Chelsea Fringe is a

garden festival A garden festival is a festival and exposition held to celebrate the arts of gardening, garden design, landscaping and landscape architecture. There are local garden festivals, regional garden festivals, national garden festivals and internat ...

in London which is run in parallel with the

Chelsea Flower Show The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, formally known as the ''Great Spring Show'',Phil Clayton, ''The Great Temple Show'' in ''The Garden'' 2008, p.452, The Royal Horticultural Society is a garden show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural ...

. It consists of a variety of events and displays at locations across London. It was started in 2012 by Tim Richardson and is run by volunteers. In 2012, events included

guerrilla gardening Guerrilla gardening is the act of gardening – raising food, plants, or flowers – on land that the gardeners do not have the legal rights to cultivate, such as abandoned sites, areas that are not being cared for, or private property. It enco ...

, a bicycle

beer garden A beer garden (German: ''Biergarten'') is an outdoor area in which beer and food are served, typically at shared tables shaded by trees. Beer gardens originated in Bavaria, of which Munich is the capital city, in the 19th century, and remain co ...

and

oranges and lemons "Oranges and Lemons" is a traditional English nursery rhyme, folksong, and singing game which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the City of London. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as No 13190. The earlies ...

Shoreditch Shoreditch is a district in the East End of London in England, and forms the southern part of the London Borough of Hackney. Neighbouring parts of Tower Hamlets are also perceived as part of the area. In the 16th century, Shoreditch was an impor ...

. In 2013, the fringe expanded to about 200 separate events, with the core site being a pop-up park at Battersea Power Station. Ben Dark, reviewing for ''The Daily Telegraph'', described the fringe as a "sprawling mess" but praised most of the exhibits which he visited, such as the Gnome Invasion of Ockendon Road, the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden, and the Office Garden in

Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace () is a London royal residence and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality. It ...

Road.

References

External links

Official site
Horticultural exhibitions Festivals in London Garden festivals in England 2012 establishments in England Recurring events established in 2012 {{England-stub