Landscape & Urban Design Issue 36 2019 | Page 41

In a first for 2019, the marquee will Spaces area is all about bringing the “Demand for space in our Floral feature an indoor plant area, where outdoors in. For everything from patio Marquee is really high. This year the visitors can pick up the very best to balcony gardening, the Green Living marquee is so oversubscribed that we house plants and succulents. The rise Spaces area demonstrates that having have a waiting list of nurseries! It’s in popularity of indoor growing comes no garden at all is not an excuse to amazing that so many people want to after the hashtag #plantsofinstagram not grow plants, and how even a come to RHS Malvern Spring Festival attracted millions of followers, with small windowsill can be the perfect to exhibit, we’re very proud.” millennials falling head over heels for growing spot. the not-so-humble houseplant. With a heavy focus on mindfulness In the House Plants show, ten award and wellbeing at this year’s RHS winning nurseries will be exhibiting Malvern Spring Festival, visitors plants for indoor spaces – from trendy will find plenty of opportunities to succulents and air plants to all colours wind down and take five minutes out of rainbow streptocarpus and luscious of the day, including the Health and exotics foliage. Plans are also in the Wellbeing Garden. pipeline for Instagram-friendly points throughout the showground. Nina Acton, Shows Development Manager at Three Counties is With more than 37 per cent of the delighted with the turn out for British population living in rented this year. accommodation, the Green Living Advance tickets to RHS Malvern Spring Festival are now on sale, with prices starting at just £19 for RHS and Three Counties members, or £21 for the general public. Children under 16 go free.