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Do you know your peonies from your chrysanthemums? Are you a fiend for freesias? Do you prefer plants to people? Then you’re probably going to be excited to hear that tickets for the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show are officially on sale.  Every spring the fabulous floral extravaganza takes place in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in west London. Tickets to the event are highly covetable, as world class growers and garden designers travel from all over the planet to display at the prestigious show.  If you want to get stuck in to the horticultural heaven this year, pay attention to this guide and everything will be coming up roses.  2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show dates Green-fingered gardeners will be showing off their plant babies, projects and creations at the flower show on May 19-23 2026.  When is it open to the public? The first few days of the show are always only open to members of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). The 2026 flower show will open to the public from Thursday May 21 until Saturday May 23. The annual plant sell-off begins at 4pm on the Saturday, which is the final day of the show.  Ticket prices Brace yourselves, because tickets don’t come cheap and start at from £107 per person – they can be bought online here. There’s also a show guide with a map, which costs an extra £18. Gardens to look out for at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show Every year there is a selection of blooming beautiful Edens not to miss, with prizes awarded to the top...

As 2026 rolls around, we’re already starting to make plans for our summer festivals. There’s a huge Glastonbury-shaped hole in our calendars this year, but not to worry, because London festival season is already promising to be a belter. However, the future of events in Brockwell Park has been thrown into uncertainty for a second year in a row.  In 2025 the group Protect Brockwell Park (PBP) launched a legal campaign to cancel events and festivals in the public park. After a court battle, the events – which included Field Day, Cross the Tracks and Mighty Hoopla – still went ahead. Now the group has launched a new objection to the day festivals for 2026.  RECOMMENDED: The best music festivals in London to book for 2026. PBP has submitted an official objection to Lambeth Council after Summer Events Ltd, which runs Brockwell Live festivals, has applied for planning permission to temporarily build in the park over the summer. Brockwell Live has applied to use the park for up to 32 days for five one-day events, to take place at the end of May 2026. This is the first time the events company has had to apply for planning permission to run the festivals, which previously operated under permitted development rights until PBP won its legal challenge in 2025.  Taking what it called a ‘new approach’, Lambeth Council opened a public consultation into the 2026 events at the end of 2025, which closed on December 31. But PBP is continuing to fight the festivals with legal challenges, and...

A brand-new pizza parlour is coming to Peckham. Connie’s Pizza will open in south London on January 26. It is the latest project from Andrea Asciuti, founder of 081 Pizzeria on nearby Peckham Rye (and in Shoreditch), and promises to offer ‘Bri-talian’ style pizzas, using seasonal local ingredients, such as leeks, mushrooms and aubergines. Pizzas will be light and crispy, made with 36-48 hour fermented dough and American flour, and look set to pass the no-flop test. There will be eight different kinds of pizza on the menu, including tomato and aubergine, classic margherita with British mozzarella, nduja and British stracciatella, and sautéed mushrooms, truffle and basil. Connie’s is named after Andrea Asciuti’s wife and takes over the site formerly occupied by South African restaurant Little Kudu. There will also be a number of side dishes on the menu, such as meatballs, deep-fried mac ‘n’ cheese and mozzarella sticks. There will be only one dessert; fiocco di neve mini brioche filled with ricotta and whipped cream.  081 Pizza was ranked 43rd on the best pizzas in Europe list by 50 Top Pizza in 2024.  Find Connie Pizza at 133 Queen’s Road, SE15 2ND. Here’s our list of the best pizza in London.  Plus: the 19 best pizzas in the world, according to Time Out editors. Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke – from news and reviews to events and trends. Just follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel. Stay in the loop: sign up for our free Time Out London newsletter for...