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The 2010 Chelsea Flower Show is the 88th to be held at the Royal Chelsea Hospital. It takes 15 months to plan each show, with the gardens and displays taking 800 people over three weeks to build. Each year, 157,000 people visit the show. The number has been capped at this level since 1988. Chelsea Flower Show has a total of 600 exhibitors including 15 large show gardens and 21 small gardens which covers 11 acres of showground. For the past 8 years, Chelsea Flower Show has launched 600 new plants. Eden Project created the biggest show garden measuring 600 square meters. 2,000 bottles of champagne and 46,500 glases of Pimms were drunk at the show in 2009. 65,000 cups of tea and 18,000 sandwiches were also observed. In 2009, 98.4 per cent of the materials used at Chelsea were recycled, including glass, paper and plastic. The Great Pavillion houses the show’s indoor floral displays, is 12,000 square metres – the same size as two football pitches. Last year, the BBC broadcast the show to an average of 2.2 million viewers. Chelsea Flower Show 2010 is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →