{"id":4243,"date":"2026-03-20T13:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/rhs-lifting-gnome-ban-at-2026-chelsea-flower-show\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:09:02","slug":"rhs-lifting-gnome-ban-at-2026-chelsea-flower-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/rhs-lifting-gnome-ban-at-2026-chelsea-flower-show\/","title":{"rendered":"RHS lifting gnome ban at 2026 Chelsea Flower Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-03-20 13:09:00<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Garden gnomes are making a comeback at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2026.<BR><br \/>\nThe Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has confirmed it will lift its long-standing ban on the colourful ornaments for the 2026 event, marking only the second time in the show\u2019s history the rule has been relaxed.<BR><br \/>\nThis time, the move is aimed at raising funds for the RHS Campaign for School Gardening, which helps inspire children to get hands-on with plants while boosting wellbeing, skills and environmental awareness.<BR><br \/>\nAs part of the initiative, a host of celebrities will be invited to decorate their own gnomes, which will be displayed at the world-famous show before being auctioned off.<BR><br \/>\nThe playful figures will feature in The RHS and The King\u2019s Foundation Curious Garden \u2013 a special showcase designed to spark curiosity and highlight the joy of gardening. <BR><br \/>\nThe garden also nods to a tradition at Highgrove, the Gloucestershire residence of King Charles, where gnomes are often spotted tucked away in the Stumpery.<BR><br \/>\nThe RHS has teamed up with The King\u2019s Foundation to create the garden, which will be unveiled at the 2026 show running from May 19 to May 23.<BR><br \/>\nIt is being designed by horticulturist and TV presenter Frances Tophill, with support from ambassadors including Sir David Beckham and Alan Titchmarsh.<BR><br \/>\nBig names already signed up to paint gnomes include Cate Blanchett, Dame Mary Berry, Sir Brian May and Baroness Floella Benjamin, with more to be announced in the run-up to the event.<BR><br \/>\nThe RHS last lifted the ban in 2013 as part of its centenary celebrations, when stars such as Sir Elton John and Dame Joanna Lumley took part.<BR><br \/>\nRHS Director General Clare Matterson said: &#8220;We\u2019ve never needed the joy of gardening, the power of plants for our planet or the peace of simply sitting in a garden, more.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;We also want people to be playful with their gardening, which is why we\u2019re lifting the gnome ban \u2026 helping us awaken a curiosity in gardening in school children.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-03-20 13:09:00 Garden gnomes are making a comeback at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2026. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has confirmed it will lift its long-standing ban on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4245,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4243\/revisions\/4245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}