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! 

It's not too late to buy tickets – and don’t’ forget that there are other RHS Flower Shows during the year.  And remember, Members get reduced price tickets!

Tips to help you make the most of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show - 
the Show Guide is available to buy with your ticket. 
Find out more here.

There are tips on how to make the most of your visit to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show here. 

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.  You can buy your tickets here.  

By the way, there's another show before that, with the Malvern Spring Festival in Worcestershire from 7th to 10th May 2026.   Find out about that here.  There are other shows, of course, 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 price tickets, so you can become a member here.

Visit the RHS here

There's great news from English Heritage, the charity which cares for over 400 historic places in England and Wales. 

The charity is guardian to some of our greatest buildings and monuments  - Stonehenge, Tintagel Castle, Osborne, Hadrian’s Wall and Dover Castle to name a few!  In fact, there are over 400 sites, and you can visit as many times as you like with an English Heritage Membership!

This is Dover Castle - visit and explore for a great day out!

English Heritage members enjoy great benefits!

SPECIAL OFFER ON! 

Enjoy 25% off gift and annual memberships** with English Heritage with the code EHMAPR25

Carisbrooke Castle is on the Isle of Wight

Give a gift membership here.

**Offer ends 30th April 2026. Valid for new memberships only. Not valid on monthly direct debits, life memberships or renewals. Promotion cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

Wow!  If you've got someone in your life who LOVES cheese, then take a look at Pong Cheese.

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!

SPECIAL OFFER on the Easter range

Now, just in time for Easter they've got a special off on their mouth-watering Easter range!  Get 10% off their Easter range until 12th April 2026 with the code EASTER26

They've got some really gorgeous cheeses in the Easter range, with several cheese boxes (including Italian, the Best of British, an Explorer box, a Connossieur box, a Spanish selection box, a Somerset box  - there's even a box for new mums!  

This is The Best of British Tasting Box for £40.00. 
It comes with several cheeses, such as the Mull of Kintyre, (a classic rich Cheddar),
the Golden Cenarth (that's Welsh), the Cornish Yarg, and the Cropwell Bishop Stilton.
It is part of the Easter range, so you could get 10% off with the EASTER26 code.  
Go on, indulge them!  

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

The RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) was founded back in 1804, and it has lots for everyone!  

There are five beautiful RHS gardens to explore, such as Hyde Hall in Essex
and 240 partner gardens!

Gift Membership is fantastic value, with:

• Unlimited entry to all 5 RHS Gardens for the member and a family guest or 2 children
• A copy of The Garden magazine
• Unlimited, personalised RHS Gardening advice
• Regular emails with exclusive member content
• Free entry to over 230 Partner Gardens for the member
• Reduced rate on tickets to RHS Shows

So you get a lot for your membership throughout the year.

But there’s more!   The nice thing about the RHS is that they run quite a few campaigns such as National Gardening Week, Wild About Gardens and School Gardens (their campaign has lots of free teaching resources and online training course and awards).  They also have a Planet-Friendly Gardening campaign which has 10 ways for us all to be more sustainable in our gardens. 

And of course, the RHS brings gardening to the neighbourhood, with Britain in Bloom, the RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood and affiliated societies. 

The RHS has over 600,000 members, and membership contributions help to support the work the RHS does, be it undertaking horticultural science or supporting community gardening groups.

Find out about the RHS Grow, the gardening app
The app gives you access to 200 years of knowledge
from botanists, scientists, fruit and veg experts and RHS specialist advisors!

Enjoy a year of days out & gardening inspiration with the RHS!   

A quick word about the RHS Flower Shows in 2026!

This year, the RHS has exciting new shows:  RHS Badminton Flower Show is in the South Gloucestershire countryside (that’s the 8^th to 12^th July 2026);  and RHS Sandringham Flower Show is to be held in the grounds of the Norfolk estate – royal family-owned – from the 22^nd to 26^th July 2026.

And there’s also the RHS Malvern Spring Festival, Worcester, from the 7^th to 10^th May 2026, the big one, RHS Chelsea Flower Show from the 19^th to 23^rd May 2026, the RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show at the Saatchi Gallery, London from the 19^th June to the 2nd August 2026, and the Malvern Autumn Show from the 25^th to 27^th September 2026.  I love the sound of the Malvern Autumn Show, as it’s celebrates country living!  There are vintage vehicles and fashions, harvest competitions, rural crafts and local, artisan food and drink markets.  Can’t wait!