RHS Tatton Show to stop being an annual event
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is to stop holding its flower show at Tatton Park annually.
It has said it plans to hold the event in the grounds of the stately home in Knutsford, Cheshire, once every three years instead.
The show will take place in July, then return in 2027.
The RHS said it would take events to more locations around the country as part of plans to "promote gardening to as many people as possible".
The July show will mark the 25th anniversary of the event, which attracts around 80,000 visitors.
RHS director general Clare Matterson said the organisation was making "some of the biggest changes we’ve made to our shows in a generation".
“We want to inspire current and new audiences with world class horticulture and provide access to the UK’s best plants people to help even more people garden and grow," she said.
The RHS said its show in Chelsea will remain an annual event.
A show will be hosted by the Sheffield stately home Wentworth Woodhouse in 2025 and on the Sandringham Estate - the private retreat of King Charles III and Queen Camilla – in Norfolk in 2026.
There will also be a show at Badminton Estate in Gloucestershire in 2026.
The RHS said the changes would “deliver world class horticulture to the doorsteps of members who may not have an RHS garden near them”.
The society's first urban show was launched in Manchester earlier this month.
There will be a similar event at a different location next year as the organisation aims to highlight gardening for small spaces and communities.
For about 400 years, Tatton Park was the property of the Egerton family, until it was handed over to the National Trust in 1958.
Tatton Park is managed by Cheshire East Council on behalf of the National Trust.
Cheshire East Council has been approached for comment.
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