RHS Chelsea Flower Show in Numbers

RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW IN NUMBERS IN 2012 VISITORS TO THE SHOW DRANK 1,068 BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE = 1.000 그르 므르 프트 15,887 CUPS OF TEA & ATE 000000000 8,734 SANDWICHES = 100 EXHIBITORS OVER THE CENTURY, THERE HAVE BEEN WELL OVER 5,000 EXHBITORS, RANGING FROM NURSERIES TO GARDENING PRODUCT COMPANIES TO AMATEUR GARDENERS ЛAЛAAN 161,000 PEOPLE VISIT THE SHOW EACH YEAR = 1000 (APPROX) IT TAKES 25 DAYS TO PUT THE ENTIRE SHOW UP 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 A A AAA 150 GNOMES, PAINTED BY CELEBRITIES, WILL BE ON DISPLAY IN 2013 = 5 GNOMES WERE BANNED FROM PREVIOUS SHOWS THE GREAT PAVILION IS ROUGHLY 11,775 SQUARE METRES/2.90 ACRES, ENOUGH ROOM TO PARK 500 LONDON BUSES = 50 IN 2000. A NEW PAVLION REPLACED THE LARGE CANVAS MARQUEE WHICH WAS CUT UP AND TURNED INTO OVER 7,000 HANDBAGS, JACKETS AND APRONS THE QUEEN IS THE PATRON OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, AND DURING HER REIGN HAS ATTENDED ALL BUT 12 SHOWS JAPANESE DWARF TREES. NOW KNOWN AS BONSAI, WERE FIRST SEEN AT THE FIRST SHOW IN 1913 Sources: Royal Horticultural Society, Asobi Royal Horticultural Society Interflora the flower experts Press Association Graphic 25