Events/Sales 2014

[Maggi Young]

What are the RHS up to

Goodness only knows - their capacity  for their right hand not to know what their left hand is doing is beyond remarkable. The impression is given that they care very little for their "audience" and its need for reliable information.  Reaction to contact about such things is also less than helpful.  (Sigh)

[Ding Dong]

I know what you mean Maggie, their website is so misleading and confusing - depending which link you follow, one bit says the show date is 18th/19th February and another link says it is 21st/22nd February!  How is anyone supposed to understand that!!!  They need to get a grit

[Margaret]

We went to the RHS Harvest Festival show today. The had a pile to printed cards with the 2014 show dates as at:-
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/pdf/Shows-2014-calendar

[Maggi Young]

We went to the RHS Harvest Festival show today. The had a pile to printed cards with the 2014 show dates as at:-
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/pdf/Shows-2014-calendar

The dates on that are :

21 – 22 February
RHS London Plant and Design Show
1 – 2 April
RHS Great London Plant Fair
1 April
RHS London Spring Fair Late
11 – 12 April
RHS London Orchid & Botanical Art Show
10 April
Exclusive Preview Evening
11 – 13 April
RHS Flower Show Cardiff
27 April
RHS London Alpine Garden Show
8 – 11 May
RHS Malvern Spring Festival
20 – 24 May
RHS Chelsea Flower Show
11 – 15 June
BBC Gardeners’ World Live
8 – 13 July
RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
7 July
Preview Evening
23 – 27 July
RHS Flower Show Tatton Park
31 July – 3 August
RHS Hyde Hall Flower Show
3 – 7 September
RHS Wisley Flower Show
27 – 28 September
Malvern Autumn Show
7 – 8 October
RHS London Harvest Festival Show
7 October
RHS London Harvest Festival Late
21 – 22 October
RHS London Shades of Autumn Show
April – September
RHS Secret Garden Sundays
First Sunday of the month

[Uwe]

Hello,
 and which date from the RHS Plant & Design Show is now properly ?

Best wishes
Uwe

[Maggi Young]

Well, the person who replied to my earlier email to the RHS  about this said it was  - RHS London Plant and Design Show - Feb 18-19  2014 - so frankly, we are no further forward. What a shambles!

[Maggi Young]

The reply to me from the RHS Shows Dept. :

----- Original Message -----
From: showscustomercare@rhs.org.uk
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 9:41 AM
Subject: RE: RHS London shows 2014


Good morning,

Thank you for your email.

Please find below the dates of the RHS London Shows for 2014.

- RHS London Plant and Design Show - Feb 18-19
- RHS Great London Plant Fair - April 1-2
- RHS London Orchid & Botanical Art Show - April 11-12

I hope the above helps.

Kind regards,
Nanar

[Uwe]

Many thanks Maggi,

the date 18./19.2, 2014 is likely to be correct because it is a Tuesday and Wednesday, as in recent years.

Uwe

[Ding Dong]

Chris Ireland-Jones emailed the RHS this morning and had a reply from the very same Nanar confirming the dates were 21st/22nd February 2014!!

[Maggi Young]

Good grief! You couldn't make it up, could you? I emailed again last night and copied my email to Sue Biggs  - mind you, she's out of the office till the 14th October - at least that is the date the automated reply says!

[chasw]

Wonder if it has anything to do with school holidays.??

[Maggi Young]

Reply from the RHS :

Dear Ms Young,

Thank you for your e-mail.

I do apologise for the confusion with the dates for the London Plant and Design Show.
We set our show dates a year or more in advance and therefore it can sometimes be necessary for us to change dates due to unanticipated circumstances.

I agree that we should have made it clearer that dates can be subject to change, and we will ensure that this information is included on our website in the future.

Thank you for taking the time to highlight this for us.

I am sorry for the inconvenience caused.

We look forward to seeing you at the show which will be taking place on 21st and 22nd February 2014

Best wishes

Caroline D’Ambra

Shows Customer Care Manager

[David Nicholson]

Either a woman who speaks in very short sentences, or it was written by a machine

[chasw]

Well it is half term.................great,checked the holiday chart at work and all the guys with young children have booked it off ...............so highly unlikely that I will be there,trust the good old RHS to sell out to a school,

[emma T]

Snape Cottage is opening on the Saturday 22rd February 2014

With a stall of Avon Bulbs snowdrops and others, for sale

from 10.30 am - 5.00 pm  http://www.snapecottagegarden.co.uk/opening_times.htm  if anyone is interested , i know i will be there ,probably eating cake !