Fascinating facts

Tatton Park Flower Show is well known for its competitions and innovations in gardens and design.

The Tatton Park Flower Show was first held in 1999, in the grounds of a National Trust estate that contains one of the most famous historic gardens in Cheshire. One of its distinctive features has been a competition for the best bedding scheme by a municipal authority.

Fascinating show facts

Area of show ground: 28 acres
Number of days taken to put show up: 22 days
Number of days taken to take it down: 10 days (but reinstatement of the ground continues into late August) 
Number of exhibitors at first show: 340
Number of exhibitors today: 505
Number of visitors last year: 83,000
Number of gardens at first show: 28
Number of gardens last year: 42 gardens