16/04/2025
The Executive and General Committees met last night and have reached a decision regarding the 2025 Shrewsbury Flower Show. Please see below the notice:
Announcement Regarding 2025 Shrewsbury Flower Show
The Shropshire Horticultural Society has announced that it will not be putting on the Shrewsbury Flower Show this year.
The Chairman of the Society, Maelor Owen, said today “As a Society, we have struggled to put on a Show that was financially viable for several years. Over the past few years strenuous efforts have been made to reduce costs and boost attendance. Regrettably, the loss incurred by the Society in staging the 2024 Show was significantly greater than we had anticipated - by way of example, we spent over £150,000 on security and barriers. Recent changes to National Insurance and the minimum wage, combined with the cost of living crisis, mean that further extensive losses would be incurred should we proceed with the 2025 Show. Such losses are simply no longer sustainable.
We have therefore decided to take time to consider how best to take the Society forward to enable it to carry on providing benefits to as wide a spread of people as possible. This necessarily involves looking very carefully at the long-term viability of the Shrewsbury Flower Show. The Society is, sadly, far from alone facing these challenges. All options will be considered over the coming months and we anticipate making a further announcement later in the year.
As the Society still has substantial resources it will continue to fulfil its role as a charity funding horticultural and local causes. In the past, the Society has made many donations to the town including donating the Castle and Porthill Bridge to the town and, more recently, making a significant contribution towards the refurbishment of The Quarry.
The Society is currently lead sponsor of the Young Horticulturist of the Year competition staged by the Chartered Institute of Horticulture and also sponsors a student through the Royal Horticultural Society. This is in addition to supporting various local causes.”
We will be in touch regarding the ticket refund process.
