It's the 25th anniversary of the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show from June 30 – July 5. Head down to the palace to enjoy gorgeous gardens and stunning surprises
While the obvious draws are its spectacular show-gardens and celebrity garden-guests, the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show really is an event for everyone, with mazes and music, picnics and plant-stalls, foodie feasts and flamboyant fireworks. Tickets are hot, so be sure to book online if you don't want to miss out!
Two Surrey garden designers are taking a DNA strand as inspiration for their "unique" show garden (above) at this year’s flower show. Barbara Harfleet and her son’s fiancée, Catherine Chenery, are using their garden to raise awareness of Oxted-based charity Unique – the rare chromosome disorder support group which helped the family after Barbara’s first granddaughter, Rose, was diagnosed with a rare disorder.
In the garden, the DNA strand – a stylised version of which is also the Unique charity’s logo – will be represented by a winding path, cut across by paving and hedging to indicate the duplications and deletions of genes which cause rare disorders. Grasses and flowering plants will feature in the charity colours of blue, yellow and white.
You can sponsor a plant for the Unique flower show scheme on their website
