Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show: A Centenary Celebration - Tapa dura

'stunningly illustrated book ... packed with wonderful photographs of displays past and present that will have you reaching for your dibber.'

'authoritative and evocatively illustrated book... equally compelling is the charting of the cavalcade of social and cultural influences that have shaped the show. Chelsea may be 100, but she is not in her dotage, and, one hopes, will long continue to surprise and delight.’

'The text crackles with his customary wry wit, and is peppered with glorious nuggets ... the illustrations are especially rich.'

'there is no better person to research and write the history of the Chelsea Flower Show than Brent Elliott ..."

“the essential souvenir of a show that has reflected and shaped tastes in garden design and planting for the past 100 years .... the chronological chapters provide a fascinating journey from the early shows to present day.”

“rich in anecdotes as well as history and is superbly illustrated”.

'relive the glory of this year's centenary RHS Chelsea Flower Show'

'delightful nuggets about past events ... together with old saws and amusing anecdotes.'

'A stunningly illustrated book, packed with wonderful photographs of displays past and present that will have you reaching for your dibber.' Daily Mail

For one hundred years, RHS Chelsea Flower Show has been the annual event in the world of horticulture.

Royal Horticultural Society insider Brent Elliott explains how the show has grown and changed, how it is has formed part of the social calendar and how the nation’s taste in garden design and planting has been reflected and shaped by Chelsea over the years.

Short pieces from some of our greatest nurserymen, nurserywomen and garden designers describe what Chelsea means to them, along with pieces from those who present the show to the public and those behind the scenes who pull it all together.

A wealth of illustration draws from the extensive RHS archive and includes photographs in colour and black and white, plans and posters, many published here for the first time. Whether you come for the nurseries or the show gardens, to buy gardening gloves or foxgloves, or whether you simply prefer to beat the crowds and read all about it, this magnificent book conjures up the full Chelsea experience.