Individuals, organisations, first-timers and Fringe veterans with an idea for a Chelsea Fringe event \u2013 however unformed \u2013 are encouraged to get in touch with the Fringe team now. Tim Richardson, Fringe founder and director, is also hoping more garden designers<\/a> and landscape designers will take part this year, given the new emphasis on community engagement in garden and landscape design.<\/p>\n Read more on\u00a0<\/p>\n Chelsea Flower Show 2023: All About Plants gardens full list<\/a><\/p>\n Chelsea Flower Show 2023: Sanctuary Gardens<\/a><\/p>\n Chelsea Flower Show Main Show Gardens 2023: the full list<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> \u201cGarden designers were a strong volunteer element of the Fringe in its early days, but because we are not a funding platform, not too many of them actually created events in the festival, because the focus was always on physical installations,\u201d he explains. \u201cBut times have changed. You don\u2019t need much funding (or any, in some cases) to create a meaningful and interesting participatory event around gardening. We are hoping to see more of this kind of thing in the Fringe, some of it from a new generation of designers.\u201d<\/p>\n The festival is a \u201ctrue fringe\u201d in that it doesn\u2019t commission or curate. \u201cWe accept everything that our participants suggest \u2013 if an event is on-topic, legal and interesting, it\u2019s in,\u201d Tim explains. \u201cThat means everything from community-garden events, art projects and performances to walks and talks, craft demos, and workshops \u2013 just a few of the categories we end up with. We are always surprised \u2013 and delighted \u2013 by what pops up each year, fresh from the imagination of our horticultural comrades in the UK and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n Contributors and venues over the years have included community gardening groups, public parks, artists, poets, chefs, galleries, schools, and major institutions such as RBG Kew<\/a>, the Inner Temple, the Natural History Museum, and Covent Garden Flower Market, among many others.<\/p>\n Despite its name, the festival reaches well beyond Chelsea \u2013 all over the UK and around the world. Events have taken place on the Isle of Mull, in Monmouth, Margate, Leeds, Bristol and Henley-on-Thames, as well as Canada, the US, Sweden, Poland, Italy, Australia, and Japan. Many events in the festival are free to attend.<\/p>\n Events usually begin to appear on the Fringe website from February, while registration remains open right up until the very last day of the festival. Potential event organisers are encouraged to make contact as soon as possible, however, so that the event can be promoted early on.<\/p>\n![\""The\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/18\/2022\/10\/The-Savills-Garden-designed-by-Mark-Gregory-cbfdb8a.jpg?quality=45&resize=556,556"\" "\\"\"The\\"")
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