Park in Cheshire.   Floral exhibits, specialist growers, talks and show gardens will be there, as well as the return of the Young Designer Gardens. 

Find out more about the RHS Flower Shows in 2027 here.

Gift experience company Into the Blue have lots of experiences to choose from!   

The company began by selling flying experiences out of Biggin Hill in Kent, and they've been making memories since 1996.   Founder and Managing Director Jim Maitland went to Biggin Hill as a child with his father, who opened up Biggin Hill as a civilian airfield back in 1958.  Jim spent many happy hours there and joined his father to help him run the Biggin Hill Air Fair.  Realising lots of people who were at the shows would love to have a go themselves, he worked with his contacts and so Into the Blue was born!   Needless to say, they have lots of flying experiences - including flight simulators - and also adventure, creative, water, sports, food and drink, breaks, days out and at home experiences.  So there's lots to choose from!

What's more, they've got a special offer for you!

Enjoy 18% off*
The code below is valid on experiences up to £500.00
until midnight on the 16th August 2026.

Some products are excluded.

Use the code: 

ITB18AUG

There's a Friday Night Curry Discoverer Box Subscription
from £28.00 for three months.  Choose from 3, 6, 9 or 12 months.
There are easy to follow recipes to make authentic curry dishes, 
and each monthly box has 7 to 8 bags of spices and spice blends;  
they are measured out with recipe cards to create a meal for 4 people. 
Find out more here.

There's a Little Gin Subscription with Little Gin Box Box. 
Choose from 3 or 6 months, starting at £54.00 (that's the 3 month one).
You'll receive 2 x 50ml of carefully selected gins plus tasting notes every month
and 2 x Fever-Tree mixer cans included.  
Cheers!  

How about a Champagne & Sparkling wine experience?  Choose between a 
Champagne & Wine Tasting Evening or a Champagne & Fizz with Lunch from £49.00

How about a Chocolate Truffle Making Kit.
Hand make your own chocolate truffles - you choose
from dark or milk chocolate when redeeming the voucher.
Each kit makes 30-40 truffles (Malteser size). All for £29.00.  
Yummy! Find out more here.

There are lots of Gourmet Gifts and Subscriptions as well, 
just the thing for lovers of gin, rum, wine, spices, brownies, sweets,
charcuterie, and cocktails.  

Use  ITB18AUG

 for 18% off* experiences up to £500.00
until midnight on 16th August 2026.

(*Some products are excluded from this offer.)

Head over to Into the Blue 

It’s time for RHS Chelsea Flower Show from 19th to 23^th May 2026.  It will be full of beautiful gardens, lots of ideas, tips and advice and plenty of shopping, as well as chances to eat and drink! 

There are show gardens, balcony and container gardens (particularly great if you've got a small garden or balcony and you want some ideas), All About Plants Gardens, to celebrate the wonders plants can bring to a garden, Houseplant Gardens, and floral gardens. There's the RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year and GreenSTEM which highlights horticultural science and technological innovations.  

And - big news - this year, the RHS is lifting the ban on gnomes at the Show.  Why is this?, I hear you ask.  Well, they are raising funds for the next generation of gardeners and the RHS Campaign for School Gardening! 

The themes in 2026 are aiming to show that great design and sustainability can go hand in hand, using water wisely, and the joy of gardens and how we can attract a younger and more diverse audience to gardenin

Find out more about the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.  The RHS is saying that tickets have sold out although there's the chance returns may become available.  

However, here are two other options for you:

You could watch the RHS Chelsea Flower Show on BBC1 and BBC2 this week.   There's a couple of hours coverage a day, from 2 to 3 on BBC1 and 8 to 9 on BBC2.  It's a great chance to get a really good coverage of the Show.   It all kicks off at 8pm on BBC2 on Sunday 17th May, with Countdown to RHS Chelsea Flower Show. 

Alternatively, there are other shows you could go to and some of them are new this year, such as the RHS Badminton Flower Show from 8th to 12th July 2026, and the RHS Sandringham Flower Show from the 22nd to 26th July 2026.  

Don't forget that members get reduced rate tickets to RHS Flower Shows, so you can become a member here.

Visit the RHS here

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Pong Cheese have some of the very best cheeses produced by the leading independent and artisan producers, together.  They have a huge range, just the thing for anyone who loves cheese and has everything, and they've also got a cheese gift subscription  as well so your loved one can get cheese every month to enjoy and tuck in!  (You can choose from 3, 6 or 12 months' subscription.)

Buy a cheese gift subscription!

This is the Welsh Selection Box for £38.00
with the Black Bomber (a strong extra mature cheddar),
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the Golden Cenarth.  Go on, indulge them!  

Visit Pong Cheese here to see all their mouth-watering delicious baked cheeses!