Cityscapes have joined forces with the RHS again, this time to co-curate the new Urban Garden Show, taking place in the Lindley Hall, London, 11-13 November.
The show is a departure from the traditional roster of RHS shows, focusing instead on the many different ways in which plants play important roles in contemporary urban life. It will be highlighting plants that are suited to city situations, whether that be plants for indoors, or for small outdoor spaces such as balconies and courtyards. The show will be addressing a younger audience than the traditional RHS demographic, engaging newcomers with plants in exciting ways, highlighting new ideas and trends in horticulture and technology, and providing inspiration for the public.
The show design by Cityscapes will feature two installations in collaboration with Arnott & Mason and The Pot Company showcasing plants suited to growing indoors, one featuring tropical species and the other a xeriscape replete with an arresting array of cacti and succulents, as well as stalls made from Enviromesh gabion cages. Other installations will include creative living wall displays by Treebox and a multi-media environment by UAL Chelsea College of Art.
The show aims to both educate and entertain, and will have a festival style atmosphere with pop-up street food, some of the country’s best nurseries and a wide range of plant related products. The new generation of urban horticulturalists will be in attendance with fashionable East End boutiques Rebel Rebel, Grace & Thorn, Prick, Botany and Ro Co. There will be talks by top speakers on topics including urban agriculture, social media, garden trends, Greening Grey Britain, plant based nutrition and green buildings. A variety of hands-on workshops will be available including terrariums, floristry, seasonal superfoods, and informal info-packed clinics.
The recent trend in publishing for all things urban plant related will be reflected with authors in attendance including Rose Ray & Caro Langton (The House of Plants), Matt Franks (The City Grower), rising celebrity blogger and ballet dancer Sakia Gregson-Williams (Naturally Sassy), and new stylish garden magazine Rake’s Progress.
Plant-based food will in plentiful supply from street food vendors SpiceBox, Vegan Sweet Tooth, Rupert’s Street, and Young Vegans, with drinks from Make Coffee, The Inkspot Brewery, Seedlip and the The Gin Garden.
The show will be launched with a private view party on the evening of Friday 11 November featuring a choice of plant themed cocktails, workshops and a garden-world DJ soundclash between Cityscapes and Edible Bus Stop.
Workshops:
Sat 12
10:30 Bromeliad Displays – Every Picture Tells a Story
12:00 Floristry – Rebel Rebel
13:30 Plant To Plate: Seasonal Eating – Naturally Sassy
15:00 Macrame – Grace & Thorn
Sun 13
10:30 Build a Tinyjohn Terrarium – London Terraiums
12:00 Floral Crowns & Botanical Jewellery – Electric Daisy Flower Farm
13:30 Kokedama – Terraario
15:00 Living Succulent Frames – Blueleaf Plants
Talks:
Sat 12
10:30 Urban Agriculture – Growing Underground & Sky Farmers
12:00 Gardening and Social Media – Michael perry & GardenTags
13:30 Green is the New Black – Rake’s Progress & Dr Catherine Horwood
15:00 Greening Grey Britain – RHS & Cityscapes & Edible Bus Stop
Sun 13
10:30 Growing Indoor Plants – RHS
12:00 Growing Up: Green Buildings – Darryl Moore & TreeBox
13:30 Plant One on Me: Plant Based Nutrition – Dr Laura Thomas PHD
15:00 City Growing – Matt Franks
Exhibitors:
Battlesbridge Mills Garden Centre, Blueleaf Plants, Boskke, Botany, Ediblescape, Electric Daisy Flower Farm, Every Picture Tells a Story, Grace and Thorn, H.W. Hyde & Son, Hoyland Plant Centre, Jacques Amand International, John Cullen Gardens, Make Coffee, Pennard Plants, Plants4Presents, Prick, Rake’s Progress, Rebel Rebel, RHS Enterprises, RHS Lindley Library, Ro Co, Rupert’s Street, Sea Spring Seeds, Seed Pantry, Seedlip, SpiceBox, StolenForm, Tanti Design, Teafields, The Inkspot Brewery, The Norfolk Olive Tree Company, This Way To The Circus, Vegan Sweet Tooth, Young Vegans
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