Spring Meridian runs 8am to 5pm in the Spring Garden on all five days of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Breakfast arrives with brunch cocktails, lunch is four courses, and afternoon tea comes with a gelato cart. Barista coffee, a garden bar of unlimited Pommery Champagne and cocktails, live entertainment and the garden workshops run through the day.
The unhurried all-day format, from brunch cocktails through to afternoon tea, suits guests who want to connect over something genuinely enjoyable rather than a formal sit-down dinner.
Breakfast, a four course lunch, afternoon tea with a gelato cart and a garden bar, all in the Spring Garden, so guests spend the day at Chelsea rather than passing through it.
Spring Nocturne runs 3.30pm to 10pm on the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. There is no Saturday sitting. The show grounds open at half past three with a welcome Champagne cocktail, the Spring Garden opens at six for drinks and bar snacks on the terrace with live entertainment, and the evening runs through a Champagne and canapé reception to four courses by candlelight. The garden bar pours unlimited Pommery Champagne and cocktails until it closes at 9.45pm. On the Friday the RHS runs Chelsea Late and the showground stays open until 10pm.
Guests who appreciate something beyond a standard dinner booking; the Flower Show setting gives the evening a ready-made talking point that outlasts the meal.
The show grounds from 3.30pm, then dinner by candlelight in the Spring Garden once the day crowds have gone.
Chelsea Flower Show hospitality in the Spring Garden, with Spring Meridian by day or Spring Nocturne by evening.
Tue 18 May - Sat 22 May 2027
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Press Day
The opening Tuesday is press and RHS members only, the quietest day to see the show gardens at their freshest.
Spring Meridian runs in the Spring Garden on every day of the show; Spring Nocturne runs on the evenings of Tuesday to Friday.
Choose your hospitality to see what it includes.
Included as standard
Showground admission ticket
Issued in a minimum of pairs.
Access to and hospitality within Spring Garden
Private tables for 2-12 guests
Larger parties are seated adjacent where possible.
Garden bar with Champagne and cocktails
Live entertainment
Interactive experiences in the garden
Garden hosts run perfumery and flower crown workshops.
Official Chelsea Flower Show programme
One per two guests booked.
Private cloakroom facilities
On-site in Spring Garden.
Upgrades available on request
Private dining rooms for parties of 40 or more.
What to expect
Garden hosts run flower crown and perfumery workshops inside the Spring Garden, so you can make a crown to wear while you tour the displays.
The RHS takes over 11 acres each May, and your hospitality covers the members’ days too. Of about 150,000 tickets, 2026’s went before the show opened.
The Show Gardens are 2.5 acres of purpose-built landscapes, each judged for a medal. The Great Pavilion alongside is a 2.9-acre tent of nursery exhibits.
Four grades, awarded on the Wednesday morning, so the rosettes are up for the rest of the week. Best Show Garden is the citation designers compete for.
Tuesday is Press Day and the BBC starts filming. Thursday opens to everyone. Friday runs to 10pm for Chelsea Late, and Saturday sells the plants off from 4pm.
Chan’s restaurant Ikoyi holds two Michelin stars and came fifteenth in The World’s 50 Best in 2025. He is chef patron at Spring Garden, and the menus are his.
Coen opened Dorian in Notting Hill, won it a Michelin star in 2024 and stepped down in June 2026. He cooked at Ikoyi under Chan before that, so 2027 is a reunion.
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In the spring and summer months, the south of the UK enjoys generally mild and pleasant weather, however, we always recommend that our guests prepare for all kinds of weather.
Remember to wear comfortable shoes, as there will be a lot of walking, and to stay hydrated during your visit.
Whilst there is no specific dress code for the Chelsea Flower Show, most of our guests opt for smart casual attire.
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The Chelsea Flower Show has been the centrepiece of the British horticultural calendar since 1913, when the Royal Horticultural Society first brought its Great Spring Show to the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Over more than a century it has grown from a specialist trade exhibition into a cultural fixture that draws royalty, broadcasters and the roughly 150,000 ticket holders the RHS admits each May. The 11-acre site beside the Thames transforms for five days into a showcase of garden design, botanical innovation, and the quiet British obsession with getting things to grow.
Chelsea is the garden designer's Olympics. You get one shot, one week, and the whole world is watching.
I made a garden in what I thought was the Chelsea spirit: reckless, romantic, ambitious.
A serious plantsmen's gathering in Kensington that would hold its ground for more than half a century.
The Royal Horticultural Society held its first Great Spring Show in the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society in Kensington, South London. The showcase was primarily a gathering for nurserymen and serious plantsmen, focused on competitive exhibits of new varieties and horticultural technique. It would remain at this location for over fifty years.
A Wren-designed soldiers' home on the Thames has hosted the show every year since May 1913.
The Great Spring Show relocated to the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the Christopher Wren-designed home of the Chelsea Pensioners on the banks of the Thames. The 11-acre site offered far more space than Kensington, and the show quickly established itself in its new surroundings. This first Chelsea edition ran from 20 to 22 May 1913, and the venue has remained the same ever since.
Royal patronage claimed Monday evenings; Chelsea claimed its place beside Ascot and Henley.
The Royal Family's association with Chelsea deepened when King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attended the show, cementing a tradition of royal patronage that continues to this day. The monarch's visit on the Monday evening before the show opens to the public became one of the most anticipated moments of the week. By the late 1930s, Chelsea had become a fixture of the London social season, sitting comfortably alongside Ascot and Henley.
A nation rebuilding found its optimism in full bloom; 1951 brought Chelsea back with genuine ambition.
The show was suspended during both World Wars, with the Royal Hospital grounds serving military purposes. Chelsea returned in 1947, but it was the early 1950s that saw the show truly regain its stride. The Festival of Britain year in 1951 brought a wave of optimism, and exhibitors responded with ambitious displays that reflected a nation eager to rebuild and look forward. Attendance grew steadily through the decade.
Gold medals became the most coveted prize in design as Chelsea traded its marketplace roots for a stage of ideas.
Through the 1970s, the emphasis at Chelsea shifted. Show gardens, complete landscapes designed and built in a matter of weeks, became the main attraction. Designers began treating the 11-acre site as a stage for ideas rather than simply a marketplace for plants. The competitive element intensified, with gold medals becoming the most coveted prize in garden design. This era laid the groundwork for Chelsea's transformation into a global design showcase.
At 3.4 acres, the Great Marquee was the largest tent on earth.
The Great Marquee, a canvas structure covering 3.4 acres, was recognised as the largest tent in the world. Inside, nurseries and specialist growers built displays that took months to plan and a week to stand up. The marquee became as much a part of Chelsea’s identity as the show gardens outside. Walking its aisles, with the scent of freshly cut turf mixing with lily pollen, was particular to the show.
A century of canvas retired overnight; 12,000 square metres took its place.
After nearly a century, the canvas marquee was retired and replaced by the Great Pavilion, a permanent aluminium and canvas structure covering 12,000 square metres, about 2.9 acres. The new building offered better climate control and more flexible exhibition space, though some traditionalists mourned the loss of the old tent’s character. It is where the nursery exhibits, floral art and specialist plant collections sit today.
A century at the Royal Hospital, a reigning monarch in attendance, and a week that sold out.
The show marked 100 years at the Royal Hospital Chelsea with a programme of special exhibits and celebrations. Queen Elizabeth II visited, continuing a tradition of royal attendance stretching back generations. Ticket numbers are capped and every one is pre-booked, which is why the week sells out months ahead.
Autumn light and unfamiliar blooms revealed a Chelsea that needed no particular season to shine.
The Covid-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 show entirely, the first peacetime cancellation in the show's history. In 2021, Chelsea was held in September rather than its traditional May slot. The autumn timing produced unexpected results: different plants in bloom, warmer light, and a distinctly different atmosphere. Designers adapted brilliantly, and the show proved that Chelsea's appeal transcends any single season. It returned to its May dates in 2022.
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