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All the information you'll need on Chelsea Flower Show is below, along with more information on where Chelsea Flower Show is, when it is, tickets and what you can expect from the flower show this year.
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Here's everything we know so far about Chelsea Flower Show 2025!
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Where is the Chelsea Flower Show?
It takes place at the Royal Hospital Grounds, Chelsea, London SW3 4SR. The nearest tube station is Sloane Square, which is just a 15 minute ride from London Paddington.
When is Chelsea Flower Show?
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show runs from Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24 May 2025.
How much are tickets to Chelsea Flower Show?
There are two members only days (where only RHS members can buy tickets and attend the show). These members only days are the first two days of the show: Tuesday 20 May and Wednesday 21 May.
Ticket prices for RHS members on these days have not yet been confirmed
The show then becomes open for non members (and members too) from Thursday 22 May through to the shows last day, Saturday 24 May.
Prices for the public on these days are to be confirmed.
Become an RHS member to visit Chelsea Flower Show on the members-only days, get discounted tickets and to receive information about the show.
Where can I buy tickets to Chelsea Flower Show?
Tickets are not yet available. They will be available to members from 14 October, and then to non-members from 21 October. They will cost between £38.85 and £130.85.
When they are, you can buy Chelsea Flower Show tickets on the RHS website.
Show guides can be bought for £14.50 including postage which will be mailed to you one week before the show.
What are the opening times for the Chelsea Flower Show?
This year the show is open from 8am to 8pm from Tuesday 20 May to Friday 23 May. The final day, Saturday 24 May will be 8am to 5:30pm.
Does my child need a ticket? And can I bring my dog?
While some RHS shows allow ticket holders to bring children under 16, this does not include Chelsea. Children under five are not permitted (and no prams, pushchairs or babes in arms) and children over five will require full price tickets.
And, sadly, dogs are not permitted.
Is there a preview day this year?
The two members days are often referred to as the 'preview days'. This year that's Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 May.
What do I need on the day?
Usually the answer to this is very dependent on the weather! Read our article on ten essentials for visiting the Chelsea Flower Show.
What's new this year?
So far, we have some initial details of the gardens and designers due to be at Chelsea Flower Show 2025. The theme this year is innovation, natural landscapes and the future with the idea of 'your space, your story' running throughout.
Stay tuned to this page and our Chelsea Flower Show hub page for everything that's released.
What are the gardens at The Chelsea Flower Show?
The gardens at Chelsea are being designed by a variety of exciting designers, with initial details now released. Monty Don will be designing his first Chelsea garden this year, with the Radio 2 Garden for Dogs. Tom Massey returns this year to bring The Avande Garden, which will use AI within its design. Elsewhere you can expect:
- Hospice UK: Garden of Compassion designed by Tom Hoblyn
- The King's Trust Garden: Seeding Success designed by Joe Perkins
- The Glasshouse Garden designed by Jo Thompson
- Down's Syndrome Scotland Garden designed by Duncan Hall
- The Pathway Garden designed by Allon Hoskin and Robert Beaudin
- The London Square Chelsea Pensioners Garden designed by Dave Green
There will also be a garden designed by Manoj Malde called Tackle HIV Challenging Stigma Garden, sponsored by ViiV Healthcare. Other gardens that have been announced include Ros Coutts-Harwood and Tom Clarke's Children with Cancer "A Place to Be" garden and the Carey Garden Design Studio's Addleshaw Goddard: Freedom to Flourish Garden focusing on personal restoration and wellbeing. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are also sponsoring a garden this year: Garden of the Future, designed by Matthew Butler and Joshua Parker.
Catherine MacDonald will be designing The Boodles Raindance Garden. Kazuyuki Ishihara is designing the Cha no Niwa Japanese Tea Garden, sponsored by Calmic Japan. Killik & Co are also returning with designer Baz Grainger to bring the Killik & Co Futureproof Garden to Chelsea 2025.
See below for the full list so far
SHOW GARDENS AT CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2025
RHS and Radio 2 Dog Garden
designed by Monty Don
Read all about the garden here
The RHS and Radio 2 Dog Garden will celebrate the nation's love of dogs and the gardens we share with them. Jamie Butterworth of Form Plants will lead on creating the garden at the show and plans to include plants such as dogwoods. It will find its forever home at Battersea Dogs Home just across the river from the Chelsea Flower Show site after the show has finished.
The Avanade 'Intelligent' Garden
designed by Tom Massey with Je Ahn
The Avande Garden will use AI technology to feed data back to the owner about conditions in the garden, making it easier for people to garden more sustainably. There will be a digital twin of the garden for visitors to to access via QR code to see the future. It is hoped that this will empower gardeners - it will become a community garden in London after the show and a test-bed for this sort of development.
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The Glasshouse Garden
designed by Jo Thompson
Supported by Project Giving Back
This garden will celebrate the transformative effect of second chances through horticulture, inspired by the work of Glasshouse Botanics. Glasshouse Botanics help to provide a sense of purpose for women approaching the end of their prison sentences. Discover more about Glasshouse Botanics
The Cha no Niwa - Japanese Tea Garden
designed by Kazuyuki Ishihara
Regular Chelsea Show Garden designer Kazayuki Ishihara's garden for 2024 will feature a traditional Japanese tea house among maples.
Discover more about Kazuyuki Ishihara.
The Down's Syndrome Scotland Garden
by Duncan Hall and Nick Burton
Supported by Project Giving Back
This is Duncan Hall and Nick Burton's first ever Chelsea Show Garden, featuring work by artist Francis Priest. The garden highlights misconceptions that people with Down's Syndrome face.
Children with Cancer UK 'A Place to Be...' garden
designed by Ros Coutts-Harwood and Tom Clarke
First time RHS Chelsea designer Ros Coutts-Harwood teams up with Tom Clarke on this garden, which offers a space for children to be carefree, happy, refreshed and grounded by the natural world. It will feature a monorail, a pool and a path to a reflective refuge.
London Square Chelsea Pensioners Garden
designed by Dave Green
A spot for our much-loved Chelsea Pensioners to relax in, this garden designed by Dave Green will feature planting that reflects the ceremonial life and stories of the Pensioners.
The Hospice UK: Garden of Compassion
designed by Tom Hoblyn
Supported by Project Giving Back
This garden draws climate and planting parallells between County Durham and the mountainous areas of the Mediterranean. The garden will be relocated to St Cuthbert’s Hospice in Durham following the show.
The Garden of the Future
designed by Matthew Butler and Josh Parker
Making the RHS Chelsea Flower Show debut, designers Josh Parker and Matthew Butler will feature climate-resilient ornamentals, crops and edible plants in order to demonstrate how to harness innovation when it comes to the climate.
The King's Trust Garden: Seeding Success
designed by Joe Perkins
Supported by Project Giving Back
Inspired by a volcanic environment, this garden highlights how seeds represent the potential for life growth and optimism for the future, drawing parallels with young people.
Tackle HIV Challenging Stigma Garden
designed by Manoj Malde
RHS Chelsea Flower Show regular Manoj Malde is famous for having got married at the show. This year, he'll be designing this garden for Viiv Healthcare, inspired by the advances in science and the power of the HIV community to tackle stigma.
Discover more about Manoj Malde
Addleshaw Goddard: Freedom to Flourish Garden
designed by Joe and Laura Carey
This garden from Joe and Laura Carey will embrace nature's call for an unhurried pace of life.
Killik & Co Save For a Rainy Day Garden
designed by Baz Grainger
Designer Baz Grainger returns this year to work with Killik & Co on this RHS Chelsea Garden for 2025. The Futureproof Garden offers a glimpse at 25 years into the future and is designed to withstand unpredictable weather patterns.
The Boodles Raindance Garden
designed by Catherine MacDonald
Catherine MacDonald will be designing the Boodles Raindance Garden, celebrating the Boodles jewellery collection. The design draws heavily on the styles and motifs of the collection with circular paving pads, featuring etched concentric circles, lead the visitor to a platinum coloured Raindance pavilion
complete with domed roof that channels rainwater to a circular rill at its base.
The Pathway Garden
designed by Robert Beaudin and Allon Hoskin
Supported by Project Giving Back
Allon Hoskin and Robert Beaudin of Modular have designed a garden for Pathway, the charity that supports people who have experienced homelessness to access inclusive health care. Supported by Project Giving Back.
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Gardens Illustrated at Chelsea
Of course, Gardens Illustrated will be there too. Come and see us at our stand: we'll let you know the details when we know about it!
What else can you do at Chelsea Flower Show?
Besides the fabulous show gardens to explore, there's the Great Pavilion, which features growers from all over the world showcasing blooms, and in which you can buy the best gardening kit around along with plants for your own space (see the exhibitors you can shop online here). The Great Pavilion is also an opportunity to discover more about recent advances in the world of horticulture, including up-to-the-minute research.
Then there are demos and announcements to attend such as the RHS Chelsea Sustainable Product of the Year and countless eateries for resting and refreshments including Raymond Blanc's Jardin Blanc 'Secret Garden' restaurant.
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