{"id":101275,"date":"2025-05-14T16:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T16:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/101275\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T16:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T16:51:12","slug":"london-is-home-to-europes-second-best-flower-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/101275\/","title":{"rendered":"London Is Home To Europe’s Second Best Flower Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now, I really don\u2019t want to jinx it, because we all know how temperamental the weather in London<\/strong> can be, but I think we might have actually made it, folks. The sun is shining, the temperature has soared into the twenties, and I\u2019m in a drastically better mood than I was a month ago. It can only mean one thing: spring has officially sprung<\/strong>. And isn\u2019t that just blooming lovely?<\/p>\n

Do you know what else is blooming lovely? The plethora of floral displays that are beginning to burst into full bloom \u2013 not just across the city<\/a>, but the entire continent. Europe is undeniably home to some of the most beautiful botanical displays in the world. And with UK searches for #flowerfestival surging by a whopping 123%<\/strong> in the last three months, it seems as though us Brits are rather keen to feast our eyes on some of them.<\/p>\n

\"ChelseaImage: Chelsea Flower Show <\/p>\n

New research from ferry and cruise operator, DFDS<\/strong>, has uncovered Europe\u2019s most popular and picture-perfect flower festivals<\/strong>, based on Instagram data. They analysed the number of Instagram posts associated with each festival, and have unveiled which floral paradises<\/a> top the charts. And two of the top five flower festivals in Europe<\/strong> happen to be right here in our very own capital city.<\/p>\n

The best flower festivals in Europe <\/p>\n

Nabbing the top spot is \u2013 rather unsurprisingly \u2013 Amsterdam\u2019s iconic tulip festival, Keukenhof Gardens<\/strong>. Filled to the brim with over 7 million blooming bulbs<\/strong>, the Dutch capital\u2019s flower festival earns itself a pretty darn impressive 475,000 Instagram posts<\/strong> a year. But following closely behind is a flower show that\u2019s much closer to home.<\/p>\n

\"ACredit: dabinciii, Shutterstock <\/p>\n

RHS Chelsea Flower Show<\/strong> came in second place, with 234,000 Instagram posts<\/strong> per year. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is short but oh-so sweet, running from May 20 \u2013 May 24<\/strong> (yes, that is indeed next week). Taking place at the historic Royal Hospital Chelsea<\/a>, the floral paradise attracts gardening enthusiasts across the globe with its jaw-droppingly gorgeous gardens<\/a>, exhibits and displays.<\/p>\n

RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival<\/strong> also managed to bag a spot in the top five. Taking place from July 1 \u2013 July 6, it\u2019s a summery alternative to the springtime offering in Chelsea<\/a>. The picturesque grounds of Hampton Court Palace earn themselves 22,100 Instagram posts<\/strong> a year.<\/p>\n

\"TheCredit: Mistervlad, Shutterstock Europe\u2019s 5 best flower festivals <\/p>\n

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  1. Keukenhof Gardens, Amsterdam<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London<\/li>\n
  3. Girona Temps de Flors, Girona<\/li>\n
  4. Italian Infiorata Festivals, Genzano di Roma<\/li>\n
  5. RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival, London<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You can have a peruse at DFDS\u2019s full floral findings here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Andrew Fletcher, Shutterstock Now, I really don\u2019t want to jinx it, because we all know how temperamental…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,17009,257,24380,14299,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-101275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-local-trip","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-spring","14":"tag-summer","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114507224464463423","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}