Landscape & Urban Design Issue 35 2019 | Page 48

THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ANNOUNCES RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2019 HIGHLIGHTS • Star studded line-up as UK’s top designers set to impress on Main Avenue • Natural habitats inspire garden design promoting the increasing need to reconnect with nature • The benefits of gardening on our health and the environment celebrated across all categories • First judged ‘walk through’ Show Garden in the Great Pavilion by IKEA and internationally renowned British Designer Tom Dixon Today, the Royal Horticultural Society Seven-time gold medal winning (RHS) announces highlights at the designer Andy Sturgeon is back for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 (21 show sponsor M&G Investments, – 25 May), which for the 10th year is drawing inspiration for his garden sponsored by M&G Investments. from nature’s power to regenerate. Show Garden Highlights The woodland landscape will be Encouraging people to reconnect with nature is a key theme at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show with gardens celebrating the beauty of the natural world. 48 Landscape & Urban Design Issue 35 2019 colonised by young trees, ferns and jewel-like flowers, interspersed with stone platforms and huge burnt timber sculptures representing natural rock formations.