For many visitors to the RHS shows, the floral marquees are the perfect place to find something new for the garden, from the tried and tested favourites to those hard to find rare and unusual plants. The floral marquee exhibits are created by the world’s leading nurseries, botanical gardens, clubs and societies, reaching thousands of people at each show, and many more through the media they generate.
The benefits to you
- Judging f or prestigious RHS medals
- Exposure and promotion of your organisation
- Your name in our show catalogue (circulation c.108,000 across all shows)
- Publicity generated by press coverage of the exhibit
- Your display feat ured in a fantastic location
We welcome you to push the boundaries in plant display and design and if you wish to discuss stand opportunities at any of the RHS shows, please email exhibitorapplications@rhs.org.uk, and someone will be in touch.
If you have not exhibited at the RHS before, please can you provide the following:
- Details about your company and your products/services
- Details of how long you have been in business
- Any non-RHS events you have participated in
- Your website address
- Photographs of your products/services or stands at other non-RHS Events
- Any other background information you may think is relevant
Selection process
Each year we receive many more applications for the shows than we are able to accommodate. To be fair to all applicants, and to offer visitors as wide a variety of exhibits as possible, the individual show managers make initial draft selections. This process takes into consideration a number of factors including:
- Past awards (medal records)
- Support for RHS shows (including Chelsea)
- Balance of/number of applicants in each generic plant category (please note that we are heavily oversubscribed for herbaceous plants at all summer shows)
- Seasonality of plant material
- Encouragement of new exhibitors
- Geographical factors/regional relevance
- After sales service
- Reliability
- Courteous on-site staffing
- Quality of plants offered for sale from sales tables
- Compliance with plant sales regulations
The applications and the proposed allocation lists for the shows are compared, in order to give as fair an allocation of space as possible to exhibitors across the range of RHS shows. The lists are then discussed in depth in order to identify any anomalies. The recommended allocations of space are approved by the Chairmen of the Shows Committee.