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RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park Named ‘Event of the Year’

The 2005 RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park has been named as ‘Event of the Year’ at the prestigious Visit Chester and Cheshire Annual Awards.

Announced at the ceremony at Chester Racecourse on 9 June, the flower show was shortlisted alongside runners up Chester Food & Drink Festival, Crewe Open Day and the Thundersprint.

Project Leader for the show, Max de Soissons comments, “The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park has gone from strength to strength, with in excess of 100,000 visitors attending the show every year.

“This accolade reinforces the show’s status as one of the top national events on the summer calendar.  This has been achieved with the support of the region as a whole and in particular due to close working relationships with partners that include the NWDA, Cheshire County Council, Cheshire & Warrington Tourist Board, and Tatton Park, to name but a few.

“Now gearing up for 2006 and in its eighth year it’s not too late to get your hands on some tickets for this year’s magnificent event!”

The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park will now go forward for England’s Northwest awards, with the winners of that stage moving on to the Enjoy England Awards for Excellence.

Notes to Editors

Max de Soissons, the show’s project leader is available for interview - please contact Erin or Catherine at Fido PR on 0161 274 3311 or e-mail erin@trustfido.co.uk / catherine@trustfido.co.uk, to arrange.

The award was judged according to the professionalism, customer service and quality associated with the event, with visitor numbers and enjoyment of the show also taken into account.

RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park
Wednesday 19 - Sunday 23 July 2006

19 July reserved for RHS members

Ticket booking:  0870 906 3811 (public) or 0870 906 3810 (RHS members) or visit www.rhs.org.uk/flowershows

Opening hours:
Wednesday 19 - Saturday 22 July: 10am - 7pm
Sunday 23 July: 10am - 5pm (sell off starts at 4pm)

• The RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park features around 20 Show gardens and more than 30 back to back gardens in 2006.
• The RHS National Flower Bed Competition culminates at the show and features 23 local authorities and colleges showcasing the best in amenity planting.

More than 600 exhibitors feature at the show in a number of exciting areas, including a double Floral Marquee, the Floral Art Design Studio, the National Plant Societies Marquee and the Art and Garden Design Pavilion

Don’t forget you can now find out more about the show and buy your tickets for the RHS Tatton Flower Show online at www.rhs.org.uk/flowershows

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An interest in gardening is all you need to enjoy being a member of the RHS. For more information visit www.rhs.org.uk or call 0845 130 4646.

Founded in 1804, the Royal Horticultural Society is Britain's largest gardening charity and is committed to being the leading organisation demonstrating excellence in horticulture and promoting gardening. Renowned for its outstanding gardens and inspirational flower shows, the RHS is a key source of advice and information for all gardeners. It encourages gardening through its publications, trials, lectures, education programmes and scientific research and is home to the Lindley Library, which contains the most comprehensive collection of horticultural books in the world.

Membership of the Royal Horticultural Society offers many exclusive benefits including a monthly copy of The Garden magazine; free entrance to RHS Gardens Wisley in Surrey, Rosemoor in Devon, Hyde Hall in Essex and Harlow Carr in North Yorkshire; free access to a further 88 beautiful gardens across Britain and 20 gardens in Belgium and France; access to seeds collected at RHS gardens; free gardening advice and privileged tickets to 18 RHS flower shows, including the Chelsea Flower Show, the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show and the RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park.

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