The Royal Horticultural Society has announced it will be staging its first ever large scale indoor urban show.
Adding to the roster of garden shows including Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Flower Festival and Malvern Autumn Show, the RHS Urban Show will be held in central Manchester in April 2024.
The show will be designed for people living with little growing space and will held Manchester’s historic former railway station, Depot Mayfield. It will be transformed into an urban grower’s paradise full of small space gardening inspiration to encourage and inspire city dwellers to grow plants for both their indoor and outside spaces.
Growing will be a key part of the show, but the Urban Show will also explore the influence horticulture has had on interior design, art, wellness and sustainability.
Helena Pettit, director of gardens and shows said: “In recent years there’s been a real gardening boom and we believe more young people living in cities are now growing plants.
“So we are so excited to be bringing a new RHS Show dedicated to urban gardening to the centre of Manchester next year. The RHS Urban Show aims to bring gardening to a new audience and demonstrate that if you have plants you are a gardener."
The Urban Show will run from 18 – 21 April 2024.
Tickets for all 2024 RHS Shows go on sale to RHS Members on Monday 21 September and to the public on Monday 28 September.
